Pūhoi Community Forum
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Updates & Upcoming
Pūhoi Village Market
Pūhoi Community Forum
2026 Market Dates
1st Sunday of each month Summer venue - Pūhoi Community Orchard and PPMP carpark
5 April
3 May
7 June
5 July
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, 24 February, 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.
Feb minutes see summary below
Would you like to join PCF Weedbusters for an hour?
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. We cover our local park including trail creation and maintenance, revegetation and development, road safety, community resilience, and provide a conduit for community groups with Council and Local Board.
Summary of Pūhoi Community Forum meeting held on Tuesday, 24 February 2026
CHAIRPERSON Kate Shevland CoCHAIRPERSON Gavin Donaldson
puhoicommunityforum.org puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com
20 attendees, 4 apologies
Local Board Update (Paul Manton):
Roadworks – Flood repairs ongoing, Noakes Hill Road/. Ahuroa Road sealing
.Mahurangi West Road – up to 6 months to repair major slip on the hairpin bend. Traffic stops to
be constructed along Puhoi Road footpath. Designed to be in keeping with the historic village.
General Business:
i) Anzac Day ceremony - Sat 25th April 9am at memorial gates in the carpark with Fire
Brigade & Scouts attending. The Order of Service will be circulated to community via website,
Facebook, prior to the day. Fire Brigade and Scouts confirmed to attend/support
ii) Whitebait Connection Meeting 24th February. Meeting described as whitebait 101.
Included descriptions of River Salinity Measuring and egg identification work. A more detailed
summary will be presented for the next meeting.
iii) Picnic in the Park on Sunday 22nd March– Fire Brigade to provide popcorn machine, fire
engine hoses and escape maze for kids! Local musicians providing music for event.
iv) Council/ Board Hui Attendance – OCF Chair and Deputy Chair are attending a northern
and western local board hui Thursday 25th February to give feedback, with other groups, to
council on ways we can all support each other. Report back March meeting.
Working Group Updates:
Heritage Museum – Planning celebrations for 163 years in June. New volunteers are welcome
Village Market - $500 gifted by the market to the River Park Fund (for wetland restoration) $500
to Landcare for continuing trapping work Market team thanked for their support.
Puhoi Library – Puhoi Groups including contact info now available at the Library.
Puhoi Hall – Dance event in planning phase.
Community Orchard – Fences around newly improved car park are now down for Market Day
Landcare - Meetings are now at the Sports Club on the second Tuesday of every month at
6.30pm. Firearms use and safety day on 15th March
PEG – Setting up a Constellation Group supporting other groups in the wider regional area.
Puhoi River Park Group – Wetland Exclusion Fence is now stock proof ready for school
planting 28th July. Larger grade wetland trees to be priced for winter planting. Waiwera Valley
Ass – Healthy Waters surveying/clearing of river blockages.
Fire Brigade – 4 new recruits have completed their pump training and almost fully fledged
drivers! Jared has now stepped up to replace Russell as Chief, with others stepping up to take
up subsidiary roles. Noe Santiago, a valuable station member, has sadly passed away and his
funeral was held at the fire station. Sports Club/Scouts – Scouts group is growing, Sports
Club fundraising is ongoing Fishing competition in planning for March/April.
PVA - Arundo removal organised by PCF now completed by council with ongoing spraying and revegetation in March and June prior to community replanting effort planned for June 12th.
Miscellaneous Items
Te Araroa Trail – Slip along ridge track has been bypassed via a stile
We welcome visitors to our monthly meetings, the last Tuesday of the month at the sports club at 7.30pm.
Note, this is a summary of our meeting for community information. Our formal meeting minutes are shared with Pūhoi Community Forum members with the agenda prior to our next meeting, for approval at that meeting., and can then be made public.
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.
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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.
