Pukehinau Kai Hub Project

Growing kai at scale is skilled mahi, required to address food insecurity (in pursuit of food sovereignty), generate climate action, and build resilient communities. Kaicycle Urban Farm and Composting, in partnership with public housing provider Te Toi Mahana, has received funding to establish a community food growing hub that includes a kōhanga tipu (seedling nursery) and productive māra kai (food gardens) at Te Toi Mahana’s Pukehinau Apartments, in collaboration with tenants and community organisations. This project is investigating  the non-dwelling related aspects of housing developments and the wellbeing outcomes that housing providers prioritise in their provision of community infrastructure. The research seeks to understand the process by which Te Toi Mahana’s Pukehinau Apartments collaborated with tenants and partnered with Kaicycle Urban Farm and Composting to provide community infrastructure. A key investigation is the association between the Pukehinau Kai Hub with various measures of wellbeing for tenants and the surrounding community. It also explores associated opportunities to practice whanaungatanga, manaakitanga and kaitiakitanga.

Project leads: Ed Randal and Lori Leigh

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