We’d like to say thank you to everyone for coming out to the Spring Fair! What a fabulous day. Thank you to everyone who came along to enjoy the festivities, but also our volunteers, organisations and businesses too! Our twice-annual fairs (Spring Fair and Richmond Gala) are a joint effort between Richmond Community Garden Avebury House and We are Richmond which takes months of planning, but it’s all worth it!

We are Richmond hosted the Children’s Area in Avebury Park during the huge event and so many wonderful local organisations came along to participate. We are Richmond also had its own stand and we talked to the community about the work we’ve been doing all year and residents could vote on what they’d like to see us focus on next year. We also had representatives from Te Oraka Community Pools to discuss action being taken to reopen these pools (former Te Oraka Shirley Intermediate pool). We also shared a stand with Sunrise Rotary who has supported We are Richmond and many other Richmond organisations.

A big thank you to all of these organisations that came to the Children’s Play Area at Avebury Park:

WE ARE RICHMOND

Matariki 2026

Matariki 2026

Matariki 2026 was a beautiful community celebration held in the Richmond Community Garden.

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Pickup and Plant at Pareawa Banks Avenue School Entrance August

This school walkway at the Northern entrance of Pareawa Banks Avenue School needs tidying. So we ran a working bee!

Matariki 2026

Matariki 2026 was a beautiful community celebration held in the Richmond Community Garden.

Pickup and Plant at Pareawa Banks Avenue School Entrance June

This school walkway at the Northern entrance of Pareawa Banks Avenue School needs tidying. So we ran a working bee!

Petrie Park Plant and Tidy June Session

Neighbours came together to plant fruit trees and to clean up two crop circles in Petrie Park. Followed by hot soup and a cuppa.

Matariki Community Weaving Session

A morning of meaningful weaving to create kites/ manu tukutuku to decorate our Ururangi Matariki tree.

Red Zone Edge Housing Forum

At the Red Zone Housing Forum, guest speakers covered future Red Zone housing topics, then those attending wrote down what should and shouldn’t be in the Red Zone edge housing areas.

Minutes for 26 May 2026

Minutes 26 May 2026

Mother of All Cleanups River Cleanup

Another amazing Mother of All Cleanups along the Avon River. Volunteers from all over came together to clean the river and gather at Riverlution afterwards.

Minutes for 28 April 2026

Minutes 28 April 2026

Pickup and Plant at Pareawa Banks Avenue School Entrance April

This school walkway at the Northern entrance of Pareawa Banks Avenue School needs tidying. So we ran a working bee!