Building a Resilient, Sustainable, and Thriving Community for the Future
Kia ora koutou,
Looking forward to a week of more settled weather – perfect for gentle mahi in our māra getting things tucked up and tidy prior to Winter. If you’re wanting to join for the upcoming microscopy course please let us know ASAP so we can get a gauge on numbers. Thanks!
Kia ora koutou,
While it’s still not for nearly two months, we have a date for our Matariki event! Saturday June 28th, starting around 5.30am – the first Saturday of the upcoming school holidays. This year we’ll roasting our very own homegrown kūmara in a hāngi!! How cool. More info to come closer to the time, but worth letting your friends, whānau and neighbours know in advance. At the end of this email there’s a flyer you can download for upcoming events, and we’ll have printed copies in the māra for you to take home 💚
Kia ora koutou,
Unfortunately due to an incoming deluge we’ve had to cancel today’s event with Moon Goose. Gutted to miss out on sweet sweet music, pizza and screen printing – but we’ll try again next month. We wish all the very best to Moon Goose, who are heading to Whāingaroa for their next gig very soon! Thanks for being so keen to play in our māra and share your gift with the community 💚
Kia ora koutou,
Happy rainy Easter! What a wild and wet weekend we’ve had. Sending cozy vibes and thoughts of great soil drainage to you and your māra. Isn’t it fab knowing that the more we work with the soil and the life force within it the more resilient it is (and we are) to the deulges we’ve just seen? How cool.
Kia ora koutou,
It’s great to see many of you signing up and becoming an official member of our garden. Don’t forget that membership is open to anyone, whether you’re a regular volunteer or just an occasional visitor, and allows you to harvest whatever you’d like whenever you’d like! The small membership fee also helps us keep on top of purchases like seed, tools and irrigation equipment – vital ingredients in our recipe of success. You can sign up here.
What’s on this autumn at DSCG? 👩🌾
Kia ora koutou,
Rain, glorious rain! This weekend’s sunshine was a welcome repreive after days of wet weather, but isn’t it lovely knowing that our māra’s thirst has been quenched and our tanks are brimming with water? Perfect for our newly planted seedlings, too, who will all have bedded down nicely into their new homes.
Open Microscopy Lab this Thursday 🔬
Kia ora koutou,
What a busy few days we’d had! From Havana volunteering with us to the Neighbourhood Garden party this afternoon, we’re really making the most of the Ngāhuru weather and getting stuff done. Read on for a massive photo dump so you can see what we’ve been up to.
Neighbourhood Garden Party this Sunday from 11am. Come one, come all!
Kia ora koutou,
Check out the size of the capsicums growing in Italy! Matua Rob sends his love from Montorosso, one of the five coastal villages known as the Cinque Terre. We miss you Rob, and we can’t wait to hear all about your adventures when you return.
This is probably of general interest due to many of us being chocolate and/or coffee lovers:
As we move through 2025, Fair Trade is keeping a close eye on global markets, climate impacts, and regulations affecting our fair trade partners. Coffee and cocoa pricing remains volatile, with both opportunities and challenges ahead. Meanwhile, our partners continue to make incredible strides in education, healthcare, and community development, proving that fair trade is about much more than just trade – it’s about lasting impact.
Graph: Cocoa Futures Price Surge Over Time
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Equinox celebrations on Thursday night!
Kia ora koutou,
Hopefully many of you got the chance to see the lunar eclipse over the weekend! March is an auspicious month, with not only an eclipse and a harvest moon (Friday’s full moon) but the Autumn equinox this Thursday. Talk about celestial action!
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