Wild food, self-sustainability and connection with the environment will be the focus of a free event at Whanganui's Kowhai Park.
Volunteers are cooking up food from the sea, the forest and the home garden in the Creating Space Within Aotearoa event on Saturday. There will also be a focus on bodily health and wellbeing, with input from healing and exercise practices.
The event runs from 10am to 3pm, based near the pumpkin shelter at the children's playground.
It's a first for Whanganui, organiser Tururangi Rowe said, but it has been held before in Gisborne and Hawke's Bay. All the food and information will be free, and it's a zero waste event with single-use cutlery or dishes not acceptable.
"Everything is free, open to all walks of life. I've spent the last two weeks gathering kai for it."