Poutū-te-rangi/ March 4, 2026
Playground completion celebration
Friday 6 March, 10 – 11 am, corner of Houghton Bay and Hungerford Rds
Houghton Valley School are celebrating the completion of our local playground after a journey of over 3 years, and would like to invite the community to come along and join in an “opening” with karakia, speeches, waiata and kai.
Part of the the design process for the playground involved students at Houghton Valley School sharing their vision for play and the future of Haewai Houghton Valley. Some of these ideas were incorporated into artwork on the fence panels.
Celebrating its completion is an important way of connecting the school and the wider community, so we hope you can make it!
Neighbours’ Day at Te Kawakawa Commons
Saturday, 7 March, 10 – 11.30 am, behind the bus stop near 44 Hornsey Rd
Te Kawakawa Commons is hosting a neighbours’ Day get together celebrating using herbs every day. Fresh herbs are a great way to add homegrown flavour to your day. Join them over herb tea and muffins, and discover flavoursome herb oils and vinegars, delicious herb and vegetable dips, and soothing herb teas. No garden? No problem! Many herbs can be grown in a pot on a sunny windowsill. Register your interest for catering purposes.
Their Children’s Day event last weekend had some fun crafting happening in the garden.
Poetry evening
Saturday, 7 March, 4 – 5.30 pm, at 34 Hungerford Road
The poetry session in March has a change of venue as the Alice Krebs Lodge is booked, but the home venue is not far away. Bring along a few favourite poems or short extracts of environmental writing for sharing.
Summer Celebration dinner re-cap
The Seeds-to-Feeds Summer Celebration Dinner a couple of weeks ago was another successful event with amazing food and a friendly vibe.
The weather even managed to feel something like summer and our hall really does scrub up well with lots of people and colourful bunting and table settings. The Seeds-to-Feeds team did a sterling job promoting it so we pretty much sold out, with lots of people coming from different places as well as locals.
(174 recipients, 79 opens)