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Upcycling & Recycling: Take Home Kit

Whangaparāoa Recycling Centre 637 Whangaparāoa Road, Whangaparāoa

Lets get creative and upcycle bottle lids into a fun board game that you can play at home! Pop in to the Whangaparaoa Recycling Centre and grab a kit to…

Free

EcoFest 2024 Mural Competition

Online

Are you a local Auckland artist? Unleash your creative eco-warrior with the EcoFest 2024 Mural Competition! For the duration of EcoFest, we are on the lookout for an amazing eco-themed…

Free

DIY Beeswax Wraps

Titirangi Community House 500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi

Replace plastic wrap in your home. Join us and get all the materials and guidance you need to make your own beeswax wrap to take home. This workshop is open…

Free

Creative Mending Circle

Blockhouse Bay Library 578 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay

Bring your garments back to life! Learn how to mend in a creative way in this two-hour session with Xin Cheng at Blockhouse Bay Library. Join us for a restorative…

Free

Noughty Wasters Makerspace Session

Resource Recovery Devonport 27 Lake Road

Come check out Devonport's new educational makerspace where we play and create with items otherwise destined for landfill!  Construct and de-construct using a variety of tools, or think big with…

Free

Manurewa Repair Café

Beautification Trust 38 Holmes Road, Manurewa

Join us at the Manurewa Repair Café, brought to you by the Beautification Trust! This free event, with koha appreciated, offers a unique chance to get your broken items mended…

Free

Growers & EcoMakers Market

Te Atatū Peninsula Library and Community Centre 595 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatū Peninsula

Step into our world where community spirit, creativity and sustainability unite! Join us at our Growers & EcoMakers Market, where we celebrate eco-friendly wonders and highlight the craftsmanship of our…

Free

Wood Workshop by WomenzShed

Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive, Gribblehirst Park, Sandringham

DIY 'PLANTASTIC' PLANTER BOX WORKSHOP Inspired to grow your own plants and skills? Our 'Plantastic' wood workshop is perfect for beginners who are interested in making something functional to take home…

$215 – $235

Auckland Go Green Expo

Event Series Auckland Go Green Expo
Eventfinda Stadium Argus Place, Wairau Valley

New Zealand’s Largest Sustainable Lifestyle Show! This is your one-stop shop for everything you need to live a sustainable life. Food & Beverages • Health & Beauty • Home &…

Free

Orewa Repair Cafe

Hibiscus Coast Community House 216 Hibiscus Coast Highway - corner Centreway Road, Orewa

Bring your broken or damaged items and local volunteers will fix them for you at no charge! The idea is to encourage the concept of Repair-Renew-Reuse. Our volunteer repairers are…

Free

Visible Mending with Cher

Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park 110 Ostend Road

Our fantastic staff member Cher has some awesome skills when it comes to extending life of clothing! She will take you through you a selection of some amazing visible mending…

Free

Auckland Go Green Expo

Event Series Auckland Go Green Expo
Eventfinda Stadium Argus Place, Wairau Valley

New Zealand’s Largest Sustainable Lifestyle Show! This is your one-stop shop for everything you need to live a sustainable life. Food & Beverages • Health & Beauty • Home &…

Free

DIY Rainwater Harvesting – postponed

EcoMatters 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn

Sorry, this event is postponed until Saturday 18 May. It falls! It's free! Catch it while you can!There’s never a better time than the present to learn how to collect…

$25

Furoshiki Gift Wrapping Workshop

Birkenhead Library 204a Hinemoa Street

Join our Furoshiki Workshop and master the art of Japanese gift wrapping! Furoshiki connects to the goal of living a sustainable lifestyle. An eco-friendly option and a more sustainable approach…

Free

CANCELLED – Community Singalong

Waiheke Musical Museum 2 Korora, Oneroa

Community Singalong: Music brings people together! We will have a range of songs for old and young to sing along with. The audience is encouraged to come by bike, bus,…

Koha

Kids DIY T-shirt Bags and Recycle Talk

Avondale Library 93 Rosebank Rd, Avondale

Join WasteWise at the Avondale Library for a recycling talk. Learn what materials can be recycled and make a tote bag using old T-shirts. Recommended for school-age children with parent/carer…

Free

Plant Art

East Coast Bays Library 8 Bute Rd, Browns Bay

Love plants? Love art? Come together with Bays Youth Voice and Trash Free Taiaotea to decorate plant guards to help our community planting projects. Suitable for 11-25 year olds. All…

Free

Kids Market

Communities Feeding Communities 1207 Dominion Road, Mt Roskill

The Storehouse, in partnership with the Communities Feeding Communities initiative, brings you a special event for kids - run by kids! Upcycle, recycle, barter, buy and swap. See you there!

Free

Vintage Kids Family Day

EcoMatters 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn

Come and join us on the first day of the school holidays for some family fun! Entry for this all day event is by donation and all online registrations go…

$10

DIY Kids Bug Hotel workshop

Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Michael Horton Drive, Cornwall Park

Join The ReCreators create to your very own sustainable Bug Hotel made from discarded wood and recycled materials. This is a wonderful woodworking activity for kids and their grown up.…

Free

Robot Build With ICROBOT

Ormiston Primary School 291 Ormiston Road

Learn how to build a wind-powered car and expand your knowledge of clean energy! This activity is suitable for children aged 6-8. ICROBOT is an organization providing professional robotics education…

$15

Stain Removal Techniques Workshop

Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park 110 Ostend Road

Extend the life of your garments and learn how to remove different types of stains and marks from your clothing... or perhaps see the stain as an opportunity to dye…

Free

Threads That Bind Exhibition – Opening Celebration

Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

Join us for the Opening Celebration of THREADS THAT BIND by Joanne Kyriazopoulos -  an evocative exhibition acknowledging nature's ecosystems as the greatest creative expression. Creating artwork to honour the…