EVENTS
Our Kaipātiki Repair Cafés bring neighbours, volunteers and practical know-how together to give broken or damaged household items a second chance.
This joint initiative involving Kaipātiki’s four community houses and centres takes Repair Cafés around the local area throughout the year. Bring along an item that needs some attention and our skilled volunteers will do their best to help repair it, while sharing knowledge and practical skills along the way.
Repair Cafés are about more than fixing things. They help reduce waste, keep useful items out of landfill, save people money and create opportunities for people to meet, learn and connect over a cuppa.
From electrical items and bikes to clothing and general repairs, you might be surprised what can be given a new lease of life.
Chinese New Year is one of the cultural celebrations we recognise at Glenfield Community Centre as part of our commitment to reflecting and celebrating the many communities that make up Kaipātiki.
In 2026, we welcomed the Year of the Horse by inviting Centre visitors to write a hope or wish for the year ahead on a card and add it to our colourful Community Wish Board. We also shared traditional mooncakes, providing another opportunity for people to enjoy, learn about and take part in the celebration.
Activities like these give us a simple but meaningful way to acknowledge the traditions of the people who use our Centre, encourage curiosity and conversation, and help create a welcoming place where our diverse cultures and communities can be seen, shared and respected.
Our Kaipātiki Easter Bunny Hunt was introduced in 2026 as a fun new school-holiday activity shared across our four local Community Houses and Centres.
Children and their families were invited to explore their local Centre, searching for ten mischievous Easter Bunnies hidden around the buildings and grounds and marking their discoveries on a specially created map. Alongside the hunt, children could also enter our Easter colouring competition, with different age categories and plenty of opportunities to get creative.
The emphasis was firmly on participation and fun — children didn’t have to find every bunny to receive a prize, and completed entries also went into the draw for a special Easter surprise.
It was a simple way to encourage families to visit, explore and enjoy their local Community House together.
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Each year, ANZAC Day provides an opportunity for our community to come together in remembrance of those who served, sacrificed and were affected by war.
Glenfield’s ANZAC service at the Memorial Hall is a genuinely local occasion, brought together through the efforts of community organisations, schools, volunteers and civic representatives. The service includes traditional elements of remembrance alongside karakia, mihi and reflections in both Māori and English, helping successive generations understand why ANZAC Day continues to hold such significance.
Local students, Scouts, Guides, musicians and community groups all play a part, from reading the names of the fallen and laying wreaths to supporting the parade and commemorative service.
It is a respectful, shared moment when Glenfield pauses together to remember, reflect and acknowledge our collective history.
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Matariki marks the Māori New Year and provides an important opportunity to come together, remember those who have passed, celebrate the present and look ahead to the future.
At Glenfield Community Centre, we aim to recognise Matariki in ways that encourage learning, participation and connection with mātauranga Māori. In 2026 our activities included a reusable Matariki star and information display, educational booklets and children’s resources, together with a hands-on planting activity involving tamariki from Te Kōhanga Reo o Ngā Tikanga Pono.
The children planted strawberries in our community garden, linking Matariki with seasonal knowledge, cultivation and planning for the year ahead.
Through simple, meaningful activities like these, we hope to create opportunities for our Centre community to learn about, acknowledge and respectfully participate in this significant celebration.
Growing Glenfield: From Market Gardens to Community Gardens is our contribution to the 2026 Auckland Heritage Festival and an opportunity to rediscover an important part of Glenfield’s local story.
Long before today’s suburban landscape, Glenfield was home to farms, orchards, strawberry fields, glasshouses, citrus trees and market gardens that supplied food to the wider Auckland region.
Our Heritage Festival display brings that history to life through large-scale panels, photographs and stories situated around the Centre’s own Demonstration Community Garden. It also looks forward, connecting Glenfield’s food-growing past with practical ideas for sustainable urban gardening today.
Through food, cultivation and shared knowledge, Growing Glenfield explores how manaakitanga, neighbourhood relationships and generations of growers have helped shape the community we know today.
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