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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

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

Kids Holiday Programme

Kids Holiday Programme
Sustainable Papakura 67 O'Shannessey Street, Papakura

🌸Get creative and go green at our Kids Craft Workshop! 🌸 Join us at SUSTAINABLE PAPAKURA for a fun, hands‑on session where tamariki turn EVERYDAY SCRAP RESOURCES into an item…

Koha

Cyanotype Printing

Cyanotype Printing
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Step back in time at Historical Village, when everything was homemade and homegrown and being in tune with the environment was an essential way of life. Compose leaves and other natural…

$16

Cyanotype Printing

Cyanotype Printing
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Step back in time at Historical Village, when everything was homemade and homegrown and being in tune with the environment was an essential way of life. Compose leaves and other natural…

$16

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

Paper Magic: Making Recycled Paper

Waiheke Library 133/131 Ocean View Road, Oneroa

Get hands-on and creative as tamariki transform old paper into beautiful new sheets. They’ll learn how recycled paper is made while mixing, squishing, and decorating their creations with flowers and…

Free

Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism — Special Screening

Waiheke Community Cinema Artworks Complex 127-129 Ocean View Road

Join us at the cinema for a special screening of the latest film from award winning documentary maker Fiona Cunningham-Reid. Ackroyd & Harvey: The Art of Activism is an intimate…

$9 – $17

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

Pekapeka Sewing Workshop – Te Atatū Peninsula

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

Fly into some creative fun these holidays as kids stitch their very own pekapeka using upcycled fabric. This relaxed sewing session is a great way to learn a new skill,…

Free

Soft Toy Sewing Workshop – Waiuku

Waiuku Library 10 King Street, Waiuku

A simple sewing workshop aimed at children aged 5-12 years. Children will create their own little monster or animal from scrap materials and felt! Register quickly as the workshop is…

Free

Critter Crafts

Critter Crafts
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

In the heritage gardens at Howick Historical Village, get crafty and creative with natural and recycled materials! In this children’s workshop with educator and historical interpreter Linda Darby Coring, join…

$10 – $16

Build an Ecosystem – Terrarium Craft

Remuera Library Remuera

What does an ecosystem need to survive? Come and find out in our mini glass jar terrarium craft, using recycled materials! Not only will participants come away with a unique…

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

Critter Crafts

Critter Crafts
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

In the heritage gardens at Howick Historical Village, get crafty and creative with natural and recycled materials! In this children’s workshop with educator and historical interpreter Linda Darby Coring, join…

$10 – $16

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