About Mangaroa Farms

Wellington’s Market Garden & Regenerative Education Centre

A Living Laboratory of Regenerative Farming

Mangaroa Farms is a community food hub and resilience education centre located in Te Awa Kairangi, the Hutt Valley water catchment, Upper Hutt, Wellington. A living laboratory for transitioning dairy & pine into regenerative agriculture & native forests.

As a registered nonprofit company, Mangaroa Farms is proud to be part of Biome Trust.

Our Pledge:

We are passionate about nourishing people and nature with healthy food, state-of-the-art regenerative land practices, and transformative learning experiences immersed in nature.

Through our offerings, we pledge to:

  • Grow healthy food

  • Regenerate the land

  • Connect people with Nature

We’re proud to welcome you on this journey with us.

Our Story

Our Focus

  • Community Events & Experiences

    Mangaroa Farms regularly hosts events, workshops and volunteer days to share the broad knowledge base of our team. Through these platforms, we aim to increase local knowledge & connection to food systems, whilst planting native trees on mass, and promoting the application of regenerative agriculture.

  • Cultivating a Resilient Community Food Hub

    Through building healthy soil & microbial systems, our market garden team produces a weekly array of fresh & delicious produce, grown with organic principles, available to order online or pickup at our Honesty fridge, in our efforts to increase localised food production.

  • Forest & River Conservation

    The Mangaroa river is the lifeblood of our regeneration project, providing life to the forests, bird/aquatic life, and the surrounding farm area. Our farm backs on to 500+ acres of native old growth forest, neighboured by 700+ acres of pine which will be regenerated as a native forest over the next 2-5 years.

  • Regenerative Grazing & Soil Health

    Working alongside nature and partnering with livestock, our team of pasture raised cows and sheep provide rich fertilizer for increasing the health & diversity of our largest underground livestock - the soil mycelium network. Raising our cattle happily in a stress-free environment means we are able to generate high-quality, nutrient dense kai for our local community.

Opportunities

Join our tight-knit team as we work toward our mission of reconnecting people to land and food.

Jobs at Mangaroa Farms

Mahi (work) Exchange

Live and work at Mangaroa Farms, exchanging your skills for accomodation and food.

Local Residency

Join our mailing list to stay in the loop as we offer land and housing packages to buy.

Our Team

Cultivating an eco-cultural landscape with a wide range of projects, people, and skills keeps our approach diverse, and our feet grounded in the soil. Here's some of our community who are contributing to our mission.

  • Chris Upton

  • Murray Pilcher

  • Raelene Millar

  • Amy Webber

  • Graedon Parker

  • Tyler Langerveld

  • Cam Dixon

  • Billy Lewis

  • Brooke Millar

  • Tamsin Kaufman

  • Gavin Simmonds

  • Casey McNeil

  • Jules Matthews

  • Jan Hania

  • Eva Upton

  • Zebulon Horrell

  • Paul Neilson

  • Kari Shadwell

  • Halina Horn

  • Carlos Reigel

Mangaroa Farms was established through a gift from the Monahan family in 2018.

  • Matthew Monahan

  • Brian Monahan

  • Catlin Powers

  • Neci Monahan

Connect

Visit the Farm Shop / Kete Kai, open Tues - Sun at 98 Whitemans Valley Road, Upper Hutt 5371

Shop Hours

welcome@mangaroa.org

⁨027 369 4758⁩

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