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Enchanted Fairy Orchestra

Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive

SMALL RAVE invites tamariki and whānau to a free, mystical afternoon in Gribblehirst Park’s enchanted lava forest. Follow the treasure map to discover the hidden fairies and elves playing instruments…

Free

Scrap Fabric Gift Cards

Raft Studios, 168 Deepcreek Rd, Torbay 168 Deepcreek Road Torbay

Scrap Fabric to Gift Cards invites you to turn leftover fabric into thoughtful, one-of-a-kind cards. Join us to explore how small pieces of textile waste can become meaningful, creative gifts with…

$15

Inhabit Iteration 4: Ngakinga

Inhabit Iteration 4: Ngakinga
Northart, 1 Ernie Mays Street Te Kopua o Matakamokamo | Northcote Town Centre 1 Ernie Mays Street Te Kopua o Matakamokamo | Northcote Town Centre

The Inhabit Project Now in its fourth year, Inhabit is an ongoing public art project that reimagines vacant or underused urban spaces as temporary sites for connection and creative exchange. Exploring how our…

Free

Scrapbuster Workshop

Waiuku Zero Waste 5 Hosking Place, Waiuku

Give your fabric scraps a second life! In this hands-on workshop, discover creative techniques to transform leftover material into beautiful, practical items - zero waste, lots of joy. You’ll be…

$10

A Resting Place for Kuaka – cancelled

Avondale Sunday Markets 48 Ash Street

Sorry this event has been cancelled due to unforeseen circumstances.   Drop in during the Avondale Sunday Markets and help create a flock of Kuaka (Eastern Bar-tailed Godwits) inspired by…

Free

EcoPrinting Workshop at TRSS

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School 5 Helios Place

You are welcome to Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School to learn about Eco printing! Eco printing is a creative, sustainable process which uses the natural pigments in plants to make unique,…

$30

Upcycling Tiki

Upcycling Tiki
141 West Coast Road, Glen Eden 141 West Coast Road, Glen Eden

Come along and join one of our tiki-making workshops. We will be making tiki from upcycling old jeans and other preloved clothing. Feel free to bring along fabric you like…

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Seed Swap and Sun Catcher Workshop

Rānui Library 431 Swanson Road, Ranui

Join us for our monthly Seed Swap 🌱 To celebrate EcoFest, March’s Seed Swap at Rānui Library will include a creative workshop. Enjoy a cuppa, swap seeds and seedlings, share…

Free

Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

Pick ‘N’ Mix Textiles for Adults & Teens – Pakuranga

Pakuranga Library 7 Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga

Pick 'N' Mix Textiles for Adults & Teens Support sustainability and get creative with the Thread Exchange! 🪡 This hands‑on programme encourages the re‑use of fabric and showcases how fun…

Free

Going Green @ The Green – Eco Drop In

The Green - Mission Bay 6a Nihill Crescent, Mission Bay

Join us for a family-friendly, all-ages eco event for the local community. Taking place across both indoor and outdoor spaces, the day will feature information stands, hands-on workshops, and children’s…

Free

Ngakinga Natural Dye Workshops

Ngakinga Natural Dye Workshops
Papa Ki Awataha, Jessie Tonar Scout Reserve (at the end of Kaka Street), Northcote Kaka Street, Northcote

Step into the garden and watch plants turn into colour! This workshop takes you from growing and harvesting dye plants, to mordanting fabric, to making a dye bath, and finally…

Free

ECO-Threads

ECOthreads
West Auckland Resource Centre 2 Seabrook Ave, New Lynn

The West Auckland Resource Centre is delighted to bring you Eco-Threads once again. Fill a box full of fabric for $5 and load up on free swatches for your next…

Free

Terrarium Making

University of Auckland campus 34 Princes Street, CBD

The University of Auckland Horticulture Club aims to hold a terrarium making event. This event encourages participants to build their own closed terrarium. Often we have glass jars lying around…

$5

Sew an Easter Egg Basket

The ReCreators Green Space 135 Chamberlain Road, Massey

Sew an Easter Egg Basket using reclaimed materials. This creative workshop is a great way to explore simple sewing techniques while transforming fabric scraps into something beautiful and practical.  …

$15

Stitch it, dont’ ditch it!

