Kaicycle Urban Farm and Composting

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We are a non-profit community farming & composting initiative based in Newtown, guided by food security and climate resilience
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29/05/2026

We are so lucky to have many amazing volunteers at Kaicycle, and we wanted to take a moment to appreciate the amazing Megan who is one of our longest standing farm volunteers. We asked her some questions about why she volunteers at with us:

HOW LONG HAVE YOU BEEN VOLUNTEERING AT KAICYCLE?
I started volunteering shortly after I signed up for the weekly composting service. As I was researching the food waste drop-off program I noted the weekly volunteering spots and signed up on a whim. That was just over two years ago.

WHAT IS YOUR FAVOURITE THING ABOUT VOLUNTEETING AT KAICYCLE?
I was initially drawn in by the desire to work in the garden as we were in a place without much green space. Even though I now have access to my own garden, I continue to volunteer both because I believe in the mission and the message of Kaicycle and because the community of staff and volunteers comprises a wonderful group of people.

IF YOU WERE A VEGETABLE WHAT WOULD IT BE AND WHY?
Maybe Brussels sprouts? Not for everyone and likes to be a little cold.

27/05/2026

Ellie and Rose popped down to the Newtown Community Centre - Te Whare Hapori o Ngā Puna Waiora recently to sample the Quick Kai meals that we contribute our Newtown grown veggies to.

These meals are cooked by young people in the community and then frozen and available for free or koha. There's always a veggie/vegan option and often meat ones too. They're delish and awesome for the new parents in your life, the buddy with a broken leg, or the student who hasn't got the hang of anything except ramen yet - and everyone else! Thanks Quick Kai!

24/05/2026

We love hosting the Green Team from every fortnight at the māra! They recently worked super hard, potting up all these mountain pawpaw, after a neighbour donated us the seed!

If you're keen to give growing a mountain pawpaw a try, come and grab a seedling for free during our volunteer sessions (Tuesday and Friday 10am-12pm).

22/05/2026

As always, our Community Day was awesome last month! Thanks to Wellington City Council for putting on the Climate Festival, it was great to be a part of it.

Regenerative farming and composting is climate justice!

Join us for the next one on 6th June for another awesome open day https://www.facebook.com/events/1578965587005743 and a Grow Your Own Herbs Workshop.

21/05/2026

Nau mai haere mai to our Hune / June Community Open Day!

🐝9.30-12.30 - working bee in the māra - more details here Kaicycle Community Open Day Hune (June)
🥗12.30-1.30 - Shared lunch and optional farm tour
👩‍🌾1.30-3pm - Grow Your Own Herbs workshop - priced on a sliding scale - more details at Grow Your Own Herbs Workshop

20/05/2026

Our new tunnelhouse had gotten blasted by the recent southerly storms so we had a working bee to get it ship shape. Lots of stretching plastic and wrangling sproingly things (this is a very technical term, don't feel bad if you don't know it).

Here's Kate, Marty, Rose and Molly who worked hard all day to make sure our tunnelhouse is nice and warm, able to crank out good veggies to donate to the community! 🥕🍅🌽

14/05/2026

I (Ellie) was honestly fuming when I saw this monarch butterfly in the māra today, because it appeared to have Kaicycle's number-one-enemy stuck to its wing - a fruit sticker!

Good thing I managed to snap a pic and zoom in to see that it was actually a harmless sticker from a Moths and Butterflies of NZ Trust monitoring programme, not a wayward fruit sticker after all. PHEW.

I logged the monarch and found out that they have been alive for 26 days and travelled all the way from Hopper Street to us at Kaicycle, having been released by the good people of Hopper Home Enterprise.

p.s. still remove your fruit stickers they are evil. 🦋

12/05/2026

TSB New Zealand recently signed up to compost their food scraps with us! Here's what they think:

“Partnering with Kaicycle for implementing a compost solution into the Wellington Office was a no brainer. Not only is the Wellington office diverting waste from landfill but participating in a programme that gives back to our community. I get a huge grin on my face whenever I see the Kaicycle team biking around Wellington CBD doing the pickups of compost ready to go back to the farm to be used for awesome things.” Kristy Bridgement, Senior Manager - Finance & Treasury Risk.

Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou! 🌱

06/05/2026

Wellington City Council's Mahere-ā-Tau / Annual Plan for 2026 / 2027 is open for submissions until Rātapu / Sunday 10th May (THIS WEEKEND). Here's what we've submitted.

Check out the plans yourself and have your voice heard - hwww.letstalk.wellington.govt.nz/mahere-tau-annual-plan-202627

05/05/2026

We're super grateful to be one of the organisations selected as part of New World Newtown's community wishing well. Ask for your red coin from the cashier staff every time you spend $25 or more in store. The more coins we collect, the larger the proportion of the fundraising budget goes to Kaicycle! 😍

Help us reach our funding goals so that we can continue to:
🌱grow nutritious kai
🌱regenerate soils
🌱educate tamariki
🌱donate kai & compost to the community

Ngā mihi e te whānau 🙏

Address

5 Hospital Road
Wellington
6021

Website

https://kaicycle.org.nz/

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