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Fruitvale School Pop up Wheels Event

Fruitvale Primary school 40 Fruitvale Road, New Lynn

Fruitvale School are hosting a Pop-Up Wheels event in collaboration with EcoMatters Bike Hubs. Bring along your bike and learn how to maintain and look after it,  learn skills like carrying…

Free

Upcycled & Recycled Jewellery Making Workshop

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako Street, Oneroa

Join Hadas Ore in making jewellery from recycled materials as well as found or ready-made materials. Hadas has been making jewellery since she was 10 years old and collecting beads…

$25

Practical Preserving At Home – Kimchi – Postponed

Kelmarna Community Farm 12 Hukanui Crescent, Ponsonby

This event has been postponed to 6 May. Practical Preserving At Home: Kimchi with Ellen Schindler Keen on a way to boost flavour in your food while helping improve gut health? What about…

$26 – $40

Feeding Bellies, Not Bins

Event Series Feeding Bellies, Not Bins!
Everybody Eats Glen Innes 133 Line Road, Glen Innes

Join us for dinner and help us on our mission to reduce food waste.  We turn perfectly good surplus produce, destined for landfill, into delicious, nutritious 3-course meals. With the…

Koha

DugOut – Special Screening

Waiheke Community Cinema Artworks Complex 127-129 Ocean View Road

Humankind has been using dugout canoes for over 8,000 years. But this doesn’t mean that building one from scratch is easy, as film-maker Benjamin Sadd and artist James Trundle, both…

$17

Behind the Scenes at West Lynn Garden

West Lynn Garden 73 Parker Avenue, New Lynn

This is your opportunity to come and meet our highly experienced gardeners who are always happy to offer practical advice and seasonal information on plants, trees and shrubs in your…

$5

Pollinator Discovery Trail

Event Series Pollinator Discovery Trail
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Set out on a hunt in the gardens at the Howick Historical Village! Find hidden emblems of birds, bees and other insects and learn about their vital role as pollinators in…

$8 – $16

Grow Your Own Microgreens workshop – Mount Albert

Mount Roskill LIbrary 546 Mount Albert Road, Three Kings

Join us in the world of microgreens, sprouts, and homegrown salads in this interactive workshop. Learn how to cultivate these nutritious greens at home, from seed to harvest, and create a…

Free

Mandarin Workshop: Food Scraps Journey

Onehunga Library 85 Church Street, Onehunga

Join us for an engaging workshop where we explore the fascinating journey of food scraps before they disappear! We’ll talk about: The Importance of Food Scrap Bins: Discover why Auckland…

Free (Donations Welcome)

Fair Food Kai Sort

Event Series Fair Food Kai Sort
Fair Food New Zealand 624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our amazing volunteers work at our Avondale Hub, sorting surplus healthy and nutritious food donated by our partner organisations. This kai…

Free

Bat education and detection evening

Goodwood Reserve 6 Goodwood Drive

Join us for an evening session learning about our native bat species, and seeing whether we have them in our midst! We'll have a casual information sharing session, followed by…

Free

Welcome To Waiheke Potluck

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako Street, Oneroa

Haere mai new Waiheke residents!  Have you come to live on Waiheke in the last year or so and are looking to learn more about being sustainable at home or…

Free

Feeding Bellies, Not Bins

Event Series Feeding Bellies, Not Bins!
Everybody Eats Glen Innes 133 Line Road, Glen Innes

Join us for dinner and help us on our mission to reduce food waste.  We turn perfectly good surplus produce, destined for landfill, into delicious, nutritious 3-course meals. With the…

Koha

Atiu Creek Weedbusting! 10 -11th April

Ātiu Creek Regional Park 414 Run Road, Tapora

This year we need your help maintaining existing restoration planting sites, combatting invasive pest plants in various parts of the park and ensuring the best outcomes for the young plants…

Free

Te Ara Awataha: Volunteering Working Bee (10 April)

21 Kaka Street 21 Kaka Street, Northcote

Join us in growing a regular volunteer group for regeneration working bees! Become a part of our dedicated volunteer group, meeting monthly to help regenerate Northcote’s new greenway. We’re calling…

Pollinator Discovery Trail

Event Series Pollinator Discovery Trail
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Set out on a hunt in the gardens at the Howick Historical Village! Find hidden emblems of birds, bees and other insects and learn about their vital role as pollinators in…

$8 – $16

Green Advocacy: Your Voice Matters

University of Auckland campus 34 Princes Street, CBD

Do you want to make your voice count in shaping New Zealand’s laws?  Join us, a student-led group of law students from the University of Auckland, as we dissect the…

Free

Collaborate for Climate II

Gribblehirst Community Hub 5 Cabbage Tree Swamp Drive

We, the Community Climate Action Network, invite you to our second “Collaborate for Climate” event. This informal hui will be focused on sharing climate projects happening across the region while…

Free

Fair Food Kai Sort

Event Series Fair Food Kai Sort
Fair Food New Zealand 624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our amazing volunteers work at our Avondale Hub, sorting surplus healthy and nutritious food donated by our partner organisations. This kai…

Free

KiwiSaver 101: Money and Happiness – Waiheke

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako Street, Oneroa

Learn how to feel good while you save for your future, with award-winning ethical KiwiSaver Plan, Pathfinder. Investing shapes the world we live in, join this session to discover how…

Free

Make Your Slow-Stitch Easter Basket

Waiheke Community Resource Recovery Park 110 Ostend Road

This is a FREE workshop, we have limited number of spots, so please email us at denisa.kolo@islandwastecollective.co.nz to get in  The workshop will be happening upstairs at the Recovery Park…

