What's on at Strathmore Community Centres, 108 Strathmore Ave and Raukawa Reserve.
Kia ora Koutou,
Activities this week!
@ Raukawa Community Centre;
Community Garden meeting tonight at Raukawa 6- 7pm tonight! Tuesday 26th March
Community Law tomorrow, 10-11am
Another Neighbours Day event in Strathmore Park! Meet, Eat and Greet! Bring a plate and shared lunch at Raukawa Reserve this Saturday 30th March, 12-2pm. This is the perfect time to come along and meet your Neighbours, coming together to be a supportive community for all of us!
@ Strathmore Park Community Centre;
We welcome our final storyteller, Rahera Rapira-Davies as part of our ‘Healing through Storytelling’ workshop. Onsite there will also be Rongoa Maori healers.
Rahera Rapira-Davies
"Story telling is a tradition in my family, a way to remember and learn from other.
It is how I make connections to people, places and events.
It is how I make sense of the world.
Ko Rahera te ingoa.
Tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou, tēnā koutou katoa.
"
Cooking classes start this week. If you haven’t signed up already there still may be room.
Kahungunu Mana Wahine Workshop starts again this Wednesday March 27th, 12-2pm. Come along for a supportive environment with the incredible team that are here to help you grow through your inner struggles.
This Friday Mosaics with the 'Skills for life' team, for the last 3 weeks of Term. Bring a pot, frame, or any structure that you would like to decorate. A great gift for yourself or someone you care about. And Stitching Lounge with Cathrine. Coming soon on Fridays also – Crafty Volunteers of New Zealand Charitable Trust will be here for some Crotchet and knitting skills to teach.
One of our local Beekeepers, Brittany is back! Brittany will be here at our Monthly Community Gardening working ‘bee’ ;) Saturday 6th April, 10.30am. If the weather is good, she will bring her bees!
Take care everyone! And don’t forget to check out our What’s on for our regular activities, Meditation, Board games night, piano lessons, Art classes, Karate…
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Some Choice News!
DOC is rolling out a new tool to help figure out what to tackle first when it comes to protecting our threatened species and the things putting them at risk.
Why does this matter? As Nikki Macdonald from The Post points out, we’re a country with around 4,400 threatened species. With limited time and funding, conservation has always meant making tough calls about what gets attention first.
For the first time, DOC has put real numbers around what it would take to do everything needed to properly safeguard our unique natural environment. The new BioInvest tool shows the scale of the challenge: 310,177 actions across 28,007 sites.
Now that we can see the full picture, it brings the big question into focus: how much do we, as Kiwis, truly value protecting nature — and what are we prepared to invest to make it happen?
We hope this brings a smile!
Have you got New Zealand's best shed? Show us and win!
Once again, Resene and NZ Gardener are on the hunt for New Zealand’s best shed! Send in the photos and the stories behind your man caves, she sheds, clever upcycled spaces, potty potting sheds and colourful chicken coops. The Resene Shed of the Year 2026 winner receives $1000 Resene ColorShop voucher, a $908 large Vegepod Starter Pack and a one-year subscription to NZ Gardener. To enter, tell us in writing (no more than 500 words) why your garden shed is New Zealand’s best, and send up to five high-quality photos by email to mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz. Entries close February 23, 2026.
Share your favourite main crop potato recipe and win a copy of our mag!
Love potatoes? We will give away free copies of the May 2026 issue to readers whose potato recipes are used in our magazine. To be in the running, make sure you email your family's favourite way to enjoy potatoes: mailbox@nzgardener.co.nz, by March 1, 2026.
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