Urban Farm DB

Urban farming in New Zealand

5 citizen-driven urban farms recorded in New Zealand. Each entry documents who runs it, how the land is held, and where the information came from — nothing is listed without a source.

Community garden
2015

Kaipatiki Community Compost Hub (Auckland)

NZAuckland, New Zealand

A neighborhood compost hub in Auckland's Kaipatiki that accepts residents' bokashi food scraps, turns them into compost for a teaching garden, and offers free workshops via Compost Collective in pursuit of the city's 2040 zero-waste goal.

CompostOrganic cycleCommunity+3

kaipatiki.nz+2

Community garden
1981

Kelmarna Gardens

NZAuckland, New Zealand

An organic city farm on council land just a few kilometres from downtown, linking welfare, education and organic cycling to give citizens hands-on contact with farming and food.

CommunityFood educationWelfare+2

kelmarna.co.nz+1

Community garden
2017

Kai Rotorua – Māra Kai / Kūmara Revival

NZRotorua, New Zealand

A Rotorua food-growing charity formed in 2017 that grows, harvests and stores kūmara—the key Māori heritage crop—in community gardens following the Māori lunar calendar, teaching cultivation knowledge and food culture (oral lore, karakia, waiata) to schools and the community and restoring Indigenous food sovereignty.

BiodiversityFood educationCommunity

kairotorua.nz+1

Gap space
2025

Wellington Urban Food Forest, New Zealand

NZWellington, New Zealand

Urban food forest developing in Wellington's inner city as of May 2025. Research on post-disaster food security potential. Studies on vegetable self-sufficiency rates and nutritional content from community gardens.

CommunityFood educationBiodiversity+1

doi.org

Gap space
2025

Christchurch Urban Food Forest, New Zealand

NZChristchurch, New Zealand

Urban food forest developing in Christchurch's inner city as of May 2025. Community-led food production and environmental regeneration initiative.

CommunityFood educationBiodiversity+1

verticalfarmingforum.com

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