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Whiringa-ā-nuku Pānui | October Newsletter 2025

Kia ora tātou,

Thank you for taking the time to read our pānui! ☀️ On the menu this month:

🌻 2025 Sustainable Trails: 2 DAYS TO GO! Read highlights + our FAQ
⚒️ Taranaki Construction Waste: 10 (un)sustainable things you didn’t know
🌿 2025 Taranaki Tū Mai: we NEED YOU!
🥨 Green Loop: explaining the EASY method we use
🗺️
Where is your nearest Community Garden - Māra?
🌳 Ko tātou tēnei. This is US! Explore our organisational kauri
🌱 Community Garden FREE workshops series in South Taranaki
☀️ Taranaki Nature Cleanups: our BIG numbers!
🎙️ Listen to Hit the Trails and get ready for the Sustainable Trails!
📆 Our Events Calendar to make sure you won’t miss any sustainable events in Taranaki!

Our most-read articles this month:
1. Events Calendar
2. Local Taranaki Markets
3. Food for Free
4. Our Programmes
5. Our Team

Happy reading! 🌿

Ngā mihi,

The Sustainable Taranaki tīma ☀️

 

🌻 2025 Sustainable Trails: 2 DAYS TO GO!

It starts THIS FRIDAY and the weather looks great! 👀☀️

42 local properties to explore & 50+ events to join, plan your Trails here: sustainablebackyards.org.nz

 Visit the Sustainable Trails website here 

🌻 Sustainable Trails Highlights + FAQ

🎤 Events with nationally-known speakers

  • 🧑‍🌾🍅 Kate Irvine (Edible Backyard) - Humming Veggie Gardens workshop: learn tips from years of growing food, working in permaculture, and experience in regenerative design. // Sat. 1 Nov. 9am - tickets here

  • ⚡⚡ Mike Casey (Rewiring Aotearoa) - Electrify my Farm & Electrify my Whare (house): find out how electrification is a win-win for your pocket and the planet! // Mon. 10 Nov. tickets for Electrify my Farm - tickets for Electrify my Whare

  • 🧼🌿 Amanda-Jane (EverKind Organic) - Evolving Organically: an inspiring evening with remarkable local wāhine shaping the future of sustainable enterprise. // Sat. 1 Nov. 4pm - tickets here

🧑‍🌾 Host Events

  • He Rongoā, He Oranga, 📍Green School - 1 Nov, tickets here

  • Small-scale Mealworm Farming, 📍Little Insect Farm - 2 & 9 Nov, tickets here

  • Scraps to Soil, 📍EnviroHub - 3 Nov, FREE tickets here

  • Garden Beds from Pallets, 📍Marfell Māra - 5 Nov, FREE tickets here

  • Herbal Infusions, Tea & Pesto, 📍Blue Petal Botanicals, 31 Oct, tickets here

  • Refreshing Herbal & Fruit Drinks, 📍Blue Petal Botanicals, 8 Nov, tickets here

  • Beginner Gardener, 📍Greenbridge, 8 Nov, tickets here

  • Seed Snails for Easy Seedlings, 📍St Mary’s Community Garden (Hāwera) 6 Nov, FREE tickets here

  • Kōia Gardening for Well-being, 📍St John’s Community Garden (Waitara), 6 Nov, FREE tickets here

🌱 Free Events

Learn essential skills to create & maintain a thriving garden: explore all our FREE events here. 🌱

❓FAQ

Where to find bundle cards & free booklets?
📍
New Plymouth, Coastal & North

  • Trails Hub, 28 Brooklands Park Dr, Brooklands

  • Crazy Pumpkin CBD, 195 Courtenay St, CBD

  • Crazy Pumpkin East, 1 Katere Rd, Waiwhakaiho

  • Dawn Cafe, 1145 South Rd, Ōākura

  • Binn Inn, 61 McLean St, Waitara

📍 East Taranaki

  • Crazy Pumpkin, 156 Broadway, Stratford

📍 South Taranaki

  • Landscape Essentials, 15 Albert St, Hāwera

  • The Gathering Cafe, 121 High St, Hāwera

$12 Backyard Bundle card to visit 5 Backyards or school gardens for the cost of 4 (standard Backyards entry is $3 cash) + a FREE packet of seeds!

Everything you need to know regarding entries is here.

Come prepared!
Wear covered shoes and check the forecast! ☀️☀️☀️

Check our Socials for the latest updates!
Facebook, Instagram or contact us using our website if needed.🗞️

 

⚒️ 10 (un)sustainable things you didn’t know about Construction & Build in Taranaki

What is the impact of the built environment in Taranaki? What are the solutions local builders and homeowners can look into?

Answers in our latest article here.

 Read our article ⚒️ 

🌿 2025 Taranaki Tū Mai: we NEED YOU!

We are looking for volunteers for Taranaki Tū Mai in Ōpunakē: 

📅 21 - 23 November, 9am - 5pm (shifts are 3h long)
♻️ Help us reduce waste
🥳 Make new friends & be part of a great event!
🍕 Kai provided
🤓 No need to be an expert! Training provided.
➡️ Register your interest here: www.bit.ly/TuMai25-Volunteers

NGĀ MIHI TARANAKI! 💚

P.S. Whether you sign up through Sustainable Taranaki or Te Kāhui o Taranaki Iwi, we’re all part of one team supporting Taranaki Tū Mai — one kaupapa, one crew, many hands!

 Register your interest here ☀️ 

🥨 Green Loop: this is the EASY method we use!

The Bokashi Method is the EASY & hassle-free system we use: the bins stay closed: NO SMELL! ✅

Get in touch if your business is producing food waste! We can turn it into nutrient-dense compost and use it right HERE, in Taranaki!

 www.GreenLoop.org.nz 

🗺️ Where is your nearest Community Garden - Māra?

No garden at home, but you would like to grow food? Or do you want to get involved in your community? 🌱 These gardens are waiting for YOU!

 More details here 

🌳 Ko tātou tēnei. This is us.
Explore our organisational kauri

 Meet our team here 

🌱 Community Garden FREE Workshops Series in South Taranaki

Ready to roll up your sleeves and get growing?

South Taranaki District Council is inviting locals to a FREE series of practical gardening workshops held at community gardens across the District in 2025-26. Whether you’re just starting out or looking to make the most of small spaces, these sessions offer something for everyone.

Led by Mieke, Sustainable Taranaki’s backyards & organics expert, each workshop is packed with hands-on tips, local knowledge and sustainable techniques to help you grow confidently at home.

 More details here 

☀️ Taranaki Nature Cleanups: our BIG numbers!

This is the impact of our Taranaki Nature Cleanup programme since April 2023!

Massive NGĀ MIHI to all the volunteers helping out! 💚💚💚

🔍 We are still looking to get more partners on board to keep our programme running! If you are part of a local organisation or business that would like to support a single event or the whole programme, please contact us!

More cleanups announced SOON... Stay connected!

 Learn more 


🎙️ Listen to Hit the Trails and get ready for the Taranaki Sustainable Trails!

ALL 9 episodes are now available online on Access Radio Taranaki! Listen to Sophie interviewing a host of the 2025 Sustainable Trails! 🌱

Hit the Trails also features the Centuria Taranaki Garden Festival and the Taranaki Arts Trail! ☀️

 Listen here 

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