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
1 February
1 March
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.
Jan minutes see summary below
Feb agenda (TBA)
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.
Summary of Pūhoi Community Forum meeting held on Tuesday, 27 January 2026
CHAIRPERSON Kate Shevland CoCHAIRPERSON Gavin Donaldson
puhoicommunityforum.org puhoicommunityforum@gmail.com
General Business:
Picnic in the Park 22nd March - Starting 12:00pm, music, games.
ii) Potential speakers for 2026 - from TA trail; from Tiritiri Matangi revegetation program;
iii) Pamphlet or website information on what to See and Do in Puhoi - Agreement that it is , better on the Forum website than pamphlet as these go out of date too quickly and are expensive to produce.
iv) Communication protocols with other groups involved in park - Landcare, Friends of Park, Orchard, Market, AC - having one person in charge of each group now clarified.
v) Leases and grazing update. GIS map to be updated to show reduced grazing area and correlated with sublease.
vi) Communication processes: Annual report from Chair for AC to go out in July each year. Monthly updates started for lease manager and AC park liaison officer.
vii) Weeding group started this week Tuesday afternoon 4-5
viii) Progress report from PVA on AC funded projects - emailed report from PVA
ix) Applications for the Judith Rose Williams Trust - set up after death of Judith Williams. Grants for $10,000 in total, given annually for projects that benefit and strengthen the local community. Grant awards announced end of June, on Puhoi Anniversary Day. Application forms on request by email to jwtrust30011946@gmail.com See also on puhoicommunityforum.org
Working & Community Groups:
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Pūhoi Heritage Museum - busy, with usual summer visitors
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Village Market - Sunday 1st Feb, 18th birthday, every birthday the market gifts funds to community groups, This year funding towards wetland restoration project, Landcare, Judith Williams memorial noticeboard, special trap for Friends of River Park, and 3-4 picnic tables for orchard area.
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Pūhoi Library - didn’t flood, increased numbers on every open day, mostly first timers. Good to see such interest
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Pūhoi Centennial Hall - possibility of a bingo night in February
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Pūhoi Community Orchard - Carpark works a concern, as are poplars. Two fell on the riverbank in the last storm - reported to Healthy Waters.
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Landcare - new Chairperson , Sheryl Titford - will be at the market on Sunday.
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Pūhoi Road Safety - check if yellow lines are going to be included with bollards.
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Pūhoi Pioneers Memorial Park / River Park - Posts and stays in for fencing, batten working bee 8th Feb. Photopoint stakes done by Steve, will go in soon after mapping for biannual photos. Ideas for a future board with history & information about the park.
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Pūhoi Volunteer Fire Brigade - Russell standing down, going through process for appointing new Fire Chief. Two new recruits, three drivers in training in February. Storm last week, PEG was effective , and Mahurangi West group also. Drone recommended for future events for better levels of information about slips, floods, blockages.
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Pūhoi Emergency Group - everything on Facebook, Discussion about reaching people not on Facebook
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Waiwera Valley Association - First meeting of the year is next week, still waiting to hear about land purchase.
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Pūhoi Sports Club
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Pūhoi Village Playgroup
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.
Upcoming Events in Puhoi Pioneers Memorial Park
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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.
