Oruaiti School was recently awarded $1000 towards or chicken run project. Today I went to a networking session in Kaikohe to share our panui and listen to others'. It proved really useful, as I now have a number of contacts from Whangaroa who want to get involved with our school. There were a couple of people who wanted to help us source good laying chickens, another who recommended ducks for our dam, and most exciting, a cooperative farm in Kaeo who want us to take cuttings from our manuka, to supply them with manuka saplings at $1 ea and potentially buy our next year's crop of honey from us.
The opportunities to support our local communities are exciting and I felt among the community groups present, a real sense that our school has built mana within the community in recent years.
Thank you for applying for this funding for our school. I am excited about the prospect of ducks swimming around in our dam!
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