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Antonia started off volunteering at the māra, has been part of the Kaicyclist team and now is working in our compost team, building beautiful compost ready for the community to use (get yours here!!). She’s always got some cool whakaaro to share and does heaps of awesome community mahi, so make sure to say kia ora to her next time you see her in the māra and get to know a little about her from these pātai. What excites you about your mahi at Kaicycle? Something that really excites me in my job is seeing how the loop closes, via the food waste that I help to divert from landfill with my own hands each week! When we process our food scraps into compost each week, I feel so excited at the knowledge that I’m creating great quality soil that will one day bring someone great nutritious food. What’s your favourite food or recipe - why? My favourite recipe is Imam Bayildı, which is translated as “the fainting priest”. It’s an eggplant dish that is drowned in lots of good-quality olive oil. The story goes that when the dish was served to the local imam, he fainted at the thought of how much it would have cost to cook with all that oil! Somehow, the story got a little lost in translation when it reached my family, as my mum always told me that it was the large quantity of garlic in the dish that caused the priest to faint… Tell us something you like to do in each season that is special to you. In summer, I love to spend time swimming at local beaches and looking for crabs in the rock pools on the south coast. Autumn is usually when I get my exercise routine back on track after a lazy summer, so I love to go out for bike rides and walks up to the Brooklyn wind turbine, or down along the waterfront. I think that winter is likely my most active time, where I love to go out to music events, even when I have to brave the cold to get there! This year in spring I’m making it my goal to go for walks purely with the intention of finding and smelling the flowers blooming around the city. What is something you are excited about? Right now, I’m feeling really excited for spring to come (to no one’s surprise!). The māra is starting to look green and fresh again
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