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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.

Events48 Results

05 Oct 2023

Extremephile Microbes on Mars – with Kaipātiki Project

Join Dr Kevin Lee as he gives his first-hand account of studying some of the most fascinating and...

05 Oct 2023

Guided tour - Kennedy Park and Rahopara Pa, Castor Bay

Kennedy Park and Rahopara Pa are rich in stories from the past and we can’t wait to share some of...

01 Oct 2023 - 28 Oct 2023

Composting Course

Reduce your waste and turn your organic matter into fertiliser using simple composting systems.

23 Sep 2023 - 07 Oct 2023

Grey Lynn Library's Sept/Oct School Holiday Treasure Hunters Events

Come along to the library throughout the holidays to take part in our treasure hunt.

23 Sep 2023 - 08 Oct 2023

Auckland Heritage Festival 2023

There's plenty on offer to interest everyone and learn about the generations of Aucklanders who h...

23 Sep 2023 - 08 Oct 2023

Eye on Nature Creative Arts Exhibition

Experience the crafty creativity of our tamariki at the free Eye on Nature Creative Arts Exhibiti...

20 Sep 2023 - 29 Oct 2023

Colours of the Climate: our responses to the everchanging world

An eclectic selection of abstract and expressionist mixed media works from Māpura artists.

06 Oct 2023

Orangihina/Harbourview Park | Heritage Festival guided walk

Take a free guided walk with your community park ranger team through this stunning coastal park o...