Name: Soup Lunch Talks with the Friends of Arataki Society!
Start: 2025-09-14T02:00:00+12:00
End: 2025-09-14T04:00:00+12:00
Location: 300 Scenic Drive, Oratia, Waitakere, Waitakere, New Zealand 0604

Soup Lunch Talks with the Friends of Arataki Society!

Join the Friends of Arataki Society for their winter Sunday Soup Lunch talks!
Enjoy some warming soup while listening to a great line up of fascinating speakers
Sunday 13 July - Blooms on Bastia - Film presentation by Robin Kewell.
For the past three years, Robin has been trying to save an important plant nursary from destruction and development - Bell's nursary on Bastia Hill in Whanganui.
Sunday 10 August - Mamakan Laureijs - Native Forest Farming and Agritourism.
Imagine a Waitākere Ranges where indigenous practice guides forest farming/agroforestry, touris celebrates 'forest-to-table' native ingrediants and urban-rural partnerships create jobs while healing the land.
September 14th The History of Whatipu Lodge
Lindy Harvey will speak about the history of Whatipu Lodge and the formation of the Friends of Whatipu who care for the area.
Drop in events. Gold coin donation appreciated for the soup, with all proceeds going to the Friends of Arataki Society