Whangaroa Health Services

04/08/2026

🌱 Volunteer Day – Tomorrow! 🌱
Just a quick update – we'll be starting a little later tomorrow, with a 10.00am start.
We'll be getting our kūmara beds ready by layering stable manure and woodchips to give them the best start for the growing season. 🍠
As always, there'll be time to enjoy morning tea, a chat, and good company while we work together in the gardens.
Whether you're a regular volunteer or keen to join us for the first time, we'd love to see you there. Come along for a fun and rewarding morning in the garden! 🌿

30/07/2026

28/07/2026

Way to go, whānau! 👏❄️

Don't let the cold weather stop you from staying active.

Keep moving, and we'll see you at our next session.

You've got this! 💪🌿

28/07/2026

Latest News from Kauri Lodge

28/07/2026

A hardy group of people turned up to our Winter Pruning Workshop last Sunday. Despite the weather forecast, we were lucky enough to have the sun come out for us!

A huge thank you to Anna Dadson for facilitating such an inspiring and informative workshop. Anna shared her passion and wealth of knowledge, teaching us how to care for our pruning tools, assess the health and structure of a tree, and prune with confidence.

The group then put their new skills into practice, working on an apple tree, some very overgrown feijoa trees, and a very "busy" mandarin tree. Everyone had the opportunity to make pruning cuts, ask plenty of questions, and learn by doing. The trees looked fantastic afterwards—and seemed to breathe a sigh of relief!

Thank you to everyone who braved the winter chill to join us, support the workshop, and learn some valuable new skills. We hope to see you at our next Teaching Garden workshop.

🌳 Volunteer Day – Tomorrow! 🌳

We'll be putting our new pruning skills into action by tackling a few more trees in the Teaching Garden.

🕘 9:00 am – 12:00 pm

Come along, lend a hand, learn something new, and enjoy a cuppa with us. We'd love to see you there!

26/07/2026

Morena whanau

There is still no power at Omaunu House, electrical work Friday wasn't able to be completed meaning it will remain closed till further notice.
Physio and the Wellness Team will be working out of Te Ara Pae Ora 194 Omaunu Road in the mean time.
Apologies for any inconvience and thank you for your understanding.

25/07/2026

We will go ahead with the pruning workshop this afternoon at the Teaching Garden. Please be prepared for wet and cold weather but it will still be fun and hopefully we will catch some sunshine, too. See you at 2pm.

20/07/2026

🌱 There's still plenty happening in the Teaching Garden this winter! 🌱

Winter is a busy time in the garden, and there's no shortage of jobs to get involved with.

We're planting one of the fruit trees we grafted at last year's workshop, establishing our new "Carb Patch" for kūmara, pumpkins, and potatoes, and the peppers are still ripening beautifully in the tunnel houses. Our winter crops are also thriving.

Come along to our Volunteer Day tomorrow anytime between 9:00 am and 12:00 pm. Whether you can stay for the whole morning or just pop in for a while, we'd love to see you.

☕ And don't miss our shared morning tea at 10:00 am—a great chance to catch up, share ideas, and enjoy some good company.

📍 Whangaroa Health Services Teaching GardenEveryone is welcome!