Our wonderful intern Fidelis Hiamangi put together a fantastic composting guide, which we've turned into an easy-to-use webpage. www.enm.org.nz/manawatu-foo...

Textile Recycling Drop-Off Aug 29, 10am – 11am Give your old textiles a new life with Textile Rescue! Bring your old textiles to be repurposed or recycled 📷 $6 per kilo to drop off What fabrics are accepted? See here textilerescue.nz/faq

Forest & Bird Manawatū - Field Trip Guided Tour of F&B Rangitīkei Reserves Sunday 23 August 2026 🌳 Pryce's Reserve 🌳 Sutherland's Mangahoe Reserve 🌳 Puriri Reserve 🌳 McPhersons Reserve To register for the trip, please contact Rosemary: 📞 021 476 731 📧 cullenrjrj@gmail.com

Emergency Preparedness - RECAP Aug 22, 2026, 1pm – 4pm Emergency Preparedness for you and your whānau. This will be tailored to the most likely scenarios for our specific area. A free seminar, with afternoon tea provided. Registrations can be made at recap.org.nz.

Royal Society Te Apārangi August Talk: Solutions to the Health Service Crisis Are Hiding in Plain Sight Professor Jenny Carryer, Massey University Aug 18, 2026, 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM Palmerston North Central Library George Street, Palmerston North

Butterfly Park Working Bee Aug 9, 9am – 11am (2nd Sunday of each month) Apollo Park, Milson, Palmerston North Monarchs in Apollo Park plantings are especially for overwintering Monarch butterflies and other species. Come and help out with weeding, planting and general maintenance.

Open Day - Southern Ruahine Kiwi Aug 12, 2026 2pm – 4pm DOC Pohangina Base, Pohangina Valley East Rd We'd love to meet you; come & chat with the team, hear the news, read the displays, learn about new tech, ask questions & become a volunteer! Email: manager@southernruahinekiwi.nz

Looking for a new funder? Last week we went to the Palmy Community Funding Expo. If you missed it, here's the PDF booklet of all the funders at the event; it could be an opportunity to find more support for your project. www.enm.org.nz/application/...

Ahimate Community Clean-Up 📅 Date: Sunday 2 August 2026 (Backup date: Sunday 16 August 2026 if required) 🕑 Time: 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm 📍 Location: Ahimate Dog Park, 195 Maxwells Line, Palmerston North RSVP: docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Jireh Food Hub Community Garden Working Bee Aug 3, 12pm – 1pm 94 Cook Street Plant, harvest & tend the māra to make fresh, organic vegetables & fruit freely available to the community (including our volunteers!) All welcome! Any questions, contact Mark at biodiversity@enm.org.nz.

Big congrats to Hannah on taking over Apollo’s Butterfly Park. We all know how busy life gets and how precious time can be, so it’s awesome to see that energy going into something that connects with and supports the community. Contact: hannah.vandenberg2@gmail.com

Water & Environmental Care Horowhenua Jul 6, 7 – 8:30pm Thompson House, Kent St Levin Members campaign against pollution in waterways, writing submissions to local govt, letters to the media, lobbying local & central govt & raising public awareness. Email wecare4water@gmail.com

Ashhurst Library Community Garden Working Bee Jun 25, 10am – 12pm Volunteer Library Gardening happens most weeks, led by the wonderful Suzanne. If you’re keen, you can get in touch there or email: schelius@hotmail.com. Everyone - all levels of experience and ability - welcome.

Forest & Bird Meeting - PN City Library Jun 9, 7pm – 8:30pm Talk: Oroua & Pohangina Whio Protection Project - Update Speaker: Janet Wilson, Project Leader She will give an update on how this project is going & will include a quick look at the bigger picture in the Ruahine.

Compost Workshop Join us at our annual Compost Workshop and turn your household & garden waste into nutrient rich food for your plants. Sat, May 30th, 1pm-3pm Olsson Community Orchard, Ashhurst Hot drinks & afternoon tea provided Register here: recap.org.nz/civicrm/even...

