Pūhoi Community Forum
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Updates & Upcoming
Pūhoi Village Market
Pūhoi Community Forum
2025 Market Dates 1st Sunday of each month
5 October
2 November
7 December
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.
Meeting Tuesday, 28 October @ 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.
Sept minutes (not yet approved) see summary below
Oct 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, 30 September 2025 - SUMMARY prior to Minutes being formally confirmed
Meeting started 7:30
Forum subgroup, Pūhoi Vision and Action payments of $20,000 concluded, and their findings published online.
Kaiya Irvine, a community led recovery specialist from Auckland Council came and discussed her role, and the roles of different groups within Council associated with community response and recovery. The Forum discussed the importance of consolidating possible actions to get top priorities into Auckland Council’s regional strategic plan.
The Pūhoi Village Improvement Plan funded by Rodney Local Board asked for community feedback through the forum earlier this year, which we understand has been incorporated into a new draft proposal, but we have yet to receive.
After two years of mahi and consultation with interest groups an updated Ecological Management Plan for the Pūhoi Pioneers Memorial Park was shared with Forum members this month and a summary will be made available for community members this week. This built on plans originating from the Forum’s formation through subsequent versions from the Rodney Council’s Strategic Plan, to the last version by Boffa Miskell in 2013 and now incorporates new Auckland Council Parks and Reserves objectives, which were adopted by the Rodney Local Board this year. It was suggested a summary of the plan and options would be helpful, so this will be sent to all Forum members for their input regarding preferred options.
Local contractors have been approached for quotes to remove poplars when the ground has dried, perhaps late November, December.
Meeting concluded 9:15pm
[Note This is not the formal minutes of the meeting which are published on the Forum website after being confirmed at the next meeting]
Pūhoi Pioneers Memorial Park
Did you know that Puhoi has its own 342 acre 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.
Maintenance - working bee planned to work with Te Araroa Trail Management to restore the trail which passes through our reserve. Keep an eye out for dates as the ground dries up and facilitates this.
Poplar trees which have died near community orchard are also 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 are now taking part in the Rodney Coast to Coast challenge. Be at the wharf to cheer them on on 9th November or at Wenderholm for the end of race celebration!
What PCF Does
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.
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.
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.
