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We're officially opening our Disc Golf course 🥏 just around the road from the shop, you can now participate in a Mangaroa-style disc golf course, a great sport for all ages and a nice way to spend time in nature. Kicking off with a launch event on Oct 17th, alongside our butchery launch BBQ.

Sign up at link in bio.

See you there 🏃

#mangaroafarms #discgolf

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Mangaroa Farms recently featured in Issue 11 of @ontheland_mag in an eight-page spread about the farm and the question it keeps asking: what does the land want to be?

The article covers the 1,200 acre project holding a market garden and orchard, a farm shop, a sheep and beef operation, local events, and 700 acres of pine in transition back to native forest.

On The Land looks at the people on the ground at @mangaroafarms, from the farmers who are restoring soil through adaptive grazing, to the team simultaneously opening an on-site butchery to serve the local community - to the market gardeners to the shop keepers, and the storytellers & events team - who can all trace their relationship with the project back to the soil.

For Mangaroa Farms, the measure of success is simple: if the Mangaroa river is healthy, the team knows they are doing a good job.

Issue 12 features:
- Tara Benedict's @wildwood_farm regenerative pick-your-own flower farm in Taupō on the cover,
- @kiwihomesteaders - a Bay of Plenty couple teaching traditional craft alongside te ao Māori
- Growing and cooking perennial food forest vegetables with @permadynamics
- Forage bush kai with @sam_the_trap_man (an extract from his new book)
- Processing roosters with @gillian.swinton
- Growing brambles with @thefoodfarmnz
- Crafting a hunting bow with @threycameronarchery
- Making liquid feed with @edible.backyard

From December @ontheland_mag becomes a quarterly seasonal journal.

Order Issue 12 (and back copies) at https://ontheland.nz

#ontheland #mangaroafarms #biometrust

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Good vibes at the tree planting this weekend with 40+ legendary volunteers, alongside awesome support from @groundtruth_nz and @greaterwellington. We're planting two waterways that border one block of pasture, as an experiment in virtual fencing capabilities thanks to our @halterhq collars, to see how we can graze without needing fences to protect the waterways.

We're not sure how it's gonna go, but will be sure to share our learnings 🌱

Comment TREES to sign up for our next planting day on Sat 29 Aug

#mangaroafarms #alwaysbeplanting #regeneration

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Underground Festival 2026 was a huge success 🙌🏽🌱 Two days, nearly 450 people, and one incredible community coming together to celebrate soil, kai and farming.

The @undergroundfestivalnz team is looking forward to doing it all again next year, and have announced the next dates for early autumn on 9-11 March 2027 in the mighty Waikato.

Alternating between north & south island each year means the festival can explore two very different climates and farming landscapes. More creative scope, and more opportunity to celebrate the diverse nature of growing kai in Aotearoa.

Sign up to the newsletter for more updates at https://www.undergroundfestival.co.nz/

Awesome photography by Gabe at @peanutbuttervibesphotography

Follow @undergroundfestivalnz

#undergroundfestivalnz #franbailey #festivalofsoil #soilhealth #hineahuone

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On behalf of the Mangaroa whānau, we’re extremely grateful for everyone who came out to join us at the Harvest Festival over the weekend.

We had over 1200 people come through the gate - with sold out garden & permaculture tours, and hundreds of sausages, pulled lamb buns, hāngi and coffees enjoyed by many.

Big thanks to all who contributed to what was a magical experience of Kai & community 🙌🏽

Here’s a few snaps from @danescottcreative

More to come soon...

#mangaroafarms #harvestfestival #localkai #hangi #orongomaimarae

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Upper Hutt Food Week is just around the corner, kicking off on 21st March with the Mangaroa Harvest Festival, followed by a range of awesome kai related events around the Upper Hutt Community.

We're hosting a range of workshops and events at Mangaroa Farms, where you can experience:
- Farm to table outdoor dining experience, Sun 22nd March
- Vegetable fermentation & sourdough workshop, Mon 26th March
- Learn how to preserve, Tues 24th March
- Grass to garden workshop, Wed 25th March
- Growing Together: Wild Garden Exploration for families - Thurs 26th March

AT THE MANGAROA HARVEST FESTIVAL SAT 21ST MARCH
- Mushroom Cultivation Workshops - 11:30am & 2:30pm
- Preserve Competition - Enter your prized preserves for a public vote & bragging rights
- Pumpkin Competition - if you're registered, and you have harvested, bring along your pumpkin to show for all to see.

Learn more and register at https://store.mangaroa.org/collections/events

@huttvalleynz @uhfoodweek @myupperhutt @upperhuttarttrail

#mangaroafarms #harvestfestival #upperhuttfoodweek #kairesilience #mangaroa #upperhutt #local #fermentation #gardening #pumpkincompetition

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Underground was phenomenal.

From the moment @claire_hannington_williams and I began prepping 60kg of bircher muesli, to wild harvesting fennel in the morning light, it felt like stepping into a living ecosystem rather than simply arriving at a festival.

I hosted a conversation with @sophiemerkens and @molly.chester of @thebiggestlittlefarm - two extraordinary women whose work bridges land, story, and food in very different yet deeply resonant ways. Between sessions I caught up with old and new friends, those hay bale conversations often as rich as the talks themselves.

