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Farewell Kate
This month we farewell Kate Loman-Smith as she moves on to new horizons. Kate joined Katikati Taiao in 2018 and has made significant contributions as a committee member during her tenure with us, notably her participation on Whirihia te ara ki [...]
Nau mai, haere mai: Welcome Ariana Tahere
Katikati Taiao would like to warmly introduce our newest team member, Ariana Tahere (Ngai Te Rangi, Tainui). Ariana joined Katikati Taiao in September as our Insights and Information Administrator, to track our community initiative outcomes in alignment with the Katikati Taiao’s [...]
Organic Waste Forum
In October, Katikati Taiao and the Katikati Community Centre were proud to co-host a unique Organic Waste forum. The event attracted over 65 people, with representatives from growers, post-harvest operators, and exporters industries, and local and central government all gathering in [...]
Grow On: Seedlings Club
The Seedlings Club first event kicked off on Wednesday 21 October. This ‘for kids by kids’ club is made possible with the collaborative effort of volunteers from SuperGransWBOP, Rikayla Bridge Zwezerynen and Jizzy Green from Grow On Katikati. Thirteen-year-old Rikayla runs [...]
Ruud’s day out
Over 700 Katikati locals, young and old enjoyed a visit from ‘Buggin Around with Ruud’ presenter Ruud Kleinpaste on Friday 20th November. It was an action-packed day, with the scientist sharing his knowledge at Katikati Kindergarten, Katikati Primary School and Katikati [...]
Katikati on way to becoming inclusive community
A truly inclusive community which respects and celebrates diversity is among Brodie Johnstone’s aspirations for Katikati, and he believes the town is well on the way to achieving those goals. “I feel really lucky to work with the Katikati community and [...]
Community-led development roles exciting job opportunities
An exciting opportunity to help Katikati progress is being offered through two new Community-led development (CLD) roles now open to applicants. “The CLD Team, Whirihia te ara ki mua, needs dynamic people to support the CLD planning, action and evaluation and [...]
Project will nurture much more than seedlings
More than vegetables will grow from the seeds planted at Te Rereatukahia Marae as part of a new Mana Whenua project.Hohepa Hamiora and Chris Jacob of the marae and Anne Billing of Katikati Taiao who are working on the project, say [...]
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