We collect & divert nearly one tonne of food scraps from landfill every week!

Rain, wind or shine, our team of dedicated cyclists collect from over 100 businesses in Pōneke / Wellington CBD on our e-bike & trailer. Click here to sign up your business.

Households can also compost with us by dropping off their food scraps at one of our hubs located in Te Aro, Newtown, Berhampore, Aro Valley and Thorndon, which are collected by e-van. Click here to sign up your household.

Over 5 to 8 months, our composting team manually process the food scraps and turn them into beautiful biodiverse compost that is teeming with beneficial bacteria, fungi, creepy crawlies and full of mauri.

We donate most of the compost to local community gardens, marae and schools. The rest we sell to home gardeners, with the profits helping fund Kaicycle. And what’s left we use to grow kai at our māra in Newtown.

Click here to order or request a donation of compost.

We practice Māori-led organic & regenerative farming principles, known as Hua Parakore, and work with nature to restore soil health, sequester carbon, and grow nutrient-dense kai that is free from GMOs & chemicals.

Most of the kai we grow is donated to community groups that distribute it to those in need and the rest we sell online to locals in Te Whanganui-a-Tara.

Click here to order our produce.

Engaging in localised growing and composting empowers you and your whānau to prepare for and adapt to the challenges of climate change as well as develop independence from our broken food system. Like interconnected fungal mycelium, our community is stronger and more resilient when we co-operate in symbiosis.

Click here to sign up to one of our many working bees to learn more and build your growing & composting skills.

We are always keen to collaborate with organisations & individuals around the motu who share our kaupapa. Whether it’s sharing knowledge & skills, running workshops & events, or growing our collective impact, email us at hello@kaicycle.org.nz.