Pūhoi Community Forum
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The Month's Events
Upcoming Events in Puhoi Pioneers Memorial Park
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Updates & Upcoming
Pūhoi Village Market
Pūhoi Community Forum
2025 Market Dates
1st Sunday of each month
12 December Food trucks at pub
4 January
1 February
1 March
5 April
3 May
7 June
5 July
Summer venue - Pūhoi Community Orchard and PPMP carpark
Come along to support our very own village market! Each market day has a unique mix of music, food, crafts and recycled goods for you to sample and enjoy.
Puhoi Community Forum Inc.
Next meeting Tuesday, 27 January, 2026 @ 7.30 in the Sports Club. All welcome! If you want to be involved in your local community, this is a good place to start.
Nov minutes see summary below
Jan agenda (not yet finalized)
Do you think we need to metal the section of the River Walkway near the first culvert crossing?
Let us know - email us at
puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com
Want to become a member? We are open to all community members. and welcome new locals. Email the secretary at email above or come along to a meeting to join. We'd love to see you and its a great chance to be involved in decision making in your local community.
Pūhoi Community Forum meeting, 25 November, 2025 - SUMMARY prior to Minutes being formally confirmed
CHAIRPERSON Kate Shevland Deputy CHAIRPERSON Gavin Donaldson
puhoicommunityforum.org puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com
Meeting started 7:30
Local Board update - AT footpath modifications, hornet menace, PPMP carpark, painting bridges and power poles in village - residents will be advised of timing.
General business
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Confirmation of specific priorities for AC fund, namely noticeboard and arundo grass. To be completed by deadline in March, 2026. Other projects being costed and worked on for implementation with any surplus funding from the AC grant. River quality confirmed as a priority.
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The next Forum meeting will be January 28th, 2026.
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Community Picnic in Park to be held on 22 March in the grassed area adjacent to Community Orchard.
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What do See & Do in Pūhoi information to be published on Forum website.
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Upgrade of carpark in Community Orchard area of PPMP works confirmed.
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Forum funding $2000 for fencing of wetland in PPMP.
Working and Community Groups
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Pūhoi Heritage Museum - uplift in visitor numbers with summer arrival
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Village Market - Next Sunday market 7 Dec, then 4 Jan and food truck night at pub 12 Dec. Volunteer helpers needed.
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Pūhoi Centennial Hall - Pat Backley has resigned. Forum members acknowledged her long service and welcomed Vicky Santiago onto committee. Bingo night planned for February.
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Pūhoi Community Orchard - planting completed. Forum funding $2,500 for removal of dead poplars this summer.
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Landcare - still distributing traps successfully so demand continues.
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Pūhoi Road Safety - Dec 3 bridges/lights being painted in village.
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Pūhoi Pioneers Memorial Park / River Park - Ecological Management Plan implementation group have identified and costed potential trail and fencing options. Park calendar to be published on Forum Website including market days, produce swaps, working bees, planting/weeding dates, picnics and other activities.
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Pūhoi Volunteer Fire Brigade - Russell Green standing down after 18 years. Forum acknowledged Russell’s outstanding contribution. Special Honors night on 15 Dec.
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Pūhoi Emergency Group - probability that in future, local groups will work in collaboration
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Waiwera Valley Association - WVA have again approached the Local Board to acquire land for a community meeting centre.
AC Plan 120 involves new landslide risk overlay and new flood zones, which will affect many rural properties. To access information go to AC online, go to GIS and look at new overlay for landslide risk and new flood zones. You can make an individual submission to AC. To assist with this, Dustyn O’Leary preparing explanatory sheet to share with local residents regarding making individual submissions which will be displayed at Pūhoi Store/PO boxes.
Request to hold monthly Forum meetings at 6:30. This will be considered at AGM.
