April Newsletter Highlights: What You Need to Know
- May 27
- 3 min read
April 2026Mountain Trust Planting Days
The Mountain Trust invites community members to take part in regular volunteer planting sessions around the mountain. These will be held every Tuesday from 4:30pm to 5:30pm (weather permitting). Please meet at the nursery on State Highway 14, opposite Watrous Downs. In addition, several larger revegetation planting days are scheduled as follows:
Participants are asked to bring a spade, gloves, sturdy footwear, and a water bottle. A shared bite to eat is usually enjoyed afterwards, kindly hosted by the landowner. Please mark these dates in your calendar—we look forward to seeing members of the community there. 
Petition for Public TransportWe’re working on something that could make a real difference for our Maungatapere community Right now, the bus service stops at Maunu Museum — leaving many of us without a reliable, affordable way to get into town. With rising fuel costs, this is becoming harder for families, workers, and our elderly residents. We’ve started a petition to ask Northland regional Council to extend the bus route into Maungatapere village. If you think this would benefit our community, please take a moment to sign and share Every signature helps show there’s real demand for this  New CCTV CamerasOur community have been granted funding to support our new CCTV installation at the dairy factory. This camera is now up and operating with number plate recognition and will help to enhance public safety, deter crime, and support Police investigations inthe Maungatapere area. A massive thank you to the Mankahaia Lions club for donating a whopping $5000 towards the installation for this project
 Need Transport?Maungatapere Gas station have kindly offered their courtesy van and a driver for those needing Transport to get in to town and back. A koha for the running and the driver's time is reccomended. Contact Fletch on 0211389554
 Fluoride Free tapWhangarei District Council have installed a non-fluoridated, treated drinking water tap in the carpark at the Maungatapere Community Hall. This is a 'push-tap' that can be used to fill drink bottles or small drinking water containers. There is no charge for the water.
New Community Coordinator!I am please to introduce myself as the new Maungatapere Village Coordinator. My name is Rachel Avison and I have lived here for many years with various connections in the community. I am looking foward to connecting with local groups and buisnesses, promoting our community, advocating for changes and improvements and keeping the communications flowing. If you have any suggestions and ideas for ways we could promote and improve our community, please get in touch via the Maungatapere Village Facebook page
Maungatapere Pataka
We are blessed to be able to host the Maungatapere Pataka at the community church. This space is for sharing food items you may have in excess with your community. A great way to share what you have and take what you need. Please be respectful of this space and avoid donating anything that is not a food item such as clothing, books, toys, rubbish etc. If you have other items to donate, try our Maungatapere pay it forward page.
 Keen to get involved?Every month, a group of locals get together to discuss ways we can better the community, share ideas and set plans for new improvements. If this sounds like something you might be interestied in collaborating with, come along to our next meet at the Ofiice Cafe on the 28th of April at 6:30pm
 Whats On?Mangakahia Complex Group Fitness Class - Tuesays and Wednesdays 5:30-6:30 pm Anzac Day service at Maunatapere Community Hall- 25th April at 9am Mangatapere Bowling Club Social Bowls - Thursday nigh 5:15pm Poroti Tavern Country N Westen night - Saturday April 25th Maungatapere Community Church Connect Dinner- 18th April 5pm-7:30pm
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