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Bridge on Portage Road, opposite Suburbs Rugby Club
Free

Matariki Community Planting at Titirangi Golf Club

Come along to save the Waitahurangi Awa from pest plants and rubbish, and to help this stream that flows through Titirangi Golf Club to thrive. Read More

EcoMatters
$18 – $22

Make a Matariki Star: Harakeke Weaving & Māori Tikanga

Weave your own harakeke Matariki star, learn tikanga, and connect over creativity, stories, and shared kai. Read More

EcoMatters
$35

Creative Kids: Trash to Treasure Frames with artist Ronja Schipper – POSTPHONED

Join artist Ronja Schipper and create a unique upcycled picture or mirror frame using broken toys, gadgets and rescued materials. Read More

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Looking for things to do this Matariki? ✨ Explore FREE events and experiences on in Tāmaki Makaurau. Find more details and explore what’s on this Matariki Festival at the link in bio 🔗
Job vacancy alert! 🚲 Do you love bikes, storytelling and social media? We're looking for a Social Media & Communications Coordinator to help keep our bike hubs visible, connected and thriving. This 12-month fixed-term role (15 hours per week) is perfect for someone who enjoys creating engaging content, building community connections, and sharing the stories that make our bike hubs so special. 📅 Applications close Friday 3 July. Link to more info in our bio.
Last week, for National Volunteer Week, we had the opportunity to say thanks to some of our regular volunteers with our New Lynn based team. Some have been in Aotearoa for months, while others whakapapa to the land. Our youngest fit in a Bumbo chair, while our eldest ones are retired. Some enjoy growing plants from seed, some like planting them, and still others love nothing better than the satisfaction of getting a bike up and running again. The remarkable thing they have in common is the choice they make each week to give back to the community, and a love for te taiao. They’re pretty cool people, if you ask us. Thank you SO much to this hardy crew, and to everyone who’s been a part of our wider volunteer community, past and present. For all your friendship and mahi, we raise you a glass. Ngā mihi nui ki a koutou. #NationalVolunteerWeek
We're OFFICIALLY out of stock of free plants! A huge thank you to the 400(!) of you who each took a plant home as part of the Go Native campaign. We are so excited that they're going into backyards where they'll continue to be cared for. While we don't have any more to give away, you can still buy some varieties of native plants from our community nursery via click and collect (you know where to find the link). Cheers to @aklcouncil for supporting the giveaway, and to our legendary volunteers for growing these plants with aroha. Photo of a very thrilled Eve and Juanita at last weekend's giveaway.
Want to bring all the birds to the yard? We've got you! Come pick up a native plant at our giveaway this weekend: Rongoā and Native Plant Giveaway Saturday 20 June, 10am-2pm EcoMatters, 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn While stocks last. One plant per person. Part of Auckland Council's Go Native initiative. Thanks Auckland Council! If we have plants leftover after the event, you'll also be able to pick one up between Wednesday 24 June to Sunday 28 June, 10am-2pm from the EcoMatters Store. The limit of one plant per person will still apply. Watch this space for updates!
We'd like to invite you to a collaborative art session inspired by the biodiversity and flow of the Waitahurangi Stream and Te Kōtuitanga (Olympic Park). Mindful Threads: Community Textile Workshop Saturday 20 June, 2-3.30pm EcoMatters, 1 Olympic Place, New Lynn Join us at this beginner-friendly stitching session led by creatives Tineswari Maruthamuthu @themindfulmender and Catherine Heald. In this relaxed workshop, we'll be making pieces for a community wall hanging from recycled and repurposed fabrics. Add your own creative touch while learning simple stitching techniques, and enjoy a mindful, hands-on making experience. Pay as you feel $5-15. Bookings required - link in bio. Thanks to funding from the Creative Communities Scheme.
Our blood, sweat and tears have gone into growing these babies*, and now you get to take one home for free! What?! Save the date for our native plant giveaway - Saturday 20 June, 10am-2pm. We'll have harakeke, karamū, kawakawa, kōwhai, mānuka, and wharangi to share, which have all been grown with love in our EcoMatters Nursery with the help of our wonderful weekly volunteers. Our Nursery Manager Eve (Ngāi Tahu, Ngāti Māmoe, Waitaha) will be there to chat about how to care for your plant, and Rongoā practitioner Juanita De Senna (Te Aupouri, Te Rarawa, Ngāpuhi, Waikato) will be sharing her knowledge on the medicinal uses of native plants. She'll even have kawakawa and kūmarahou lollipops to share. Can't wait to see you there, let's all get planting and bring more birdsong and biodiversity into our backyards. *No actual blood, sweat, or tears included. One plant per person. While stocks last. Part of Auckland Council's Go Native initiative. Thanks @aklcouncil! #GoNative #PlantMoreNatives @juanita_de_senna
Just two years ago, this part of the streamside was blanketed by invasive weeds and dumped rubbish. Last month, we collaborated with Western Springs AFC to plant 600 native seedlings right here. What a milestone. Ngā mihi to the @wsafc_club athletes and families - thank you for bringing your enthusiasm and endurance! The plants you’ve put into the ground will enrich local biodiversity, provide food and shelter for native birds, stabilise stream banks, capture carbon, and make this a beautiful place for generations to enjoy. Planting is a moment in time that’s years in the making, so we want to acknowledge everyone who’s come to a rubbish clean up or weeding bee too! We’ll be revisiting this site over the next few years to ensure that these young plants have what they need to take root, grow healthily, and one day, scatter their own seeds as they mature. Cheers to @aklcouncil and Waitākere Ranges Local Board for supporting the restoration of this Waikūmete Stream tributary. And special thanks to @katieroodnz and the WSAFC Girls Academy for helping to make this happen, and bringing their wider community along. @aucklandcouncil_local