Learning Hub, Less.waste 55 Lawrie Rd, Snells Beach

Have you got a favourite top with a hole or a pair of jeans that need some love? Instead of sending it to landfill, give it a creative second life!…

$5

MyShinyMadness Urban Gallery

Myshinymadness Urban Gallery
Myshinymadness Urban Gallery 23a Boundary Road, Blockhouse Bay

Step inside the multi award-winning urban gallery of Lisa Watkins, better known as MyShinyMadness. For EcoFest 2026, Lisa opens her own Urban Sustainability Gallery — a rare indoor and outdoor…

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Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

ECO-Threads

ECOthreads
West Auckland Resource Centre 2 Seabrook Ave, New Lynn

The West Auckland Resource Centre is delighted to bring you Eco-Threads once again. Fill a box full of fabric for $5 and load up on free swatches for your next…

Free

Connected by Craft

Connected by Craft
Sustainable Papakura 67 O'Shannessey Street, Papakura

Join us for independent craft evenings where creativity and sustainability come together! Whether you love crochet, knitting, embroidery, sewing, quilting, or cross-stitch, this is your space to relax, connect, and…

Koha

Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

The Ice Cream is Melting!

The Ice Cream is Melting!
Ellerslie Arts, Home of the Dust Palace 134-138 Main Highway, Ellerslie

Save the Ice Creams. Save the World! Siblings Bonnie and Nikau have been promised a special treat, ice creams! But it’s a hot day and on the way home the…

$20 – $25

Make a Chopping Board

Make a Chopping Board
Kaipātiki Project EcoHub 17 Lauderdale Road, Birkdale

Make your own beautiful chopping board while learning basic woodworking and safe tool use. Working with reclaimed native timber, you will shape, sand, and finish your board so it is…

$20

Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

The Ice Cream is Melting!

The Ice Cream is Melting!
Ellerslie Arts, Home of the Dust Palace 134-138 Main Highway, Ellerslie

Save the Ice Creams. Save the World! Siblings Bonnie and Nikau have been promised a special treat, ice creams! But it’s a hot day and on the way home the…

$20 – $25

Rag Rugs

Rag Rugs
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Go back in time at Historical Village, where the ethos of ‘waste not, want not’ governed every aspect of life. Even the smallest scraps of fabric were recycled into colourful…

$16

MyShinyMadness Urban Gallery

Myshinymadness Urban Gallery
Myshinymadness Urban Gallery 23a Boundary Road, Blockhouse Bay

Step inside the multi award-winning urban gallery of Lisa Watkins, better known as MyShinyMadness. For EcoFest 2026, Lisa opens her own Urban Sustainability Gallery — a rare indoor and outdoor…

koha

Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

Organic Wine Tasting

Organic Wine Tasting
Awaroa Winery 324 Waiheke Road, Onetangi

Enjoy a guided tasting of carefully selected organic wines, paired with an introduction to sustainable wine-making practices. This relaxed and informative session offers an opportunity to learn more about how…

$25

Bundle Dyeing at TRSS

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School 5 Helios Place

Titirangi Rudolf Steiner School invites you to experience bundle-dyeing! Bundle-dying is a simple, fun way to create colour on natural fibres using plant materials and even food waste. Each participant…

$45

Kids Art Workshop – Mt Eden/Epsom

Melville Cricket Pavilion 18 St Andrews Road, Epsom, Auckland

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

Kids Art Workshop – Kohimarama

Kohimarama Presbyterian Church 34 Kohimarama Road, Kohimarama, Auckland

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

Kids Art Workshop – Ponsonby

Studio One Toi Tu 1 Ponsonby Road, Grey Lynn, Auckland

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

Kids Art Workshop – Kumeū

Kumeu Arts 300 Main Road, Kumeū

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

Kids Art Workshop – Takapuna

Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

Kids Art Workshop – Herne Bay

Bayfield School 2/12 Clifton Road, Herne Bay, Auckland

Learn how to turn everyday waste into imaginative works of art at Creative Matters' Eco Holiday Art Programme. These April holidays, children will explore sustainability through hands-on creative projects that…

$88

The Ice Cream is Melting!

The Ice Cream is Melting!
Ellerslie Arts, Home of the Dust Palace 134-138 Main Highway, Ellerslie

Save the Ice Creams. Save the World! Siblings Bonnie and Nikau have been promised a special treat, ice creams! But it’s a hot day and on the way home the…

$20 – $25

Eggcellent Chickens

East Coast Bays Library 8 Bute Rd, Browns Bay

Get crafty this Easter and join us for a fun, hands-on activity where tamariki will turn empty egg cartons into adorable Easter chickens. Using their imagination, tamariki will create their…

Free