[Note This is not the formal minutes of the meeting which are available to all members after being confirmed at the next meeting]
Pūhoi Pioneers Memorial Park
Did you know that Puhoi has its own reserve managed by the community? The entry is right next to the memorial bridge in the centre of the village. Just cross the bridge and turn left. We have recently established a community orchard in the reserve - check out what's growing. There are currently two walking and horse riding trails - one is called the loop track and is a steep loop through native bush and regenerating bush, giving great village views. The other trail is the River Walkway which follows the Puhoi River for over a kilometre, with a revegetation project to protect the river and help control flooding which has been underway for 12 years. There are picnic tables and the walkway is a great place for the kids.
River Walkway
This is an award winning community project, initiated by the Puhoi Community Forum 12 years ago. If you would like to be involved email us at puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com we would love to have you onboard.
The new Ecological Management Plan for the reserve is now being used as a guiding document by the Forum, and the Pūhoi River Park group is excited to be planning new planting areas, plotting new trails and exploring more ways for our community to use the reserve. If you have any ideas let us know, just email puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com.
There is a Community Picnic planned for 22 March next year near the Community Orchard. Come along and bring the family for an afternoon of fun for the kids and music.
Poplar trees which have died near the community orchard are scheduled for removal before they become a health and safety issue. There will be free firewood! Nut trees have been planted to extend our Community Orchard and Garden.
Planting is finished for season, but Working bees are being planned on a regular weekly basis for local volunteers to come along and socialize for an hour. Watch this space.
If you do walk along the River Walkway keep an eye out for small trees on the left just past the first culvert - they need help! Convolvulus is overwhelming many of these new plants and it only takes a minute to free one. All help much appreciated as we are a limited pool of volunteers.
Our Volunteer Fire Brigade
Our local volunteer Fire Brigade members performed well in the Rodney Coast to Coast challenge. They are now preparing for the Auckland Skytower Challenge for 2026 where NZ firefighters compete to complete the challenge and raise money for people living with blood cancer. Find out more and donate to support our guys here.
After serving for 18 years, Russell Green is stepping down as Fire Chief. Russell instigated the Pūhoi Volunteer Fire Brigade, led the lengthy fundraising and building processes, and we all know that without him, Pūhoi wouldn't have a Fire Brigade. There will be a Special Honours night on 15 December for brigade members and delegates, where his outstanding community contribution will be recognized.
What PCF Does
Community channel
Whether it is pest control, community resilience, roading and road safety, Council or Local Board liaison, the Forum is here to provide a voice for Puhoi, to channel information, and seek solutions for issues that affect us all.
Building A Community
The Forum exists to provide links between all our different community groups, and to support local projects and initiatives that work for our community. These might be small, such as the Anzac Memorial Gates or large, such as the Wharf Project. We'd love to hear from you if you have any ideas for our community.
Manage Puhoi's 42 ha park
Since it's incorporation in 2001 the Puhoi Community Forum has managed the PPMP, adding kilometres of fencing, done years of riparian and hillside planting, created the village loop walk and River Walkway, erected the Anzac memorial and liaised with Rodney Local Board to maintain and improve this amazing community asset.
River Walkway
10 year riverbank restoration
Community Orchard
Heritage fruit trees preserved
Road safety
Slowing down in the village
How Does It Work?
The Puhoi Community Forum meets once a month on the last Tuesday of each month at 7.30 in the Puhoi Community Sports Club.
Anyone can come along to a meeting. You or your family can become a member for just $10 annually. Membership gives you a voice on the Forum and the right to vote on community measures under consideration. Everyone is welcome. We offer a community presence beyond Facebook, where you can have a voice and help create the community we all want to belong to.
We invite all community groups to join us when they can to keep the community updated, address problems and share successes.
Did you know Landcare now have over 300 ha under pest control? Or that the local hall committee have won funds to upgrade the kitchen and toilet facilities? Or that Puhoi Sea Scouts need leaders and the Volunteer Fire Brigade are seeking two new volunteers? Check out the individual groups in Puhoi in Community Groups at the top of this page.
