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Focused on Food to Focus on Saving - Cook and Save!
Come along to a practical and engaging cooking demonstration focused on preparing affordable, nutritious meals and making the most of your food budget.
Participants will explore cost-effective ingredients, simple meal ideas, and strategies for reducing weekly food costs without compromising on quality or nutrition.
The session will also introduce the concept of a “back-up pantry”, helping households build a stock of affordable staple foods that can stretch meals further and provide greater flexibility when budgets are tight. Alongside practical food skills, participants will learn about sustainable local food options and discover simple ways that savings made on grocery spending can contribute to an emergency savings fund.
Attendees will receive take-home resources, budgeting information, and emergency savings tips to support ongoing learning and action. The event will be promoted through mentors, social workers, community networks, and social media channels to ensure it is accessible to those who may benefit most.
By combining practical food skills with financial wellbeing information, the event will support whānau to strengthen their financial resilience, manage unexpected expenses with greater confidence, and build longer-term financial security.
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Napier
Birthright Hawke’s Bay, 6B Taradale Road, Marewa, Napier
Tuesday 18 August
9:00am
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