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Monthly Produce and Tool Swap

Come along to our monthly Crop and Tool Swap, held at the Orewa Community Garden on the last Saturday of every month. With tools we mean gardening tools, but also…

Free

Brush Strokes – Kusaki-zome Bookmarks

Highland Park Library 16 Highland Park Drive

Celebrate Ecofest at Brush Strokes, our monthly craft club at Highland Park Library! Discover the traditional art of kusaki-zome and learn to make colourful bookmarks using foraged flowers and natural…

Free

Grey Lynn Car Boot Market

Grey Lynn RSC 1 Francis Street, Grey Lynn

The Grey Lynn monthly car boot market is focused on ReUse. The market is for second-hand items only; no new stuff. After 12 years, our community market is known for…

Free

Seva Sound Bath Workshops

Event Series Seva Sound Bath Workshops
Seva Sound Studio 274 Amreins Road, Taupaki

Seva Sound Baths restore, revitalize and rejuvenate. These workshops will be hosted for free, to anyone and everyone involved in sustainability mahi in the Auckland region over EcoFest. Whether you…

Free

CUTE (Clean Up Tāmaki Estuary) Event

Wai O Taiki Nature Reserve Corner of Kiano Place and Rita Meredith Road

Join us in removing litter from this special ecological area, home to a unique array of shorebirds, flora and fauna. Please arrive just before 1 pm to sign in. A…

Free

Meatfree Mondays Plant Based World Tour

Waiheke Sustainability Centre 1a Mako Street, Oneroa

Waiheke Island's diverse peoples represent their country and culture, by cooking a 2-3 course plant-based meal for the community as part On Easter Monday, join Flavia, Igor and family this…

$15

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

How To Build a Windrow

58 Mascot Ave, Māngere Māngere

This is an in-situ hands on workshop is for restoration practitioners across the region and is focussed on learning about biodiversity, plant ID & environmental pest plant management. Facilitated by…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Recycled Planters

Glenfield Library 90 Bentley Avenue

Have you ever wondered what to do with your scratched LP records? Rather than throw them in the rubbish and create extra landfill - turn them into something unique! Come…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

DIY Beeswax Wraps

Titirangi Community House 500 South Titirangi Road, Titirangi

Replace plastic wrap in your home. Join us and get all the materials and guidance you need to make your own beeswax wrap to take home. This workshop is open…

Free

Free The Natives

Event Series Free the natives
The Landing Reserve Wharf Road, Albany

We are a community of local residents of The Landing (Albany) and the surrounding area who would like to enhance the health of our natural environment alongside Lucas Creek whilst…

Free

Noughty Wasters Makerspace Session

Resource Recovery Devonport 27 Lake Road

Come check out Devonport's new educational makerspace where we play and create with items otherwise destined for landfill!  Construct and de-construct using a variety of tools, or think big with…

Free

Growers & EcoMakers Market

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

Step into our world where community spirit, creativity and sustainability unite! Join us at our Growers & EcoMakers Market, where we celebrate eco-friendly wonders and highlight the craftsmanship of our…

Free

Bike Buddies Open Day

Event Series Bike Buddies
Pakuranga Bike Hub Opposite Lloyd Elsmore Park Pool & Leisure Centre Sir Lloyd Drive, Pakuranga Heights

Come and meet your new bike buddies at your neighbourhood Bike Hub. Join us for an extra-special open day, with free Nice Blocks and spot prizes up for grabs. Browse…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale hand sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied…

Free

DIY Bokashi – Massey

Triangle Park Community Teaching Garden 385 Don Buck Rd, Massey

Join Judy Keats, from Compost Collective, to find out the ins and outs of using Bokashi fermentation as an effective food waste processing system.  It can be used for fresh…

Free

EcoFusion: Māngere-Ōtāhuhu

ME Family Services 16-18 Ferguson Street, Māngere East

"Activating community potential for positive change for our environment and our future generations". Join us for an enjoyable experience as the Taiao Team at ME Family Services presents an Eco-Fusion…

Free

Surfdale Food Forest Working Bee

Surfdale Food Forest Behind the Old Post Office, 6 Hamilton Rd

Whether you have your own gardening space already or not, come and spend time outside with other locals at Surfdale Food Forest! Share gardening knowledge, make neighbourhood connections, and increase…

Free

Kai for Community Waiheke Food Festival & Waiheke Homemade Chilli Sauce Fest

Museum of Waiheke 165 Onetangi Road, Onetangi

A fun-for-all-ages celebration of food grown and produced on Waiheke, past, present and future. Experience a family-friendly celebration of Waiheke's food heritage. Enjoy workshops, produce competitions, tastings, and demonstrations that…

