Winter Clean at the Garden
2024-06-08 10:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Pukerua Bay Community Garden & Food Forest, Muri Station (near), Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Join us at a working bee to get stuck in and tidy up the garden. There will be lots of jobs like laying cardboard, shifting mulch, prepping growing beds and weeding around trees.
Time: 10am – noon, Saturday 8 June 2024
Venue: end of Muri Road by former Muri station
There will be a cuppa and baking for everyone.
Feel free to bring gloves and tools. Supervised children are very welcome too.
We look forward to seeing you.

Food Forest Garden working bee
2021-06-30 10:00 - 12:00 | Pukerua Bay Community Garden & Food Forest, Muri Station (near), Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand

Community Garden Food Forest working bee
2021-06-12 10:00 - 12:00 | Pukerua Bay Community Garden & Food Forest, Muri Station (near), Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
We’ll be at the Community Garden and Food Forest this Saturday 12 June at 10am to 12 noon (ish). Feel free to come along as we’ll be working on the berry area and usual maintenance, plus the usual cups of tea from the thermette. If available, you can bring:

Gloves and hand tools
Green matter for the compost bins (e.g. veg scraps)

We now have two regular mornings in the garden:

2nd Saturday of the month
Last Wednesday of the month

We look forward to catching up with you soon,
PKB Community Garden & Food Forest members

Taupo Swamp volunteer planting and weeding day
2020-06-06 09:00 - 12:00 | Taupo Swamp, Ulric Street, Plimmerton, New Zealand
Friends of Taupo Swamp & Catchment need your help – even an hour will make a difference! They are ready to go to get another 1800 wetland plants into the ground this season, having raised the money and ordered the plants from local nurseries. Stage two of the Taupo Swamp Wetland Restoration starts this Saturday, June 6.

Work this weekend will be continuing to weed last year’s planting (some trees are now over 2 metres tall) and preparing the ground for the upcoming planting season. Gloves, gear and a morning snack can be provided thanks to Roger at Plimmerton Deli. Want to get in touch? Contact the organisers at tauposwamp@gmail.com or +64 21 263 9844 (?).

Waikākāriki Wetland Weed Whackers Working Bee
2020-05-17 09:00 - 11:00 | Escarpment access track, Paekākāriki, Just north of Escarpment Track entrance, Paekākāriki, New Zealand
Now we’re in Level 2, if you’d like to help Ngā Ururoa Kāpiti Project with their first working bee clearing weeds in the Waikākāriki Wetland, please let Andy McKay know by text or email. Do not just show up on the day, please read the details below around Level 2 restrictions.

Sunday 17 May 2020 at 9am – 11 am
South end of Escarpment access track (not the Escarpment Track itself), Paekākāriki

Walk along the Southern end of the access track to the Paekākāriki Escarpment Track to the meeting spot (not the actual Escarpment Track!) The exact area is shown in the map:

Meeting place, on the Escarpment Access Track, Paekākāriki (map)

During Alert Level 2 things will have to work differently. There is a limit of 10 people, so do not just show up, please RSVP to Andy McKay by text or email first. Other things to be aware of:

Minimise the spread through personal hand hygiene, gloves and other personal protection equipment
No sharing of equipment or tools
Physical distancing of 1m will be maintained
No sharing of food, drinks or cutlery
It is important anyone feeling unwell stays home
Shorter time frame 9am-11am to fit to 2 hour limit on gatherings

If you can only make it for a short time that’s totally fine, drop by at any time, just text before hand!

Garden Working Bee
2019-09-29 10:00 | Muri Station (closed), 143 Muri Road, Pukerua Bay, Porirua, 5026, New Zealand
This Sunday! Wondered where the garden was and what was going on there? Pop in to see us 10 am. End of Muri Road, walk along the platform to the painted waiting shed. See you there.

