SuperGrans Manawatu

05/10/2026

Cook Smart, Eat Fresh! Don't forget to register for our evening cooking workshop on the 27 October from 6pm - 8pm.

In this workshop you'll be turning seasonal produce and supermarket specials into delicious, budget-friendly meals!

There is no set charge for these workshops, but a koha is appreciated.

For any more details or to register, please email [email protected].

01/10/2026

Even though winter is technically over, it’s still chilly over the Manawatū! However, over the winter season we’ve had a great run of our volunteers creating us some beautiful knitted garments and woolen blankets.

149 Hats
24 Cardigans
28 Singlets
4 Knitted Blankets
22 Knitted Teddies
9 TV Slippers
70 Repurposed Woolen Blankets

That’s a grand total of 306 winter items that have gone out into our community to keep them warm and snuggly! For example, we were able to send a significant amount of these goods to Health NZ - Te Pae Hauora o Ruahine o Tararua MidCentral with Christina.

Thank you to all those that donate wool and material so we’re able to continue doing this, and thank you to our volunteers who donated their time to create these wonderful items 🥰👏🧶

29/09/2026

Another māmā and pēpi, another mattress and woolen blanket for the wahakura! Thanks Mokopuna Ora: Engaging whānau in the health and well-being of māmā & pēpi and Hapai for the work you do and we hope we can continuously help with making the things you need to keep the pēpi’s warm and safe in this chilly start to spring🌸💟

27/09/2026

We had the opportunity to show what we do at SuperGrans Manawatu at a recent event held by SINCOSS in Feilding. We were joined by other social services that do amazing work in the Manawatū! Huge thanks to SINCOSS for another fabulous day! 💖

23/09/2026

Cook Smart, Eat Fresh!

We've got another great cooking workshop on the 13th of October from 12pm - 2pm.

In this workshop you'll be turning seasonal produce and supermarket specials into delicious, budget-friendly meals!
There is no set charge for these workshops, but a koha is appreciated.

For any more details or to register, please email [email protected]

23/09/2026

We hosted another SuperGrans volunteer training day last week, and not only was it great to get together and catch up, but we had a brilliant speaker come and join us. Christine, from Little Stars, is a trained Music Therapist who came and spoke to us about her extraordinary background and the influence she has had on introducing this type of therapy in New Zealand throughout her career.

You can tell that Christine has a true passion for what she does, by supporting the children/families that have sensory, physical, and learning challenges and helping reach their fullest potential in life. We all left learning a lot about music and how it can have such a powerful impact. Thank you Christine! 💖🎵

22/09/2026

On Saturday the 12th of September, we had the opportunity to partake in Palmerston North’s Fabric-a-brac where we were able to sell any left over or donated fabric that we had accumulated. There was plenty on offer throughout the whole event, it was a crafters dream come true! From that day, SuperGrans Manawatu made an incredible $580 which will be used to help us carry on our projects to help our community. With our leftover materials from the day, we passed it on to the Arohanui Hospice for their Mop-Up Pop-Up Event for them to continue to sell. Thanks Fabric-a-brac for organising a wonderful event and thank you to everyone who came and said hi, or purchased from us! 💞

17/09/2026

Come along to the Repair Cafe this weekend! 9am -11.30am, Saturday 19th at the Palmy Community Leisure Centre👏

14/09/2026

Don't forget to register for our re-usable Christmas cracker workshop to start preparing for the festive season! There are limited spots, so get in quick 🎄✨

It's timeeeeee!✨Christmas is rapidly approaching and to start preparing for the festive season, we're doing another reusable Christmas cracker workshop, all done with recycled goods!

This workshop was super popular last year, so get in quick as there are limited spots. It will be on Monday 28th from 5:30pm-8pm at our office building.

Contact us by emailing [email protected] or give us a call on 354 3804 if you would like to come along.

Please note: This workshop is for adults.

10/09/2026

This Saturday, we'll be at Fabric-a-brac Palmerston North from 10am - 1pm at the Crossroads Church.

We will have a beautiful white microfleece up for sale, which is left over from a baby goods service. It is 11 metres long and 165cm wide, and will only be sold as a whole piece.

We will also have woollen, knit, and cotton material and some lovely vintage silk for purchase (all at a good price!)

We hope to see you there! 🙂