Koha

Seva Sound Bath Workshops

Event Series Seva Sound Bath Workshops
Seva Sound Studio 274 Amreins Road, Taupaki

Seva Sound Baths restore, revitalize and rejuvenate. These workshops will be hosted for free, to anyone and everyone involved in sustainability mahi in the Auckland region over EcoFest. Whether you…

Free

Butter Making Workshop

Event Series Butter Making
Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga

In the immersive setting of the Historical Village, learn about life in the past. Everything was homemade and homegrown and sustainability was a way of life! Drop in between 11am-3pm…

$7 – $15

Gardening with Biochar

Event Series Gardening with Biochar
Mairangi Bay Arts Centre 20 Hastings Road, Mairangi Bay

Have you heard the exciting news about gardening with biochar? Biochar acts as a "permanent" form of compost in your garden--it holds onto water, nutrients and helps turn clay soil…

Free

The HBC Great Big Rescued Food Cook-off

Orewa Community Centre 368 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa

The Great Big Rescued Food Cook-off is coming to the Hibiscus Coast. Don your aprons and get ready for an evening filled with creativity and fun as we present the ultimate…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Cancelled: Pest Education at Farrell’s Nursery

Farrell's Nursery 46 Pollock Road

This event has been cancelled for the 9th April 2024. Please get in touch with the host directly if you would like to attend the rescheduled date of 23 April…

Koha appreciated

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Community Nursery Volunteer Session

Friends of Te Wairoa Community Nursery 31 Papakura-Clevedon Road

Regular volunteer days are held at the Friends of Te Wairoa community nursery on the second Wednesday of the month. There is potting and weeding to be done, and a…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Maangere Composting Workshop

Te Puna Oranga, ME Family Services 16-18 Ferguson Street, Maangere East

Head down to ME Family Service Centre and learn about different composting systems - bokashi, worm farms & hot composting. This workshop is for home & community gardeners who are…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale, hand-sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied by…

Free

Waiheke Bike Rave

Artworks Courtyard, Oneroa, Waiheke Island 2 Korora Road, Oneroa, Waiheke Island 1081

Bike Rave is back for 2024! Bling out your bike, bring your lights, and light up the night! We will gather at Artworks Courtyard from 5.30pm, and at 6:15pm ride…

Free

Gardening with Biochar

Event Series Gardening with Biochar
Orewa Community Gardens 216 Hibiscus Coast Highway, Orewa

Have you heard the exciting news about gardening with biochar? Biochar acts as a "permanent" form of compost in your garden--it holds onto water, nutrients and helps turn clay soil…

Free

The Wonders of the Wetlands Walk

Rangihoua Onetangi Sports Park 133-165 Onetangi Road

Come and join Monica, Charlie, and Lincoln for a fascinating and insightful wander through the wetlands. Rangihoua is one of the seven wetlands that the Waiheke Resources Trust's Love our…

Free

Bike Buddies Open Day

Event Series Bike Buddies
Onehunga Bike Hub Onehunga Mall, Onehunga

Come and meet your new bike buddies at your neighbourhood Bike Hub. Join us for an extra-special open day, with free Nice Blocks and spot prizes up for grabs. Browse…

Free

Fair Food Food Sorting

Event Series Fair Food Food Sorting
Fair Food 2/624 Rosebank Road, Avondale

Come down and join us for a volunteer shift at Fair Food! Our wonderful volunteers work out of our Hub in Avondale hand sorting healthy and nutritious surplus food supplied…

Free

Vintage Kids Family Day

EcoMatters 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn

Come and join us on the first day of the school holidays for some family fun! Entry for this all day event is by donation and all online registrations go…

$10

Ostend Garden Working Bee

Ostend Community Garden 30 Putiki Rd, Ostend

Whether you have your own gardening space already or not, come and spend time outside with other locals at Ostend Community Garden! Share gardening knowledge, make neighbourhood connections, and increase…

Free

ReUse Market – Auckland’s City Centre

Victoria St. Car Park 30 Kitchener St, Auckland CBD

You're invited to the launch of our new ReUse Market in Auckland's City Centre. Background In August 2012, Grey Lynn 2030 started our community Car Boot Market. Held on the last Sunday…

Free

Robot Build With ICROBOT

Ormiston Primary School 291 Ormiston Road

Learn how to build a wind-powered car and expand your knowledge of clean energy! This activity is suitable for children aged 6-8. ICROBOT is an organization providing professional robotics education…

$15

Seva Sound Bath Workshops

Event Series Seva Sound Bath Workshops
Seva Sound Studio 274 Amreins Road, Taupaki

Seva Sound Baths restore, revitalize and rejuvenate. These workshops will be hosted for free, to anyone and everyone involved in sustainability mahi in the Auckland region over EcoFest. Whether you…

Free