SuperGrans Manawatu

09/10/2026

Thank you to The EGG Project, Three Oaks Organic and The Milk Barn, Palmy, NZ for your wonderful support. That looks like a fun time in sunny Feilding today!

08/10/2026

We were kindly donated some beautiful mandarins by Gail and we thought we would give dehydrating them a go! After a tester batch and the team in the office having a quick taste, we all agreed that it was a success. These will now be sent out to various food banks to help feed our community as a healthy and nutritious snack. Thanks Gail for letting us use your seasonal produce for good! 🍊😋

07/10/2026

Our homemade grapefruit marmalade going into good homes! Thanks Te Pātaka Kai 4412 for all your mahi and helping us feed our community 🍊💛

A big thank you to SuperGrans Manawatu for your delicious donations today!

06/10/2026

A fantastic cooking workshop at Youth Space for school leavers, learning lots of cooking skills while creating tasty fish pies, coleslaw and home made mayonnaise.

A huge thank you to Pip from The EGG Project for her continued support in donating the eggs for our workshops. The mayo was a hit.

05/10/2026

*POSTPONED - we will reshare on here once we have confirmed a new date for this workshop*

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! 💖🎵