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Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks
Auckland Museum Auckland Domain, Parnell

Take a theatrical journey deep into an ocean full of amazing sharks — from the prehistoric past to today. You won’t need diving gear to swim with these majestic creatures;…

Pay What You Can

Exhibition: Pollination

Exhibition: Pollination
Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Cornwall Park Green Lane West, Epsom

Flit between the flowers and discover how pollination works in Cornwall Park's ecosystem. Huia Lodge is open from 10 am - 4 pm Thursday to Tuesday 12 pm -4 pm…

Free

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

Open Sky Yoga

Open Sky Yoga
3 Glen Brook Road 3 Glen Brook Road

Join us for a one-hour yoga and movement session in the outdoors, suitable for beginners and those seeking a deeper stretch. After the class, enjoy a coffee or, if you…

$10 – $20

Fair Food Super Sorters

Fair Food Super Sorters
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland 1026

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

Meat Free Mondays Visits Ukraine

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako Street

Join Meat Free Mondays Waiheke this Easter for a low-carbon, plant-based taste of Ukrainian food and culture with Simon Paul. Moved by the plight of Ukrainians gripped by war with…

$20

Cornwall Park Bird Survey

Cornwall Park Bird Survey
Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Cornwall Park Green Lane West, Epsom

Would you like to participate in some citizen science? Drop by Huia Lodge Discovery Hub from the 2nd to the 19th of April to collect a Cornwall Park bird survey,…

Free

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 Learn to Ride – South Auckland

Kids Learn to Ride
Mangere Bridge School Coronation Road, Mangere Bridge

Learning to ride a bike is one of those big childhood milestones and being part of that experience as a parent or caregiver is a thrill. If you are wondering…

Free

Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks
Auckland Museum Auckland Domain, Parnell

Take a theatrical journey deep into an ocean full of amazing sharks — from the prehistoric past to today. You won’t need diving gear to swim with these majestic creatures;…

Pay What You Can

Exhibition: Pollination

Exhibition: Pollination
Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Cornwall Park Green Lane West, Epsom

Flit between the flowers and discover how pollination works in Cornwall Park's ecosystem. Huia Lodge is open from 10 am - 4 pm Thursday to Tuesday 12 pm -4 pm…

Free

Pickling and Preserving Workshop – Pakuranga

Pakuranga Library 7 Aylesbury Street, Pakuranga

Join Ali for this Love Food Hate Waste Pickling and Preserving workshop. Learn how to make the most of the abundance of fruit and vegetables available at this time of…

Free

Water Wonder

New Lyn War Memorial Library 3 Memorial Drive, New Lynn

Discover the science of drinking water and build your own mini water filter.

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

Introduction to Composting – Whangaparāoa

Whangaparaoa Library 9 Main Street, Stanmore Bay, Whangaparāoa

Join Sarah Williams at Whangaparāoa Library for this free workshop. It offers an introduction to composting with the three most common and easy composting systems that can be used in…

Free

Fair Food Super Sorters

Fair Food Super Sorters
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale, Auckland 1026

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

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

Junior Ranger Walk – Murphys Bush

Murphys Bush Reserve 160 Murphys Road, Flat Bush, Auckland 2019, New Zealand

Junior Ranger Explorer Walk Join your Auckland Parks Ranger for an exciting opportunity to explore, learn, and discover the wonders of our fascinating park environments. Become an Auckland Parks Junior…

Free

Waste Wise – Pt Chev Library

Pt Chevalier Library 1221 Great North Road, Pt Chevalier

How do orange peels and onion skins from your kitchen become clean energy and fertiliser? What else can go in your food scraps bin and be transformed? Learn all about the journey of…

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

Cornwall Park Bird Survey

Cornwall Park Bird Survey
Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Cornwall Park Green Lane West, Epsom

Would you like to participate in some citizen science? Drop by Huia Lodge Discovery Hub from the 2nd to the 19th of April to collect a Cornwall Park bird survey,…

Free

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

Caring for Papatūānuku – Macleans Hīkoi

Macleans Park The Esplanade, Eastern Beach, Auckland 2014, New Zealand

Whānau Fun at Macleans Park – Pest Plant Hīkoi Join us for a free morning of discovery and connection with nature, in partnership as part of the East Auckland Walkfest!…

Free

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

Native Seedling Sessions

Seedling Sessions
EcoMatters Nursery 4 Olympic Place, New Lynn

Come and get hands-on at the EcoMatters native plant nursery. Seedling Sessions are a regular volunteer session where you’ll help care for and grow native plants that support local restoration…

Free

Tracking the Wild: Kids Eco Adventure

Camp Adair, The Y 2487 Hūnua Road

Give your tamariki the chance to spend a full day immersed in the outdoors at Camp Adair, exploring the bush, solving nature mysteries, and learning through hands-on eco adventures. This…

Free

Swimming with Sharks

Swimming with Sharks
Auckland Museum Auckland Domain, Parnell

Take a theatrical journey deep into an ocean full of amazing sharks — from the prehistoric past to today. You won’t need diving gear to swim with these majestic creatures;…

Pay What You Can

Exhibition: Pollination

Exhibition: Pollination
Huia Lodge Discovery Hub Cornwall Park Green Lane West, Epsom

Flit between the flowers and discover how pollination works in Cornwall Park's ecosystem. Huia Lodge is open from 10 am - 4 pm Thursday to Tuesday 12 pm -4 pm…

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