Free

Feeding Bellies, Not Bins

Event Series Feeding Bellies, Not Bins!
Everybody Eats Glen Innes 133 Line Road, Glen Innes

Join us for dinner and help us on our mission to reduce food waste.  We turn perfectly good surplus produce, destined for landfill, into delicious, nutritious 3-course meals. With the…

Koha

Citizen Science for a Changing Ocean

Sir Peter Blake MERC 1045 Beach Road, Auckland

Join us for a hands-on exploration of research methods used to study coastal marine ecosystems followed by speakers highlighting citizen science initiatives and key issues facing our coasts including climate change and invasive species. Build new skills or deepen…

Free

Butterflies in Blockhouse Bay – Treasure Hunt

Blockhouse Bay Shops 556 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay

Find the beautiful butterflies in shops around Blockhouse Bay from 11 March. Write the name of the store you visited on the entry form, downloadable from our website. Be in…

Free

Harakeke Weaving in Te Atatū

Event Series Harakeke Weaving in Te Atatū!
Te Atatū Peninsula Library and Community Centre 595 Te Atatū Road, Te Atatū Peninsula

For those interested in weaving with harakeke, come along and join our group of weavers who meet at the community centre every Friday during the school term. Bring your own project…

Free

Native Nursery Workshop

Event Series Native Nursery Workshop
EcoMatters Environment Trust - Store and EcoHub 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn

Join Chrissy the seed whisperer to help with native plant and seed propagation. Muck in and learn about how it's done and how native plants contribute to protecting our land…

Free

Pollinator Discovery Trail

Event Series Pollinator Discovery Trail
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

Set out on a hunt in the gardens at the Howick Historical Village! Find hidden emblems of birds, bees and other insects and learn about their vital role as pollinators in…

$8 – $16

Fair Food Kai Sort

Event Series Fair Food Kai Sort
Fair Food New Zealand 624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our amazing volunteers work at our Avondale Hub, sorting surplus healthy and nutritious food donated by our partner organisations. This kai…

Free

Foodtogether Pop-Up

Event Series Foodtogether Pop-Up
Highbury House 110 Hinemoa St, Birkenhead

Highbury Community House is supporting social enterprise Foodtogether to offer fresh and affordable fruit & vegetables at a weekly ‘Pop-Up’. There are various options that you can pre-order using the Foodtogether…

$15

Foodtogether Pop-Up

Event Series Foodtogether
Bayview Community Centre 72 Bayview Road, Bayview

Bayview Community Centre is supporting social enterprise Foodtogether to offer fresh and affordable fruit & vegetables at a weekly ‘Pop-Up’. There are various options that you can pre-order using the Foodtogether ‘Community Co-Op’ service.  The…

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Bread Table & Pest Free Education

Redhill Community Centre 163 Dominion Road, Redhill

Join us for free, freshly baked bread, games and community connection, as well as an optional talk on pest free activities in the area. The Bread Table event happens every…

Free

Flower Pressing Workshop

Event Series Flower pressing workshop
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

🌷 Explore the gardens and discover the delicate art of flower-pressing in the beautiful setting of the Howick Historical Village! A favourite pastime of the Victorians, flowers, foliage and ferns…

$25 – $40

Easter Market

Highbury House 110 Hinemoa St, Birkenhead

Our Easter Market is an event the whole family can enjoy! We will have activities for children including a magician and face painting, along with a large number of local…

Free

Massive Zero Waste EcoFest Sale

Event Series Massive Ecofest Sale
Wairau Zero Waste Hub 9 Porana Road, Wairau

Don’t miss our epic EcoFest sale—our prices are already too good to pass up! In the spirit of #zerowaste and the #circulareconomy, we’re offering a DIY discount to anyone who buys an item…

Free

Tech Careers in a Changing Climate

Ellen Melville Centre 2 Freyberg Place,Central Auckland

Target Audience: Product and technology professionals, including agilists, engineers, designers and innovators. Join us for a forward-looking event designed to help technology and product professionals explore the impacts our industries…

Free

Herbal Balm Making Workshop

Epsom Community Centre 202 Gillies Ave, Epsom

Join us for a hands-on workshop where you'll learn to make a soothing herbal balm for cuts, scrapes, and minor skin irritations. Using healing herbs like calendula, plantain, and chamomile,…

$25

Friends of Outlook Volunteer Morning

Outlook Reserve, Greenhithe 7 Oakford Park Crescent, Greenhithe

Outlook Reserve is a hidden gem in Greenhithe. The reserve has a small stream flowing through it which is prone to mild flooding if not maintained. Outlook Reserve is a…

Free

Te Aka Kōtuia: Plant Division Workshop

Maungawhau Nursery Puhi Huia Road

Join us for this hands-on workshop at Maungawhau Nursery where we will cover propagation by plant division. We will learn about a range of species that can be propagated for…

Free

Tree Rescue

332 Brookby Road 332 Brookby Road, Brookby

Roll up your sleeves and join us for a 'Tree Rescue' half-day to help us free up our planted native plants from weeds and give them the best chance of…

Free

Intro to Rongoā Māori Medicine

Waiheke Adult Learning Centre 2 Korora Rd, Oneroa

An introduction to Rongoā: Māori Medicine and Healing with Donna Kerridge This 2 day workshop (9:30am-4pm, 12 & 13 April) provides an introduction to Māori medicine and healing concepts and…

$185

Make the Most of Feijoas – LFHW

Auckland Botanic Gardens 102 Hill Road, The Gardens, Auckland 2105

Feijoas are a Kiwi favourite, but heaps of fruit end up in the bin every year. Join us to discover how to make the most of this seasonal treasure! Drop…

Free