Motueka

About Motueka

Rimu — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 23:15:18 +0000

Welcome to Transition Towns Motueka!

Transition Towns Motueka is moving towards a lower energy lifestyle by re-localising our community, making it resilient and truly sustainable. The community already has many projects underway, like a community lending program, a local Sunday market, and a program to install gardens in several local households. People are launching even more projects, workshops, skills sharing, and celebrations.

There are several working groups in areas such as food, transport, economics and business, etc. networking within the community. Click the links at the top of the page to get the latest events and news for each topic. These groups are working on ideas in more detail allowing everyone to gather information and participate in coming up with solutions. The outcome of these groups will ultimately form the backbone of Motueka's Energy Decent Action Plan (EDAP). We are also coordinating with Transition Nelson and Transition Town Mapua to create a cohesive Nelson-Tasman approach within our region. Progress and contacts will be posted on this site. Feel free to join in!

COMING UP:

Looking for someone to keep the webpage up to date! I am willing to show anyone or group of people how to do it. Or look at the tutorials under the resources tab at the top of the page. There has been a lot going on, really.

TTM Continued Momentum Gathering Meeting: Wednesday, 17 February at 7:30 at the Pauls' house at Riverside Community.

TTM Continued Momentum Gathering Meeting: Wednesday, 04 November at 6:30 at Eden Villa, 334 High Street.

Parihaka Day performance at Riverside Community Hall Thursday, 05 November at 7pm. Performance followed by food and music.

Natural Health and Wellbeing workshop with Nadia Kaye at Riverside; Saturday, 14 November; contact verena asap: 03 5267033, ext. 19.

Scything workshop at Atamai Village; Thursday, 19 November (two sessions); Tutor: Christoff Schneider, trained with Austrian Scythe Association Scythe equipment available for use and purchase on the day; Cost: $60; Contact joanna.SantaBarbara@sustainablevillages.co.nz; Registration is essential, due to the number limit.

Ecological Building Workshop; Saturday and Sunday 21, 22 November; a practic ally applicable workshop, which includes site selection, passive solar design, retrofit for energy efficiency & cost saving, different (hands-on) earth building methods, more... ; Main Tutors: Tanja & Florian Pauls, Robina McCurdy Cost: $100 - $150 (income-based sliding scale); Enquiries & Registration: Tanja Pauls: abundantnz@yahoo.co.nz Ph 03 5267466; *This workshop is part of Riverside's 'Tending our Living Earth' Permaculture series.

Invisible Structures - Sustainable Social Design workshop at Riverside Community; Saturday, Sunday 5, 6 December;Tutor: Robina McCurdy Cost: $100 - $150 (income-based sliding scale); Enquiries & Registration: Tanja Pauls: abundantnz@yahoo.co.nz Ph 03 5267466; *This workshop is part of Riverside's 'Tending our Living Earth' Permaculture series.

Workshop: Developing Our Inner Resources in Challenging Times; Postponed, new date TBA from 9:30 - 4:30 at Riverside Community; Pre-register; $60.

CONTACTS:

If you have any queries or would like to be added to our database so we can keep you informed with developments and up coming events, contact Joanna Santa Barbara, e-mail: Joanna.SantaBarbara@sustinablevillages.co.nz, phone 03 528 0386.

Permaculture Design Course at Tui Community, Golden Bay - FEB 2017

Earthcare Education Aotearoa — Sun, 11 Sep 2016 00:40:38 +0000

Location / Venue:

Tui Eventspark, Wainui, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

Permaculture Design Course at Tui Community, Golden Bay - Feb 2016

Earthcare Education Aotearoa — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 16:58:19 +0000

This course covers the standard two week international Permaculture Design Certificate curriculum, taught over an extended 3-week period in an integrated hands-on way, culminating in a comprehensive land-use design project.

Location / Venue:

Tui Community, RD1 Wainui, Golden Bay, South Island, New Zealand

The Arts of Scything and Peening

Ecoshow — Fri, 09 Mar 2012 21:51:29 +0000

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Art of Scything

The Art of Scything

Replace your noisy, smelly lawn mower .

Location / Venue:

Nelson/ Motueka region- looking for a venue

TT Motueka Update Mar 14th 2010.

joanna — Sat, 13 Mar 2010 18:12:09 +0000

Dear TTMers, 1. The Fresh FM Transition Town Show is beginning again on Monday March 22nd, 5.10pm with an interview with Comunity Board member, Duncan Eddy on Local Democracy. The show will be repeated on Saturday 6.40pm.

TT Motueka Update, 2010 Feb.17

joanna — Thu, 18 Feb 2010 08:59:40 +0000

Hello TTMers. 1.The main centre of TTM activity at the moment is in the Currency Working Group.

TALENTS on Valentines Day

Cheryl Lasseau — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 04:08:28 +0000

Greetings all!

~ All Talents members are warmly invited to a 'romantic' pot luck lunch on Sunday 14th February 2010, at Motueka Community House, Deck's Reserve, from 12.30pm to 2.30pm.

Summary of Accomplishments of Transition Town Motueka 2008-9.

Cheryl Lasseau — Mon, 01 Feb 2010 23:39:25 +0000

Ron Sharp and Joanna Santa Barbara got together in Autumn of 2008 to begin a Transition Intiative in Motueka, gathering around them a rapidly growing group of people interested in working in the same direction. Regular meetings began mid-year. Working groups began on a number of issues. Several large meetings were held, with much creative and visionary thinking. The following has been accomplished:

The Art of Scything

Cheryl Lasseau — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:43:31 +0000

National Tour New Zealand

Replace your noisy, smelly lawn mower. Enjoy birdsongs, the smell of the grass, the satisfaction and have fun.

Natural Health and Wellbeing Workshop

Cheryl Lasseau — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:35:49 +0000

kia ora everyone,

Nadia Kaye will come to Riverside and share her knowledge and wisdom with us. She has a great variety of useful tools in her toolbox and i can highly recommend this seminar to everyone who wants to take on responsibility for living a balanced and healthy life. from homoepathic remedies, herbal medicine, energy balancing techniques, to nutrition and emotional balancing, nadia offers a broad range of precious information we all can integrate into our daily lives.

'INVISIBLE STRUCTURES' - SUSTAINABLE SOCIAL DESIGN'

Cheryl Lasseau — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:30:54 +0000

5 & 6 DECEMBER An interactive dynamic workshop, loaded with practical tools, for transforming the daily 'mechanics of living' and broader social-economic systems which underpin our usual (dis)functional lives into wholistic nature connected, socially vital experiences.

PARIHAKA DAY: A performance with a difference

Cheryl Lasseau — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 06:28:30 +0000

Riverside Community 5th Nov, 7pm

Parihaka at Riverside

Cheryl Lasseau — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 23:00:40 +0000

PARIHAKA DAY: A performance with a difference

Riverside Community 5th Nov, 7pm

Transition Town Motueka Update 2009 October 20.

joanna — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 03:15:24 +0000

Hello TTers. I hope those of you with flooded gardens can now fetch your parsley without putting on your gumboots. 1. Our Community Currency: TALENTS will have its launch this Friday night, 23rd October, 7.30pm, Memorial Hall supper room.

TTM UPdate October 11

joanna — Sun, 11 Oct 2009 02:26:15 +0000

Dear TTM People, What a happy sunshiny Spring day! I imagine lots of you are outside gardening or otherwise enjoying the glorious weather. For ages I've wanted to learn to scythe.