The Talking Rubbish team at ME Family Services were thrilled to be able to host our first Open Day in a year last week! Usually a regular school holiday event, the Open Day is a chance for the community to come together, spend time in our Te Puna Oranga garden
It’s been a bumper planting season in Māngere this year! Since taking out the undesirable title of suburb with the least number of trees in Auckland earlier this year, the ngahere is starting to grow again. This Winter, over 17 different community planting events have been held in Māngere, with
Seeing hundreds of plants pulled out after a community planting day has been a catalyst for creativity at the Harania Stream in Maangere East. The incident got Vern Togiatau (local resident, RepFM and ME Family Services) thinking about how to connect his community with the stream, to see the potential and to help
Maangere now has its very own planting guide, thanks to a collaboration between between Kāinga Ora, local mana whenua Te Ahiwaru and Te Aakitai, local community organisation ME Family Services and Māori ecology specialists Uru Whakaaro. The guide is an outcome of the Maangere Ngahere Project, which has been running for the past two
On Wednesday 22nd of November 2023 we held our Annual General Meeting at our Head office on Ferguson street Surrounded by community members, stakeholders, board members and staff, ME Family Services shared our achievements for the 2022-2023 Financial Year. We extend our thanks to everyone who attended and for