Arts and Craft Workshops by Upcycling Club 1 May 26, 1:30 PM – 4:00 PM When: Second and fourth Tuesdays of each month. Where: Roslyn Library, 8 Kipling St For whom: Both adults and children. After 3:00, quite a few school children come, so it gets crowded and noisy.

SAVE THE NATIVE GIANT MAIDENHAIR FERN May 24, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Join a group of friendly locals for an easy working bee to help preserve the environment for this endangered plant. When/Where: 10am, Ashhurst Domain, meet in the BBQ area by the playground.

U3A Autumn Seminar Series - Food Sovereignty: A Community Perspective. Palmerston North Central Library May 27, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Daniel (Morri) Morrimire, Community Food Sovereignty Lead at Environment Network Manawatū Food sovereignty is a term often used...

U3A Autumn Seminar Series - Food Rescue. Palmerston North Central Library May 20, 2026, 1:30 PM – 2:45 PM Rebecca Culver, Managing Director Just Zilch With a third of New Zealanders experiencing food insecurity in the last year, we need to make some changes.

Provenance and guardianship of taonga tree species - Palmerston North Central Library May 19, 2026, 7:30 PM – 9:00 PM David Chagné’s research uses genomics for developing fundamental knowledge and new tools for fruit trees and taonga species.

Pit Park Working Bee. May 17, 2026, 10:30 AM – 12:00 PM (3rd Sunday of each month) Edwards Pit Park, Tweed Street, Roslyn, Palmerston North 4414 All Welcome - jobs can be found for all fitness levels. Stay for a cuppa afterwards.

Dune garden working bee, Foxton May 17, 2026, 10:00 AM – 2:00 PM This is a fortnightly session on a Sunday members of the group are out there from around 10am... Email manawatu.estuary@gmail.com to find out the event plan.

Ashhurst Library Community Garden Working Bee May 14, 2026, 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM Volunteer Library Gardening happens most weeks, led by our wonderful deputy chairperson, Suzanne. She updates Facebook/Ashhurst Chat each week, or you can get in touch there or email: schelius@hotmail.com.

King's Birthday Weekend Book Sale! Over 100,000 books plus games, records, DVDs, CDs, jigsaw puzzles, comics and sheet music, The Barber Hall, Arena 5 Waldegrave Street, Palmerston North Fri 29 May, 10am- 8pm Sat 30 May, 10am-6pm Sun 31 May, 10am-4pm Mon 1 June, 10am-2pm

Palmerston North Repair Cafe May 2nd, 2026, 9:00am – 11:30am Palmerston North Repair Café takes place at Palmerston North Community Leisure Centre, 569 Ferguson Street. with the support of Environment Network Manawatū, PNCC, MENZSHED, SuperGrans and other community organisations.

ManawaTech has partnered with e-cycle and Digits Charitable Trust to bring two drop-off events during TechWeek. Drop-off event details: 📅 Venue 1: Mitre10 Mega, Tue 19th May, 9am-12pm 📅 Venue 2: Bunnings, Thu, 21 May, 9am - 12pm

RECAP Crop Swap May 2, 2026 11am-1pm at the Ashhurst Community Library. All are welcome and everything is free. Bring any excess produce, seeds, seedlings or gardening supplies. You do not need to give in order to take and vice versa.

Manawatū farmers have helped divert nearly 42 tonnes of farm plastics from landfill following a successful recycling event hosted by Manawatū District Council in partnership with Plasback. www.mdc.govt.nz/projects-and...

A Rocha Working Bee Apr 26, 2026, 1:30 PM – 3:30 PM This branch has a nursery in Longburn, where it raises native plants for local planting projects. All welcome (you don’t need to be a church-goer). If you are interested in coming along, please contact Christine, 06 353 6820.

Menzshed Manawatū (P.N) Every Tue, Wed and Thu 9am Rangitane Park, Racecourse Rd Awapuni The main aim of Menzshed is to keep people involved with the community, and to undertake projects to benefit the community. menzshedmanawatu.org.nz