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The Orewa Beach Farmers Market opens every Sunday from 8:00 am to 1:00 pm.

Just 25 to 30 minutes’ drive north of Auckland, the Orewa Beach Farmers’ Market is great Sunday outing to take in the pleasures and attractions of the Hibiscus Coast as well as the opportunity to buy fresh local produce in a friendly and relaxed market atmosphere.

30/10/2026

Good evening everyone. I've been thinking about a few things lately. Firstly, whenever I go to our social pages, I am immediately reminded that I haven't fulfilled the tasks expected for the week to reach " the optimum" of whatever that expectation is.
I am of an age now that school and expectations of fulfilling homework is thankfully a distant memory. So why on earth would I feel that suddenly I have failed and really should up my game by spending all hours of the day and night in front of my screen, in the hope that I might get a "pass" rate or even a "well done" you have achieved.
I mean honestly, it's just ridiculous, however, I realize in this day and age, there will be many people burning the midnight hours to achieve the unattainable.
Over the last couple of days, I have been remembering my Dad's words. When I said "I don't have time" he said, make time. Realistically we can't "make" time, however he was right in a way. Today I "made" time to phone a friend I hadn't spoken to for a while, I made time to make myself a decent meal and a healthy lunch for tomorrow. I made time to forgive myself for not mowing the lawns and not picking up the fallen fruit, the birds are having a wonderful time with those, and I made time to just rest for a little bit and shrug off all the expectations I have put on myself.
It feels great ☺, see how I feel at 4am.
If you haven't tried the sweet treats from our newest vendors, Atelier Pandora, I seriously recommend you do. I tried them last Sunday, the balance of flavours is amazing, not too sweet, presentation is immaculate. I would expect to see this product in a restaurant as a dessert at a way higher price point than they are selling at our market.
Off to eat dinner now. See you all Sunday morning☺

24/10/2026

Evening everyone. What a stunning day, I have "officially" graduated from 3 layers of clothing to 1 and a half ☺.
A quick message, from our amazing fruit and vege vendors, Pabla and his team. I've just received an update with their "super" specials for tomorrow's market.
So, Broccoli 99c per head
King sweeties 3 for 5.00
Large Hass avos 5 for 5.00 What!!
Cabbage 2.00 each
Cauli 2.00 each
Eggs 3 trays for 25.00
Mixed salad greens 3 for 5.00
And Tamarillo's 8.99 per kg. I'll be buying some of those to make my Tamarillo chutney. That's a seriously good price and its the end of the season for Tamarillo's, so grab some, cook them until the skins open, de skin them and freeze for a taste of Tamarillo until next season.
The market is pretty full tomorrow, don't forget to check out the vendors in the grass area.
Grab a coffee, a sweet treat, be that a tasty pastry, mango sticky rice, or Kristens delicious sweet cakes or maybe some baklava from our Turkish vendors.
See you all in the morning :-)

23/10/2026

Good evening to all our lovely customers and supporters of the OBFM.
Labour weekend, the first public holiday we all look forward to, celebrating the end of winter and the tantrums of Spring weather.
And the weekend is promising great weather, yay :-)
My regular family of blackbirds have successfully raised 2 chicks this season. Today, the dad was being very busy tossing mulch everywhere and I saw his beady eye on his youngster saying, sort it out, you need to do this for yourself in the future. Of course, the young bird just kept begging to be fed, even though it was the same size as it's parents. ☺
Margaret and Jim plants, had a bit of a problem with their tomato labels so they are offering "surprise" plants at a reduced price.
Al and Emily, guitar and violin, playing mostly New Zealand artists music will be with us.
Honestly I am so looking forward to a weekend of markets in the sun.
See you all Sunday.
Bless

16/10/2026

Hi everyone, well it's that time of the week again. I hope everyone has had a good week, I have certainly enjoyed the warmer weather and couldn't help showing off my gorgeous hippeastrums in full bloom. Every time I look at them it brings me great joy and many memories and really isn't that what we all really want and need from our lives, joy, memories, great friends, wonderful families, to share our lives with.
Sounds so simple and I know often it's not.
The second pic is of my marmalade on crackers with cheese, my Dad loved that combo and weird as it sounds it's pretty tasty ☺
As I chat now, the market is looking full with all our regulars plus a couple of new vendors. Keep your eyes open for our new Filipino food vendor selling traditional barbequed meat skewers, the Soap Shed is back with Yvonne highlighting her scented soaps.
I was in the Wellsford 4Square today picking up a couple of things and the lady in front of me had one of Alice Es Harris Tweed bags, I loved to see that.
From the place of origin from the Hebrides in Scotland to a 4Square in Wellsford, kind of precious ☺
See you all on Sunday

09/10/2026

Hi everyone, a bit of a late post this evening. I've been out in my garden fertilizing trees and plants because I am thinking that the rain predicted for Sunday will be a good time to give them a boost before the summer months ahead. It's also the best time to get your tomatoes, cucumbers, courgettes and summer salad plants in now. Jim and Margaret have a great range of these plus herbs and flowering annuals.
So pleased to have Ya, our Thai food vendor back, she makes the best Pad Thai, I often buy from her on Sunday's so I don't have to cook after two long market days. That's a win ☺
We have a new musician joining us as well this Sunday, Maranda, I am really looking forward to welcoming her to our market.
Time to clean up my kitchen, a wee sit down and then bed. A 4am start in the morning at Matakana market.