The food was something else entirely. Regeneratively raised meats, local fruits and vegetables, all cooked over fire. Slow, intentional, elemental. You could taste the land in every bite thanks to the legends from @basefoodbyfire @hohua_hanita @maxgordy

I slept in a bell tent under a wide sky of stars, woke to beautiful coffee, and experienced what might genuinely be the fanciest festival toilets I’ve ever seen. And because the gathering wasn’t enormous, nothing felt frantic. No long queues. No rush. Everything felt easy.

At one point @pounamu_skelton asked me what my favourite part was.
I paused.
And realised it wasn’t one talk or one meal.
It was the feeling that everyone there belonged to the same ecosystem - yet each person carried their own unique bridge into it.

For a moment, we get to walk across someone else’s bridge. To see through their lens. To enter their ecosystem of knowledge, experience, culture, craft, grief, joy, food, land.
And in doing so, our own ecosystem widens. I’ve always loved seeing how connected everything is.

In nature, biodiversity creates resilience. In community, diversity of people and thought does the same.

Underground felt like a living demonstration of that truth.

Thank you @franbaileypr for weaving together such a remarkable constellation of humans from all over the world. It was a privilege to be part of it.

See you all next year! #Underground2026

📸 A mix of @peanutbuttervibesphotography and my own

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This is the first of a few posts which capture the essence of Underground 2026 and all of us who came together to celebrate life above and below the ground in Waitaha Canterbury.

Photography by the talented @peanutbuttervibesphotography

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What did you love about Underground?

Our Regen Queen on the ground (ahem, soil) asked a few attendees for their musings… @reneeraroa @sam_and_nature @zebulonlafe

🎥@peanutbuttervibesphotography

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The 6th annual @futurewhenuainitiative Summit is being hosted in Tairāwhiti / Gisborne from March 12-15, bringing together farmers, foresters, land stewards, growers, researchers and community organisers - working towards regnerative, land-based futures.

Over three days, the event will explore biodiversity and mosaic land use in regenerative farming and forestry systems, Māori land stewardship, community resilience, and balancing economic, ecological and social benefits.

Held in partnership with @tairawhitienvirocentre and based at Pākōwhai Marae - home to Te Whānau a Kai of Te Aitanga ā Māhaki, the event brings together a rich network of community connection and environmental advocacy from the local area.

The event includes land based field trips, workshops, speakers, & kai - bringing together leaders to share about real work happening on the whenua, building connections to grow the regenerative movement.

12th - 15th March 2026
Pākōwhai Marae, Tairāwhiti
Koha to attend

Register & learn more at https://www.futurewhenua.co.nz/fws-1

Photos by @sentientimagery

#futurewhenua #tairawhitienvironmentcentre #biometrust

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Upper Hutt Food Week runs 21st–29th March, and to kick it off this year and we are hosting the Mangaroa Harvest Festival - happening Saturday 21st March, 9am - 3pm, here at Mangaroa Farms.

Join us for a seasonal celebration of kai, whenua, and the people who care for both 🌻

REGISTER FREE https://store.mangaroa.org/products/mangaroa-farms-harvest-festival-sat-21st-march-2026-10am-3pm or at the link in our bio

🌿 GARDEN & ORCHARD TOURS
Available for $20 per ticket - kids under 18 free.

Live music from @casual_healing @carlos.riegel & more

The Harvest Festival will be like our usual Open Days, but with more stalls, more food, more hands in the soil. You’ll find local kai, garden & orchard tours, educational workshops, a dedicated kid's zone, vege growing competitions, and a big dose of community spirit.

Upper Hutt Food Week is like the Upper Hutt Arts Trail, but for kai - with workshops, shared meals, foraging walks and more popping up across the region.

Mangaroa Farms will be hosting extra events through the week, so keep your eyes peeled for workshops and experiences with some incredible facilitators.

Come mark the harvest, welcome the season shift, and be part of a growing movement towards local food resilience.

WHEN
9am - 3pm Saturday 21st March
98 Whitemans Valley Road

🎟️ REGISTER FREE at https://mangaroa.org or at the link in our bio.

🌻 GARDEN & ORCHARD TOURS
Available for $20 per ticket - kids under 18 free.

#mangaroafarms #harvestfestival #upperhuttfoodweek

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Ma Earth is part of a growing movement responding to the call of our time. To care for Mother Earth.

Around the world, many of today’s ecological crises stem from broken economic incentives - systems that reward extraction over regeneration. In response, Ma Earth began with deep listening.

The interview series The Regeneration Will Be Funded has hosted over 150 conversations with global voices in land stewardship, climate investing, indigenous leadership, philanthropy, and policy - collectively asking: what will it take to reimagine finance in service of life?

From those seeds of dialogue, action emerged. @maearthstudio is now hosting Funding Rounds, awarding matching grants to regenerative land-based projects through community crowdfunding. These resources support communities restoring water, reviving soil, and nurturing biodiversity - embodying the belief that “regeneration begins with relationship.”

The @maearthstudio Learning Lab offers practical tools, workshops, and shared wisdom - cultivating an open-source library for ecological stewards. From blockchain, to bio-char, to biosecurity, it holds space for regenerative practitioners to connect and share.

You can explore all of the above on the new Ma Earth website at https://maearth.com

Follow @maearthstudio

#maearth #regenerationwillbefunded #biometrust

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