While the seed-raising workshop for our new Kai Gardens volunteers had to be postponed due to Auckland being in Alert Level 3, work has been continuing behind the scenes! Al […]
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Kai Gardens Greenhouse Getting its Legs
Thanks to a generous donation from HomeGrown Waiheke, WRT was able to purchase a greenhouse for seedling raising. This past week, community members answered the call for volunteers to help […]
Plastic Free July in Full Swing!
We’ve been having a good ol’ plastic-free time this month, with the Plastic Free Market Day starting us off and then a variety of events ever since. If you haven’t […]
Welcome to Plastic Free July!
Can you believe that it’s July already? Kayleigh sure can, since she’s been planning for the Waiheke Resource’s Trust’s epic lineup of events this month for a while behind the […]
Kai Garden Flourishing After Lockdown!
As winter continues, our Kai Garden is settling in for the steady growth of brassicas and fennel. The basil that flourished over summer is going to seed but there is […]
Compost Co. Reaching Wider Communities
This year, Compost Co. is reaching beyond the limits of Waiheke Island and inspiring people around the country to compost food scraps. A short video was published on WRT’s YouTube […]
Farewell to Carys Templer: Waste, Compost, Biking crusader………
Carys Templer is a charming champion of Zero Waste, a courageous biker, a saviour of ugly and unwanted food, a hot composter and all round sustainability hero. Her clothes are […]
Yellow Dahl Lemon Zesty Soup
Serves 4 Total time 10-15 minutes Ingredients 1 onion chopped finely 1 lemon zested and juiced (more if you really like lemons) 2 large cloves minced garlic 1/2 tsp turmeric […]
Kai Conscious Cafe celebrates local music and talent
Thursday, May 3 The last April Kai Cafe was a very special one: not only were our island food businesses, and veggie growers very supportive in donating food and […]
Keeping Your Worms Happy and Healthy
Conventional compost, hot compost, Bokashi bins, worm farms . . . with so many different ways to compost organic matter it can be difficult to make sure you’re getting […]