Common Unity Project Aotearoa is a community organisation at 310 Waiwhetū Road in Fairfield, Lower Hutt, and it began as a community māra kai, a food garden, at a local kura. Over more than ten years it has grown into a group that works through creativity, sustainability and kai to connect and empower its community. Its projects run each week from the ReMakery, which is the group's base for creative and sustainable work. The group describes its aim as connecting people and building their confidence through shared projects.
The organisation is funded by grants, donations and revenue from its social enterprise products, which are sold through its website. A volunteer board of trustees guides the work, with members who bring experience in public service, higher education, governance and community development. The food garden and the ReMakery are two sides of the same idea, which is to use what the neighbourhood already has, whether that is kai grown in the ground or materials that would otherwise be thrown away.