Kaihaukai

Gladstone Community Pataka | Food Pantry Kaihaukai was a traditional practice that survived into European settlement.

Our Kaihaukai is located adjacent to The Wheelwright Shop, and is a free local resource where you can leave any surplus produce or packaged (uncooked) food, and similarly help yourself to whatever is inside. One local story tells of bags of peaches being gifted to a neighbouring hapu, which prompted a return gift of fish. This was then reciprocated with a gift of birds, a wild cow and some wild pi

gs. The name Kaihaukai is a reminder of the traditional practice of gifting food within our community. We will regularly post images here of what's inside. Please also feel free to use this page to connect with others locally if you have surplus produce, food or plants to share but don't have the time to get these to the pataka. (Remember, this is a public page, so DM others rather than sharing personal contact information)

Kaihaukai is a Gladstone Project initiative, handmade with local recycled materials by Greg and Ali Lang. The name Kaihaukai was gifted by Ra Smith from Hurunui-o-Rangi Marae.

11/10/2023

LOADS of beautiful oranges in the pataka, and still some limes left…

02/10/2023

Loads of limes in the Pataka - thanks Chris Black!!

16/09/2023

Limes in the pataka today!

09/08/2023

Wonderful Barbara popped these lemons in the Kaihaukai yesterday - perfect for winter drinks! They may well have gone by now…

If you know of anyone with a laden tree who’s happy to share let us know - we’re happy to collect!

23/02/2023

Have you got any glass jars at home? One of our Gladdy locals is keen for any jars you can spare to keep her going with her preserving - if you can leave them in the Kaihaukai and she can pick up from there. Any shape and size. Thanks in advance!

17/02/2023

Some beautiful cucumbers, courgettes, runner and dwarf beans and gala apples in the Pataka Kai today, thanks Norma!

07/08/2022

Lemons, limes, pumpkin and rosemary in the Kaihaukai today; the rosemary is in a jar of water so it should stay fresh for a few days, or make a fresh cut, remove the lower leaves and keep it in water until roots appear, or poke it straight in the garden and watch it take off! (It’s the creeping rosemary, so will spread like a ground cover)

22/03/2022

Always something new in our Kaihaukai - today fennel seeds, peaches, passionfruit, courgette, cucumber, chillis, lemons, and still some quinces and Lebanese cucumbers

18/03/2022

I took photos of all this amazing kai in our Kaihaukai during the week, then forgot to post them here! Go check it out - there might still be some left if you’re lucky…. Lebanese cucumbers, telegraph cucumbers, apricots, peaches, grapefruit, apples, pears and quinces!

10/03/2022

Peaches in our Kauhaukai today!! And beautiful quinces, apples, pears and cucumbers - help yourselves!

04/03/2022

Loads of apples, pears and courgettes/marrows in our kauhaukai atm, harvest season!

21/02/2022

Loads of beautiful fruit and vege in the pataka today - plums, pears, apples, red spuds, marrow, cucumbers and tomatoes; huge thanks to all our generous locals; help yourselves!

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2070 Longbush Road
Masterton
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