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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… Read More

Join WasteWise at the Avondale Library for a recycling talk. Learn what materials can be recycled and make a tote bag using old T-shirts. Recommended for school-age children with parent/carer… Read More

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… Read More

Our Connecting People with Parks programme is an initiative between CVNZ and the Auckland Council. The programme seeks to welcome biodiversity back to central Auckland and provides an opportunity for… Read More

Our Connecting People with Parks programme is an initiative between CVNZ and the Auckland Council. The programme seeks to welcome biodiversity back to central Auckland and provides an opportunity for… Read More

At 63 kilometres long and with a catchment of 4,100 hectares, the Papakura Stream is a significant freshwater system. This area was once covered in indigenous forest, including kahikatea swamp,… Read More

This composting workshop will be facilitated by Pip and offers an introduction to the three most common and easy composting systems that can be used in the home and garden:… Read More

Join us for an afternoon of conversation and storytelling with the legendary Sir Bob Harvey, a well-known advocate for the environment, particularly that of Tāmaki Makaurau’s west coast. Hear Sir… Read More

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… Read More

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… Read More