General
- Tools and books library
- Te Tiriti O Waitangi - Links to information on the history and process of Waitangi Treaty settlement.
Community Groups
- Health and Safety for your next event
- Inter-Organisational Collaboration Tips
- Full list of resources here
Accessing Funding
Food related
- How to run a community garden
- Accessing Food Support
- Community gardens in the Manawatū
- Plant your own: Get free seeds and borrow our tools + other gardening resources
- Food waste management resources
- Inspired to start your own local Crop Swap? Get in touch with Crop Swap NZ or contact us for guidance.
- Edible Garden is a fruit tree specialist nursery based in Ashhurst.
- Edible Backyard offers consultations and workshops plus lots of great educational information via her blog and montlhly seasonal gardening newsletters.
- Awapuni nurseries sell a huge variety of edibles and ornamentals wrapped in newspaper and offer excellent gardening advice on their website.
- Kahuterawa Homegrown do regular Facebook posts about what’s happening in the garden with useful tips and tricks.
- Paranui Organics for locally made soil mixes, mulches and everything you need for the soil/getting started.
- Spoilt Soil A new local permaculture based venture there to help you create and maintain a garden that feeds you and works with the unique ecosystem and set of circumstances that you live in
- Para Kore are zero waste education programme designed specifically for marae, community organisations and schools. Para Kore regularly post videos on their Facebook page with zero waste ideas in the kitchen.
Climate Action
Living Sustainably
- Healthier Home
- Prepare for Natural Disasters
- Commute Sustainably
- Waste Reduction
- Sustainable Water Use
- Healthy Food Choices Made Easy
- Growing Your Own Food
Circular Economy
Recycling
- Where to recycle things with PNCC
- Plastic isn't designed for recycling - Article
Repairs
Living Zero Waste
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Zero Waste Manawatū Facebook Group is a group for people in the Manawatū who are on the journey towards Zero Waste or living without single-use plastics and other products destined for landfill.
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Para Kore are zero waste education programme designed specifically for marae, community organisations and schools. Para Kore regularly post videos on their Facebook page with zero waste ideas in the kitchen, bathroom, workplace and in schools.
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Zero Waste Network Aotearoa represents community enterprises across Aotearoa New Zealand who are working towards zero waste. Their mission is to connect, educate, enable and inspire people to reach their goals and to be a unifying voice at local, regional and central government levels.
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Zero Waste heroes The Rubbish Trip have compiled an excellent Zero Waste shopping guide for the Manawatū/Horowhenua/Rangitikei regions. They also have guides for all other regions of New Zealand.
ENM on Facebook