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Selected work — Flagship

Mangaroa Farms is a community food hub and education centre, 40 minutes north of Wellington.

For three and a half years I've lived and worked here, originally producing media, but expanding into media, brand comms, and technology systems. Standing on the solid brand foundations laid by friend & collaborator Graedon Parker, the job is to make regeneration legible, sharing lessons and progress from the farm to our wider community.

Since May 2026, I've taken the role of Marketing & Narrative lead, streamlining our digital operations with AI. In a given week that's filming a tree-planting day, photographing the market garden, writing the newsletter, and shipping the websites and automations that hold it all together. Story in the front, systems in the back.

3.5 yrs
Living & working on the whenua
1,500+
People through our Spring & Harvest festivals
121
Public events run on the farm's event system
4,300+
Subscribed to the farm's newsletter — counted live

Systems behind the story

The digital backbone I built so a small team can market like a big one — every property drawing from one source of truth.

Film & photography

3 years of capturing the story of Mangaroa Farms. Food, planting, events, education and more.

Aerial of the Mangaroa Valley — farm, river and ngāhere
Sunflowers and glasshouse in the market garden
Riparian planting along the Mangaroa River, from the air
Volunteer day in the market garden, from the air
Cover of the FY26 Impact Report at impact.mangaroa.org — hands holding living soil

See it living and breathing.

The farm, the kaupapa and the wider work, all in one place.

Visit mangaroa.org

Connected work