Join Us for Every Bite This May – A Special Evening at the Cinema!
Join us for an inspiring and practical four-week journey to help you reduce food waste, save money, and make the most of your kai. And to kick things off in style, we’re hosting a fun and social launch event at the cinema—a great chance to mix, mingle, and learn together!
What’s in store?
A fantastic evening with like-minded people
A tasty bite to eat inspired by food waste reduction tips & tricks
A FREE copy of the Kete Kai cookbook (valued at $20!)
A goody bag filled with things to help energise your journey
Simple, practical strategies to reduce food waste at home.
Kete Kai
Discover the art of reducing food waste with Kete Kai. This collection of recipes, collated by Wāhi Tukurua in Mercury Bay, are lovingly donated by the local community. Showcasing creative and delicious ways to transform leftovers and everyday ingredients into meals that honour our environment. With a focus on sustainability and New Zealand flavours, these recipes help you savour every flavour, waste nothing!
Just $20!
Get involved!
Join a growing team of locals focused on ensuring community-driven waste minimisation for Mercury Bay. Come along and find out more about Wāhi Tukurua.
2025 Projects include:
Whitianga Interim Resource Drop-off centre
Single Use Cup (SUC) Free Whitianga campaign
Liquid Paperboard collection (saveBOARD)
E-Waste Drives at WhitiCity Market
Construction and Demolition Waste Recovery Pathways
Inaugural Whitianga Repair Café.
Food Waste Focus
The Wahi Tukurua team are really focused on ways to throw away less food. Follow our Food Waste Focus Month to learn more!
Meaning: Place of Recycling
Wāhi: (noun) location, locality, place, part, piece, portion, section, share, segment, allocation.
Tukurua: (verb) (-tia) to repeat (an operation), do a second time, replicate, recycle, redo.
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