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The Ministry for Primary Industries is backing a marae-based project to help Kaipara residents grow their own food.
Māuri Orā ki Ngāti Whatua Charitable Trust will hold four wānanga starting with Naumai Marae in Ruawai tomorrow.
It will focus on food sovereignty and what can be grown on marae or in local backyards.
A pilot garden will also be planted at Naumai Marae, with herbs, and vegetables such as lettuce, silverbeet, onions and carrots.
Hui are also planned for Ripia Marae, south of Te Kōpuru, and Parirau Marae, northwest of Matakohe.
Northland news in brief: Arson accused to apply for bail; and educational food hui
22 Jan, 2021 04:00 PM
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Firefighters from Kawakawa and Kerikeri managed to save a shed at the isolated Ngawhitu Rd property, west of Moerewa, but had no chance of saving the house. Photo / Peter de Graaf
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Arson hearing
A Northland man accused of burning down a house near Moerewa is expected to apply for bail when he next appears in the Kaikohe District Court. William Bradley Pashley, 50, was charged with arson shortly after a home on Ngawhitu Rd, off Ngapipito Rd, burned to the ground on the night of January 17. He was remanded in custody after his first court appearance on January 19 and is due back on January 26 by audio-visual link. The home was owned by a woman living at the address. It is understood at least one child lived there as well. At the time it was the sixth serious house fire in the Far North in less than six weeks, and all but two were in the Kawa
Wednesday, 20 January 2021, 3:09 pm
The Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) is funding a
new marae-based project to help Kaipara residents grow their
own food.
The first of four educational hui will be
held this month to teach people how to transform their
backyards into food bowls.
MPI is providing $20,000 to
Māuri Orā ki Ngāti Whatua Charitable Trust to develop the
community education programme.
The funding is part of
MPI’s Rural Community Hubs programme, which is empowering
isolated communities to be better prepared to tackle
challenges they face.
“During last year’s COVID-19
lockdowns, local iwi helped bring fresh food into the