Summit Club Adventures Beach Cleanup
2018-11-24 10:00 - 14:00 | Pukerua Bay Beach Carpark, Near 33 Ocean Parade, Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Beach Cleanup at Pukerua Bay: come and help clean up our amazing stretch of coastline!
This event is organised by Kathmandu and Sustainable Coastlines, and they would like you to sign up as a volunteer here if you wish to participate.
What to bring:

Sturdy, closed-toe shoes that you don’t mind getting a bit muddy. This is critical for health & safety: those not wearing closed-toe shoes will not be able to participate.
Warm and waterproof clothes. At least one warm top layer and a rain jacket.
Sun hat and sunscreen.
Reusable water bottle (filled up and ready to go)
Your old or unused mobile phone to recycle. As a charity partner of the RE:MOBILE phone recycling scheme, donating your old mobile helps us raise critical funds for freshwater restoration.
A camera (optional). We would love to see your event photos! If you use Instagram, use the tags #loveyourwater, @kathmandugear and @sustainablecoastlines to let the world know.

Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) sign planting
2018-06-14 10:30 - 12:00 | Pukerua Bay Beach Carpark, Near 33 Ocean Parade, Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Pukerua Bay School children will be planting the area around the new Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) sign on the beach, at the start of the coastal walk track. The sign is for promoting the protection and conservation of the penguins.
Come and join us!

POSTPONED: Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) sign planting
2018-05-30 10:30 | Pukerua Bay Beach Carpark, Near 33 Ocean Parade, Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Update 29 May: postponed due to the weather forecast. Will update with a new date soon.
Pukerua Bay School children will be planting the area around the new Kororā (Little Blue Penguin) sign on the beach, at the start of the coastal walk track. The sign is for promoting the protection and conservation of the penguins.
Come and join us!

Working bee at the Hall
2018-05-06 14:00 - 16:00 | Pukerua Bay School & Community Hall, 89 Rawhiti Road, Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Wondrous news, the interior of the Community and School Hall is finally getting a long overdue paint! But first, we need to get rid of all the staples. Please could we have help? There will be a working bee at the hall on Sunday 6 May from 2-4pm. If you can come, please bring your own staple-removal tools, and bring your taste and good judgement, because there will be a chance to help choose the colours. Thanks in advance, from the Hall Committee and Board of Trustees.

Community food forest garden working bee
2017-06-05 13:00 - 14:30 | Pukerua Bay Community Garden & Food Forest, Muri Station (near), Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
To celebrate Her Royal Majesty’s birthday, let’s build a compost station and some raised beds after lunch on Monday. If possible we can get a few tree and nursery species in the ground too. See the post for further details.
Allotment beds at Innermost Gardens, Wellington.

Food forest garden working bee
2017-05-13 10:00 | Pukerua Bay Community Garden & Food Forest, Muri Station (near), Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Come to the inaugural working bee for the Pukerua Bay community food forest garden! We will meet and greet at 10 am, go over the site and the garden plans, and figure out where everything is going to go.

Te Araroa Track weekend working bee
2017-03-25 09:30 - 13:00 | Te Araroa Track, Muri Road entrance, Near 143 Muri Road, Pukerua Bay, 5026, New Zealand
Te Araroa Track working bee this weekend. Community support needed to plant the Pukerua Bay end. Meet at the Muri Road track entrance.

Te Araroa walking track working bee
2017-03-14 09:30 - 13:00 | Muri Station (closed), 143 Muri Road, Pukerua Bay, Porirua, 5026, New Zealand
Tuesday 14 March. Meet at 9.30, Muri Station. Bring a sunhat and water, grubber, spade or lopper.
Contact Gay 04 2399928 for more information.

Te Araroa Track working bee
2016-10-18 09:30 - 12:30 | Muri Station (closed), 143 Muri Road, Pukerua Bay, Porirua, 5026, New Zealand
A working bee is to take place on the morning of Tuesday 18 October 2016. This working bee will be focused on weed control, in particular a follow up to work already started on Cape Ivy control on the boundary to Melody Farm. Members of the regular Tuesday working bee for Ngā Uruora will be helping out.
Where and when: Assembly point will be at the end of Muri Road near the track entrance gate (map), at 9:30 am, Tuesday 18 October 2016.
What to bring: Bring drinking water, gloves, muscles, knowledge, smiles and all important morning tea. If you have loppers, a pruning saw or a grubber this would help. Don’t worry if you don’t have tools, Ngā Uruora have a few that could be provided.
Weather: If the weather looks like not cooperating the intention is to send out a cancellation email the night before.
More information is also available on the Ngā Uruora website, and if you are interested in volunteering for the Pukerua Bay end, sign up to their newsletter.
