Hakea

🌿✨ Hakea Gathering 2026 ✨🌿

This year marks ten years since the Hakea Gathering began — a decade of music, shared meals, learning, and regeneration on this land.

Ten years ago, the land was under conventional farming.
Around that time, a conscious shift began toward permaculture principles and long-term ecological restoration.

Since then, the focus has been steady: soil health, biodiversity, water care, planting, and connection with the whenua.
The work continues.

To honour this milestone, we are welcoming back Excalibur — a classic rock and roll band who played at the very first Hakea Gathering. Seasoned musicians, timeless songs, and a true rock and roll evening under the open sky.

We are also honoured to host Marcellus, who will speak on Sovereignty and Proclamations, introducing the foundational moments of 1835 and 1840. Marcellus has worked with hapū across Aotearoa, supporting communities in understanding constitutional history and legal standing with clarity, goodwill, and depth of experience.

Hakea Gathering remains intentionally intimate — yet full of experiences:

Music under the stars
Workshops on land, law, soil, and living systems.

Permaculture and regeneration in action.

Water wisdom and whenua connection.

Shared potluck feasts.

Storytelling and intergenerational kōrero.

Acoustic sessions and full-band evenings.

Children running barefoot.

Starlit conversations, astrology, and quiet reflection.

A space to learn, contribute, and belong.

There are 8 supporter tickets remaining for those who feel aligned with what is unfolding.

🔗 https://events.humanitix.com/hakea-gathering-2026

To celebrate this milestone, we are sharing a special video by Remi, who was part of Hakea’s early story.

The video captures the land 10 years ago, at the start of its transformation from conventional farming into a permaculture and regenerative system.

Imagine how much life and beauty have grown since then.

🔗 https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1DfbJL9Gmm/

Ten years of gathering.
A living landscape.
The journey continues 🌿

Hakea gathering 2026 Experience dipping your toes into a new world...

What does it mean this ' Food Forest' ?
Is it where you pick your food?
Is it the new fancy word for orchard?

You will find many descriptions of food forest, but to us it's living ecosystems that can support each living being involved from bacteria to humans, from birds to trees. They are essentially human designed Forest, although they evolve & change while we stay part of it as participants. These systems are not only highly abundant but also resilient in the face of extreme weather or disease. When designed in a diverse way, they also provide for medicine, fiber, feed for animals, even timber...

It's, of course, where we go to pick our food when we need a snack, or sit under the canopy to center ourselves and connect to the natural world. It's my (Merve) favorite place to hide.

Can you imagine one in your backyard, your neighborhood or in that public park?