Past Programme 2026 | EcoFest

March 2026

Make Your Mark Nature Event

Sat 21 March @ 10:00 am to 1:00 pm

Te Ara Awataha 18A Cadness Street, Northcote, 0627

Free

Adopt-A-Drain Information Session – postponed

Sun 22 March @ 9:30 am to 11:30 am

Free

Book Launch Celebration

Sun 22 March @ 11:00 am to 1:00 pm

Arataki Visitor Centre 300 Scenic Drive, Oratia, Waitakere, 0604

Free

Butter Making

3 dates from Sun 22 Mar

Howick Historical Village 75 Bells Road, Lloyd Elsmore Park, Pakuranga, 2010

$16

Butterflies in the Bay

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Sat 18 Apr

Blockhouse Bay Shops 556 Blockhouse Bay Road, Blockhouse Bay, 0600

Free

Capture the Beauty of Glen Eden

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Glen Eden Library 12-32 Glendale Road, Glen Eden, 1026

Free

Caring for Papatūānuku

3 sessions at different venues Sun 22 Mar to Thu 9 Apr

East Auckland, West Auckland

Collage an Artist Trading Card (ATC)

Sun 22 March @ 10:00 am to 2:00 pm

Lake House Arts Centre 37 Fred Thomas Drive, Takapuna, 0622

Free

Design Your Dream Bike

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Online

Free

Eastern Bays Sustainable Garden Trail

Sun 22 March @ 10:00 am to 3:00 pm

Various Glendowie, Meadowbank, St Heliers, St Johns, Glen Innes

Everybody Eats

2 sessions at different venues Sun 22 Mar

Central Auckland

Free Kayak Taster Session

Sun 22 March @ 9:00 am to 12:00 pm

Rocky Bay Beach Glen Brook Road, 1081

Free

Go Electric! Test Drive an EV on Waiheke

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Waiheke Island Various locations, 1081

Free

Introduction to Composting – Glenfield

Sun 22 March @ 11:00 am to 12:30 pm

Glenfield Library 90 Bentley Avenue, 0626

Free

Journeys We Have Travelled

2 sessions at different venues Sun 22 Mar to Tue 31 Mar

North Auckland

Learn to Ride

6 sessions at different venues Sun 22 Mar to Sun 19 Apr

Central Auckland, South Auckland, West Auckland, North Auckland

Mahi tākaro with Harko Brown

Sun 22 March @ 10:00 am to 12:00 pm

Hobsonville Point 33 Bomb Point Drive, Hobsonville, 0616

Free

MFM’s Roller Disco Extravaganza

Sun 22 March @ 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm

Old Blackpool School Hall Rata St 14, Blackpool, Waiheke, 1081

Free

Moth Plant Competition – Henderson-Massey

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Henderson-Massey Local Board area 1 Smythe Road, Henderson, 0612

Free

Moth Plant Pod Competition

5 sessions at different venues Sun 22 Mar

South Auckland, East Auckland

MyShinyMadness Urban Gallery

10 dates Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Myshinymadness Urban Gallery 23a Boundary Road, Blockhouse Bay, 0600

koha

New Lynn Community Seed Library

Long-running Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

New Lynn War Memorial Library 3 Memorial Drive, New Lynn, 0600

Free

Ngakinga Natural Dye Workshops

3 dates from Sun 22 Mar

Papa Ki Awataha, Jessie Tonar Scout Reserve (at the end of Kaka Street), Northcote Kaka Street, Northcote, 0627

Free

Ngā Wairau, Through My Lens Competition

32 dates Sun 22 Mar to Wed 22 Apr

Wairau Valley, Glenfield, Sunnynook, Totara Vale, Forrest Hill, Milford North Shore

Free