Mangatawa Marae

03/10/2026

Support our Nanz on a Mission who are doing a fundraiser for Good Neighbors. The Marae has had support from Good Neighbor for a while including most recently kai for food boxes for whanau who need help and for kaumatua. (If you need more information or help please reach out to Jessy McLeod)
The Nanz are fundraising for the programme which has been a huge help across our community with both kai and also other types of support. This fundraiser will match any money raised dollar for dollar from a Good Neighbor donor. Each day (or equivalent to a days walk) they will walk around the hill for the whole month of October.
Good Neighbor and Tauranga Foodbank representatives will be at the marae for the next Pataka Kai working bee on Saturday 10th of October and the Nanz will go on a hikoi.
https://givealittle.co.nz/team/nanz-on-a-mission-mangatawa-marae

01/10/2026

🌱TE PĀTAKA ORA PĀNUI: HARVEST TIME & NEXT WORKING BEE🌱

Kia ora e te whānau
A massive mihi nui to everyone who turned up and helped build and plant our māra kai at our previous working bees. Because of your hard mahi and aroha, our garden beds are flourishing, and some of the kai is ready to share.

🌿 1. KAI HARVEST / PICKING DAYS THIS WEEKEND
We are opening up the māra for whānau to come through, harvest, and collect some fresh kai to take home for your whānau.
Kai ready to harvest:
🥬 Lettuce
🍃 Spinach
🌿 Silverbeet
🧅 Spring onion

This Saturday & Sunday from 12:00 PM – 4:00 PM, the māra will be open for whānau to pick. (Please bring your own bag)

🔨 2. NEXT WORKING BEE – BUILDING MORE GARDEN BEDS

We are ready to keep the momentum going and build out the next phase of our māra. We’ll be putting together more garden beds and setting up the space for our next round of crops. We are very excited to welcome Good Neighbours and the Tauranga Foodbank team, who will be joining us.

📅 Date: Saturday, 10th October 2026
⏰ Time: 9:00 AM – 2:00 PM
📍 Location: Mangatawa Marae/ Mangatawa Compound
🍲 Catering: Kai/refreshments provided for all workers

📋 Schedule of the Day:
9:00 AM: Pōhiri (Welcoming our guests & whānau)
9:30 AM: Morning Tea
10:00 AM: Mahi Starts (Building garden beds)
12:30 PM: Lunch Provided
2:00 PM: Final Touches & Pack Down

Whether you can give an hour or stay for the whole day, all hands, spades, and whānau are welcome!

Nau mai, haere mai — let's keep growing together! 💚

Ngā mihi nui,
Te Pātaka Ora o Mangatawa Team

09/09/2026

We had a kura visit from Tūtarawānanga (Merivale) Primary up at the marāe today. Our Mangatawa Tāiao team took them for a hikoi up Mangatawa Maunga, with a korero about the 3 Whales. Every year we have kura come in and visit and hikoi up our maunga. Its really awesome to hear the tamariki laugh and korero, it brings our marae to life. Even with all the mahi being done to our ablution block. The kids were excited and buzzing, sang us some waiata before they left. Their way to mihi to the haukainga.

Nga mihi ki a koutou tamariki mā,

Mangatawa Marae.

31/08/2026

Mōrena e te whānau, he kaupapa nui kei te haere ki tō tātou marae! Tēnā whakaritea te papa mō te takahī waewae ki runga i te ātea i te Taumata-a-Nuku.

Our marae is catering for Mangatawa Papamoa Blocks Inc’s upcoming AGM this month and money raised from it comes back to the marae 😊 So we are looking for extra hands and volunteers in Ngatuahine Wharekai to help prep and serve kai. There are a lot of mouths to feed and whānau to take care of, so we need all hands on deck!

Please contact Jessy Mcleod on 022-074-0977 if you are available to help on 25th and 26th September or just come up on the days and we’ll give you a task 🙏🏽😮‍💨

28/08/2026

An inside look of the Wharepaku Rebuild with Clinton Stanshall, Project Manager 🫡

Funded in partnership with Ngā Pōtiki ā Tamapahore Trust TECT Tauranga City Council

25/08/2026

🌱PĀNUI: FRUIT TREE PLANTING DAY🌱

After having to postpone our previous date, we are excited to lock in our rescheduled fruit tree planting day.

We will be joined by the team from Mitre 10 MEGA TAURANGA who are coming along to support our kaupapa and help get these trees into the ground.
🗓 WHEN: Thursday, 3rd September
⏰ TIME: 9:00am
📍 WHERE: Mangatawa Marae
📋 OUTLINE OF THE DAY:
- Welcome / whakatau : Welcoming our visitors from Mitre 10 MEGA
- Kapu Tī: Light cuppa and a quick bite before we head out
- Mahi: Getting stuck into planting our new fruit trees
- Kai: Lunch provided to wrap up the day and celebrate the hard work.

🛠 WHAT TO BRING:
Gumboots or sturdy work boots
A spade, shovel, or gloves (if you have them)
Water bottle and warm layers
All hands, all skill levels, and all ages are welcome—come along, connect, and lend a hand to help grow kai for our whānau.

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22/08/2026

Wharepaku rebuild update

22/08/2026

Wharepaku renovation update - all moving smoothly. Doors have been shifted back to their original location

18/08/2026

PĀNUI: Te Pātaka Ora o Mangatawa Working Bee Postponed

A quick update regarding our working bee scheduled for this Sunday, 23rd August.

Our delivery of fruit trees has been delayed, so they won't arrive in time for us to plant this weekend. Because we want to make sure we have everything on-site ready to go, we are postponing this Sunday's working bee.
We will post an updated pānui with the new planting date as soon as our full tree delivery arrives and is locked in.

Thank you all so much for your ongoing tautoko. We can’t wait to get these trees in the ground together very soon.

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