The Maunu Garden Project

12/06/2026

👎🏻After my (Rina's)failure to remember the leek seedlings BOOOI!
👣We all wandered off into various jobs
Josh, armed with the machete moving through the banana grove
👌🏻The gals, were off to grab another cardboard haul, then back to do more stripping😆
🔨Emma and Josh denailing the salvaged fence boards that were kindly gifted to us by Tikipunga Baptist Church🙏🏻
👏🏻Our very own joiner was making up raised beds from the good bits of timber..beauty job 👏🏻
🌱Niki was rescuing and potting up some plants that had been bashed around a bit by the elements..popped them into the warm🌡️
🪏Emma, Rina and Niki did a little bit of weeding and soil care
📚Jayden came up to korero about class resources etc..then left to source said resources
😋Had a lovely al fresco lunch with Heather...we all chatted and enjoyed great food and company.
💯All was good in our hood🙏🏻

11/06/2026

1Oam: Gate open, Jug boiled 😊

11/06/2026

Keep an eye on the children...their well-being and progress.
We are grateful to be able to mahi hard for "our" children. 💯🙏🏻

08/06/2026

😆😅😂🤣

07/06/2026

🧀 MY "other"r obsession, CHEESE!
🌝NEVERMIND that my waist bands all scream NO as I chomp into anything that looks like cheese or has cheese on the label👵🏻
↪️I digress, back on task
☕Jug on at 10am
🙈See you soon folks...or not
🙏🏻Have a blessed day 💯

07/06/2026

PROJECT POTATOES is ON!
✔️Next mission: Prepping the no-dig bed for our early seed potatoes!
✔️Back and time-saving. No heavy digging required
✔️The team has heaps of cardboard ready to go...cheers....Karen, Linda, Josh, Xiihunna, and Emma, for getting cardboard ready👍🏻
GAME PLAN
📦Layer 1: Laying down thick, recycled cardboard to suppress the weeds
🌾Layer 2: Covering it all with a thick, warm layer of baleage to give our spuds a nutrient-dense home.
🌱Nature is already showing off: We’ve got resilient nasturtium leaves pushing their way right through the covered area!
👍🏻Nasturtiums are fantastic companion plants to deter pests naturally, so they get a massive thumbs up from us.

04/06/2026

💯Few of us on site today...involved in various projects
❤️Xii will be back after a week in the big smoke..YAY!!
☕10 am Jug will be hot
🤜🏻🤛🏻It's Friday☺️

03/06/2026

"Sharing is Caring" - echoing the words often voice and post shared by Fred Tito🤲

Whangārei He Awhi Rito Envirohub is having an OPEN DAY on Sat July 18th, 10.301m - 12.30pm.

This is an opportunity for the public to meet the organisations based in the hub and find out what they do.

Current Organisations:
Tai Tokerau Timebank in Whangārei
Mountains to Sea Conservation Trust
F.O.R.C.E. (For our Real Clean Environment)
EcoSolutions

It is also the opening event for the new Kai Share stall run by Timebank member, Lucretia, the Hub Manager. Subsequent Kai Share stalls will be on the 1st Sat of the month at 9.30am. Interested people can bring along seedlings, seeds, plants, produce, preserves etc for swapping.

01/06/2026

31/05/2026

☺️This is a great day to stay indoors, in bed..warm and cosy
🤭HOWEVER...our ST*****RS will be on site - the jug will be hot and you are advised to wear warm clothes
👍🏻Project cardboard stripping all the shiny bits and tape off, is on the job list
🔥Did you know that cellotape is highly flammable..scrunch up into balls and use as firestarters💯
☕SAFE DAY FOLKS 💯