Author: guido.jehle

Bring on the rain 🌧️

Kia ora koutou,

It’s been lovely seeing many of you wander back into the māra after a (hopefully) restful time away. If you’re an old friend of the garden and haven’t visited in a while, now is an amazing time to pop in and soak up the mauri that your hard work over the years has contributed to.

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Raumati in full swing ☀️

Kia ora koutou, e ngā mihi o te tau hou Pākehā! Happy New Year to you all.

Raumati is well upon us, with cicadas marking the middle of our warm season and Point Chev beach packed with sunbathing families every day. While the Western calendar sees now as a new year, the lunar measure of time in Aotearoa places us smack bang in our most energetic, productive time. Let’s make hay (or grow kai) while the sun shines!

Before we get into the mahi, let’s shout out to our incredible watering volunteers. Your regular care and commitment to the māra has enabled many of us to step away knowing that our veggie babies are taken care of. We love and appreciate your generous spirit.

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A reflection on our year together 💚

Ata mārie e te whānau,

This is our final newsletter for the year, so it’s only fitting to celebrate the mahi we’ve done together over the last 12 months! Read on for an incredible list of joyful achievements.

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Kia ora koutou,

Ka nui te mihi atu ki a koutou! Our watering roster is just about full, and our many seedlings planted this month will be able to thrive thanks to our fabulous community 💚 We only need one person to fill a spot on the week beginning Jan 20th – if that’s you, please let us know!

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Kia ora koutou,

Isn’t it lovely to watch the rain fall over the weekend knowing it’s soaking deep into the soils, ready for our plants to grow big and strong?

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Kia ora koutou,

Pizza, friends, high mauri conversations – thanks for joining us in the māra today for our final pizza event of the year. Here’s to an awesome productive week of high energy moons and stellar weather!

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Kia ora koutou,

What a treat it’s been to have much needed rain washing over the māra. The soils are full of moisture again and everything is standing upright happily photosynthesising. Also, check out the surprise taewa (pic above) found in the yaćon bed!

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Kia ora koutou,

Ehara taku toa i te toa takitahi, engari kē he toa takitini

My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, it was not individualsuccess but the success of a collective

Ka nui te mihi for your continued work in our shared space. It’s truly flourishing at the moment. What a joy!

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Kia ora koutou,

Hope you’re all keeping well on this Tirea moon. At least the sun has been shining to keep our spirits high!

Kicking off with a huge mihi to Matua Rob and Pourewa for achieveing their Hua Parakore verification. This is such a massive achievement and we want to celebrate how much work and care this has taken. Super proud of you Rob <3 thanks to the rōpu from GP that came along to celebrate. We received a kōwhai tree to commemorate the occasion and this will be planted somewhere in the māra soon.

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