03/10/2026

Good evening everyone. I hope you have all had a great day, the first fine Saturday for some weeks and the pesky equinox southerly winds seem to have tailed off Yay :-). As is testament to a good weather day tomorrow, ok there is some light showers expected, but nothing like the weather conditions over the last couple of Sunday's. So heaps of photos to share, lots of great stalls to visit. The grass area is now "officially" open as the ground is dry enough to accommodate stall holders without making a mess of the community space, which we respect.
Stuart, with his wife's ceramics will be joining us, Virginia, his wife is so talented with her glazing and capturing the essence of birds and nature. She works in stone ware and porcelain.
The Soap shed is back as is locals "Livin Salty". I also have a new vendor "Chakra Kan" creating candles along with Kristen and her sweet treats.
Mahurangi honey is back this weekend, I'm sure you will need to top up on your honey by now and Margaret and Jim, plants, have early season vegetable plants plus some lovely potted colour to brighten up your gardens.
And....I have been working for a wee while, to make a "healthy, low sugar tomato sauce". I am testing it on my customers and stall holder mates, so far it's getting the thumbs up. So please stop by my stall, have a taste and give me feedback. It's gluten free and if the recipe remains the same, only 1.3 grammes of sugar per serve or 13 grammes per 100mls. In comparison with the sugar content in some commercial tomato sauces, I think mine is worth a try.
See you all in the morning☺

02/10/2026

Good evening everyone. In all honesty the last 2 weekends of markets have been such a mission. Strong winds and rain, so challenging for stall holders.
This coming Sunday's forecast is a bit kinder. There will be some light rain with not too much wind 🤞
See you all there :-)

26/09/2026

Afternoon everyone. I've been feeling in a bit of a funk today. I made a late call yesterday not to attend the Matakana market due to the rain predicted for today and when I woke up the sun was shining, yes I had a lovely and unusual sleep in on a market day when I, and most stall holders are up in the wee small hours, but back to the sunny early morning. Honestly, I was having one of those moments that many of us stall holders have, thinking, I should have gone, the weather is looking ok, no wind, should I go anyway, it's not too late to set up my stall. End of the story, I checked in with Google / AI for a 12 hour weather report for Matakana, this is my new favourite weather tool, I reckon I can do away with Metvu or the Metservice weather sites.
The amount of information was amazing and 95% correct, there was just a little time difference between the rain setting in at my place in Wellsford to Matakana, understandable.
According to my new weather buddy ☺tomorrow will be gusty winds from the west and some light showers. Lets see how that pans out.
We have 2 new stall holders joining us tomorrow, Kristen with her amazingly crafted dessert cakes and Nadia with her Takoyaki Japanese street food. It's been a long time since we have had Japanese food at the market and I'm really looking forward to having it back at the market.
I know our Vege vendors, Pabla and co will have some great specials for everyone, so make sure you make the most of the bargains to be had.
Daylight saving kicks in tonight. These days there's no need to adjust your clocks unless you are like me and still enjoy the tactile sound of a clock ticking :-)
1 last mention, I have been working on, for what seems like forever, making a clean and healthy tomato sauce. I finally, have almost got the recipe right, but maybe not perfect yet, so for the next couple of weeks I'll be asking you all to taste and give me feedback, honest feedback please.
See you all in the morning.☺

19/09/2026

Good afternoon everyone.
Due to the predicted weather conditions for tomorrow's market I have advised all the stall holders to not attend the market.
Wind gusts are predicted for 40 -50ks which is just not safe for stall holders with gazebos. Clothes get blown away and wet. Food stall holders that are cooking with gas cannot attend as the winds blow out the gas cookers.
Gazebos break and are dangerous in those winds, and it's extremely stressful managing a gazebo and trying to sell under those conditions.
HOWEVER, those stall holders with perishable goods will still be attending as they can't afford the huge losses in waste food and produce.
So there will be breads, pastries, our wonderful vege guy's will be there, Sandra with her eggs and organic produce will be there, Nan with her flowers and I believe Ray Sea Kai will also be at the market.
So please, please go and support them. 🙏

18/09/2026

Evening everyone. I hope your week has gone well. The weeks are flying by so fast, scarily, Christmas will be here before any of us are ready for it, so a good time to shop early for gifts and the market has lots of options for wonderful hand crafted gifts. The Soap shed has some lovely products at great prices, Livin Salty are back this Sunday with local Hibiscus themed hats, Ts and more.
Stuart visits occasionally with his wife Virginia' amazing ceramic creations, and will be with us this Sunday so for a special hand crafted one of a kind piece of art, make sure you visit his stall.
Super super happy to have asparagus back, I love fresh asparagus, gently steamed, some salt and pepper and a squeeze of lemon. You just can't beat it.
My local supermarket had asparagus a couple of weeks ago for the eye watering price of $8.99 per bunch. Last Sunday our wonderful produce suppliers had asparagus at $5.00 a bunch.
Off for some dinner, make lunch for tomorrow's market and an early night.
See you all on Sunday ☺

Address

Orewa Square Cnr HBC Highway & Florence Avenue
Auckland
0931

Opening Hours

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