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Community 30 May 2023

The best of Ecofest 2023 on Waiheke

Waiheke locals were treated to over 80 interactive events promoting sustainable living including fashion shows, upcycling workshops and sustainability tours as part of Ecofest 2023.

Community 29 May 2023

Manukau Harbour Forum plans to plant

Manukau Harbour Forum will use unspent funds to buy native plants to improve the harbour's health.

Environment 24 May 2023

Reducing overflows and protecting local waterways in Bayview and Beach Haven

Construction is underway on a $22m wastewater pipeline that will reduce the risk of overflows into local waterways like Kaipatiki Creek, improve access and service issues and cater for population growth in the Bayview and Beach Haven areas.

Conservation 24 May 2023

Auckland Council introduces friendly fungus to combat invasive weed

Arguably the most notorious pest weed to have escaped into the wild, tradescantia causes considerable damage to the natural environment, spreading along streams by water movement, infesting waterways and smothering native species.

Environment 23 May 2023

A love letter to trees: Why our urban ngahere improves our wellbeing

We need trees everywhere: in our streets, parks, playgrounds, shopping areas, places of work and around our homes - and Auckland Council’s Urban Ngahere Strategy is making that happen.

Parks / Outdoors 22 May 2023

Tōtara Park a world-beater

Tōtara Park has won a Green Flag Award, making it one of the world's best parks.

Parks / Outdoors 22 May 2023

Three new Auckland parks awarded prestigious Green Flag

Walmsley and Underwood Park, Totara Park and North Shore Memorial Park have joined seven other Auckland Council parks as being recognised as some of the best green spaces in the world in the annual Green Flag Awards.

Environment 18 May 2023

Call for Awaruku neighbours to join predator control efforts

The call has gone out for neighbours to band together and eradicate animal predators in the Long Bay-Awaruku catchment area, which borders Long Bay-Okura Marine Reserve and Long Bay Regional Park.

Events49 Results

16 Nov 2024 - 17 Nov 2024

Go Green Expo 2024

Get inspired to live that healthy lifestyle you’ve always dreamed of.