NZ Riding for the Disabled - Whangarei

20/10/2026

With Whangarei A&P Society – RDA just made it onto their weekly engagement list by being one of their top engagers 🎉

19/10/2026

A busy Saturday at RDA with Doug the Digger working on a passing bay on our road, drainage and culvert and lime spreading. Thanks also to his "sidekick Caleb" aka John.

19/10/2026

Spa and Manipedi Day at RDA on Friday 16th. Here is the farrier carnall Dipwcf hard at work. Special thanks to Suze van der Sterre and volunteer Sian for being hands on to make this flow smoothly.
A very grateful thanks to Trust and L W Nelson for the funding grant to support our horses wellbeing.

15/10/2026

If photography is your income, passion or you amazed yourself with an awesome photo shot then enter it into the competition at the Whangarei A&P Society show this year. See below for details

CALLING ALL PHOTOGRAPHERS 📸

Entries close Friday, 27th November at 5pm!
Don’t miss your chance to showcase your work at Whangarei A&P Show.

You can enter:

Class 1000 CREATURES BIG AND SMALL
Class 1001 WEATHER
Class 1002 RURAL LIFE
Class 1003 WHANGAREI/NORTHLAND “Dogs in Action”
Class 1004 BLACK & WHITE, any subject
Class 1005 OPEN CLASS - Anything goes, open age
Class 1006 OPEN CLASS - Anything goes, 12 years and under

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13/10/2026

There's a burst of colour in our plant centre this week this week with flowering orange and yellow Clivia, plus some stunning large grade Poor Knight's Lilies! All grown in the fabulous potting mix sponsored by Dalton's Ruakaka
Daltons Garden & Landscape Supplies

12/10/2026

We are so excited to see the number of our followers increasing daily, so thank you all. 😇 If you are interested in becoming a member of our RDA we are currently calling for membership registrations and renewals. Please email [email protected] for details.
Membership entitles you to receive three emailed newsletters, an invitation to our Christmas party, and voting rights at the Whangarei RDA Annual AGM (1 vote per individual member, 1 vote per family membership). Membership fees are $10.00 per annum.
Our AGM this year is being held on November 18th at 5.30pm on our site in Barge Park and all are welcome to attend.

09/10/2026

We are super grateful to Z Energy, Z Kamo and Good in the Hood for our generous donation received yesterday. Many thanks to all those who added a token to our box, your support is much appreciated.
Z Energy is successfully supporting NZRDA branches country wide each year through this venture.🤩




Photo - Lucy riding Doo Dah and volunteer assisting is Laura.

07/10/2026

Really excited to be selected as part of the 2027 calendar. Special thanks to Tiriniti Our Girl Limited - Autism Awareness and our lovely coach/photographer Angela Counsell for being the stars.. oh! and Mrs Brown too.

06/10/2026

Our Stable Manager Suze and some keen volunteers, Laura, Lea, Asha and Natalie have been giving our horses, DooDah JB, Dan Dan, Spring and Zinny, some trekking fun this holiday season. Here they are warming up before venturing out

06/10/2026

A Big Shout Out to Alistair McIntyre AKA Doug the Digger for the fantastic job grooming our arena this week. We are still looking for a small tractor or something with hydraulics so we can use the arena grooming that has been donated to us. If anyone has any ideas please contact us, thanks