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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

Journeys We Have Travelled

Journeys We Have Travelled
Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

 Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…

Free

Make Art Materials from Plants

Studio One - Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road

Feeling inspired to work with eco-friendly art materials? Love making things from scratch with your own hands? Come and join us for a nourishing and practical day of learning how…

$180

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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Collage an Artist Trading Card (ATC)

Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

Use found and recycled materials, along with environmentally friendly home-made glue, to create and trade Artist Trading Cards (ATCs) inspired by your interpretation of Journeys—both literal and metaphorical. This workshop…

Free

Wearable Art Runway Show

CNSST Foundation 15 Clifton Court Panmure Auckland

Wear the Future | 穿出未来 is a creative youth sustainability initiative combining environmental education and artistic expression. The project engages Auckland’s Asian youth to design and present sustainable wearable art…

Free

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

Pick ‘N’ Mix Textiles for Adults & Teens – Highland Park

Highland Park Library 16 Highland Park Drive

Support sustainability and get creative with the Thread Exchange! 🪡 This hands‑on programme encourages the re‑use of fabric and showcases how fun and accessible sewing can be. Using a specialised…

Free

Flower Bomb and Sprout Jars – Te Atatū Peninsula

Te Atatū Peninsula Library 595 Te Atatu Road, Te Atatū Peninsula

Visit Te Atatū Peninsula Library to come and grab one of our ready-to-go activity jars and see some sprouting magic! You can choose either a flower bomb or a sprout…

Free

Journeys We Have Travelled

Journeys We Have Travelled
Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

 Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…

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

Journeys We Have Travelled

Journeys We Have Travelled
Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

 Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…

Free

Journeys We Have Travelled

Journeys We Have Travelled
Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

 Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…

Free

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

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

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

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

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

Journeys We Have Travelled

Journeys We Have Travelled
Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna

 Journeys We Have Travelled brings together five Auckland-based artists — Louise Clement, Tracye Eriksen, Leanne Gibbons, Ellen von Collas and Tracey McKeown Working primarily with recycled and repurposed materials, the artists transform discarded…

Free

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

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

Kauri Creations

Highland Park Library 16 Highland Park Drive

Create your own kauri creation using recycled native timber and let your ideas lead the way. You will design, shape, sand, and finish your piece, turning beautiful reclaimed wood into…

$10

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

Sustainable Art Substrates & Processes – Pukekohe

Franklin Arts Centre 12 Massey Avenue, Pukekohe

Join us to explore options for more sustainable substrates, materials and processes that we can use in our art making. Supported by Waiuku Zero Waste, we will look at a…

Free

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

Collage Club

Studio One - Toi Tū 1 Ponsonby Road

Collage Club is an inclusive creative community event. Join us in rummaging through a wide range of materials (everything from maps to magazines) and once you find something that catches…

Free

Make A Wooden Feather

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

Come along and make a gorgeous upcycled wooden feather that is full of personality, with The Recreators. You will be working with thin off-cuts of reclaimed timber, turning small leftover…

Free

Mending and Making Sew-cial

Mending and Making Sew-cial
Beautification Trust 38 Holmes Road, Manurewa

🧵Complete those projects or learn to mend together!🧵 Got a tear, a button missing or a rip you’ve been ignoring? Trying to find motivation to finally use that cute sewing…

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

Kids Arts Festival: Te Ngahere

Corban Estate Arts Centre 2 Mt Lebanon Lane, Henderson

Get ready for a creative adventure deep within Te Ngahere at Corban Estate Arts Centre’s annual Kids Arts Festival. Situated at the foot of the Waitākere Ranges, once part of Te Wao Nui a Tiriwa - Tiriwa’s…

Free

Open Studios – Tāmaki Zero Waste Hub

Tāmaki Zero Waste Hub 153 Pilkington Road, Point England

We’re opening the doors to our Zero Waste Hub for a day of hands-on creativity, sustainability, and exploration. Join us for an Open Studios Day — a vibrant celebration of…

Free

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

Fabric Swap

Titirangi Community House 500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi

Donate what you can. Take what you need. Bring along fabric, yarn, haberdashery, patterns and sewing treasures you no longer need, and browse what others have shared in return. Stay…

Free