WholeyHealth

20/10/2026

What do you get when you cross a fruit and veggie market, a bulk food store, a boutique gift shop of locally crafted items, a garden centre, and a passion for sustainable and eco friendly products?

✳️ Wholey Health! ✳️

From pears to pottery; cut flowers to flavoured cheese; seedlings to soap and tamarillo jam to toilet cleaner...

You'd be surprised at what you might find when you come for a visit 😁

🍐☕️💐🧀🌱🧼🥫🧻🍋🎁🪔🥦🧦🛒🛍🪴🥜🍅

18/10/2026

Someone has left a very nice pushchair on the pavement outside The Village Market (aka The Co-op and WholeyHealth) and Miners Rest Cafe on Friday!
We figured they would be back yesterday, but that didnt happen 😕
We have your baby's pushchair safely stored please let me, or the awesome Cafe staff, know if its yours.

14/10/2026

How's your garden looking?
Are you keen to grow your own fruit, vegetables and herbs this season?
Come and check out our great selection of seedlings, and delight in the joy of growing your own food 🌱

And, while your waiting for your own plants to produce, stock up on all your favourite fruits and vegetables in store.

P.s. don't forget the milk, cheese, pasta, and bulk nuts to snack on 😋

30/09/2026

Are Saturday mornings for catching up on sleep? Taking the kids to sport? Or heading off on your next adventure?

If you love the idea of fresh, locally grown produce (including spray free and organic), but getting up extra early on Saturday mornings to go to town doesn't appeal...
never fear - Wholey Health is here! 😇

Our opening hours are:
Tuesday to Friday 9am - 5pm
Saturday 10am - 3:30pm

Right in the heart of Hikurangi, we have all the basics you can get from the local Farmers market, and plenty more!

We have a great selection of local seasonal fruit and vegetables, plus a whole lot of extras including:

🍳 Otaika Valley Eggs
🥛 Organic Milk by Lewis Road Creamery
🍃 Hydrohealthy Sprayfree Salad Mix
🧀 Mahoe Farmhouse Cheese
🥗 Kimchi by Pickled Sheilas
🌱 Freshly picked Watercress

Not to mention pantry staples like flour, pasta, cereal, lentils, nuts, seeds, and lots of other dry goods and baking essentials in our bulk food range.

Come on in and check us out, and save your early morning Saturdays for more important things 😉

24/09/2026

Need a last minute birthday or thank you gift?
Or feel like treating yourself, but don't want to travel all the way into town?

We've got locally made mugs and pottery, a great selection of fancy hand made soaps, candles, kawakawa balm, books, and gorgeous fine art paintings.

There's leather tassels for bags or keys, tea towels, slouchy tie-dye shoulder bags, duffle bags, beautifully coloured knitted socks, and so much more.

And for the green thumb in your life, we have flowers, vegetable seedlings, canning lids, and a lovely selection of pot plants to brighten any room.

Or just create your own fruit basket full of locally grown goodness. That's bound to put a smile on anyone's face with the price of groceries these days 😉

P.s. Ask instore about our membership subscription that helps support local businesses, while saving you money at the till...

21/09/2026

We are proud to stock Trade Aid products and support what they stand for. Fair food means healthier people and planet.
If you think this is just a third world issue..think again! Slavery (although not by that name) is insidious within the supermarket supply chains..both imported and local!
An important bill..but remember, every dollar you spend is a vote for the kind of world you want...shop consciously, vote carefully.

04/09/2026

Feel like being nosey?

WholeyHealth! Village Market, Hikurangi

Come and check out our new site in the Hikurangi Village right next door to the Miner's Rest Cafe.

NOW OPEN SATURDAYS!!

19/08/2026

Exciting changes are happening at Wholey Health!

This will be the last week trading at our store in Whakapara (for now...)

From Tuesday 25th August, you'll find us in our brand new location in central Hikurangi, right next to the cafe.

Our Whakapara shop is open every day this week until Friday 21st, 9am - 5pm, so you can still stop in to grab everything you need for the week.

09/08/2026

KAI SOVEREIGNTY STARTS LOCALLY

Have you seen Climate Action Tai Tokerau’s "A Kai Sovereignty Project”?

We’re proud that WholeyHealth! Village Market is featured in this video, because this kaupapa is at the heart of why our market exists.

Kai sovereignty is about having a food system where our communities can grow, produce, buy and share good local kai, while keeping food, knowledge and money circulating within our communities.

But for us, it’s also about community, connection, creativity and the skills that make our communities strong.

This is what we work towards at WholeyHealth!

• Supporting our local farmers and growers
• Giving local food producers and makers a place to connect directly with their community
• Supporting local crafters and the skills, knowledge and creativity they bring to our region
• Creating opportunities for small local businesses to grow
• Bringing people together and creating a place where community connections can grow
• Building a stronger, more resilient and self-reliant community

Our market is about much more than buying and selling. It’s about knowing who grows our food, who makes our products and who is part of our local community.

With the rising cost of living, increasing transport costs and the pressures facing small local producers, this work matters more than ever.

We can build a stronger local food system and a stronger community together, right here in Te Tai Tokerau.

Take a look at the video and see WholeyHealth! Village Market as part of the wider Kai Sovereignty kaupapa.

Watch here - Climate Action Tai Tokerau Presents: A Kai Sovereignty Project 👇
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK91dqv_JJ0

🪧A little WholeyHealth! update:

For those who are new to our page, we are currently based in Whakapara. In about two weeks, we will be relocating the Village Market to Hikurangi, while our Whakapara location will be temporarily closed.

We’re really looking forward to this next chapter and to continuing to build a strong local food and community hub in Hikurangi.

In Te Tai Tokerau, kai is more than sustenance — it is culture, con...

29/07/2026

A few of the more exciting items we have in this week include fresh mushrooms (brown & button), brussel sprouts, yams, Mahoe Cheeses, and several varieties of organic apples for just $4.99 per kg.

We also have organic & conventional cabbages, cauli flower, Avocados for just $1.50 each, organic leeks (but be quick!) plus all the standard winter fruit and vegetables like kumara, potatoes, organic pumpkins, carrots, onions (organic and conventional), broccoli, salad greens, organic kiwifruit (green & gold), oranges (Navel and Kiyomi), lemons and limes. Visit instore to see our full range.

Also, did you know if you become a co-op member you get a discount on our already excellent prices? Ask in store for details.