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SUMMARY:Mai FM Matariki Community Day
DESCRIPTION:Celebrate Matariki with Mai FM\, Auckland Zoo\, and EcoMatters at our Mai Matariki Community Day. \nPlease note this event has been postphoned from the orginal date due to the weather.  \nGroups will be starting from the EcoHub at 10am\, 11am\, 12pm and 1pm for a full stream restoration experience – planting\, mulching\, water quality testing and a rongoā Māori (Māori plant medicine) guided walk. Limited to 50 people per group – first in\, first served.  \nThere’ll be heaps going down on the day to get the whole whānau involved – from Auckland Zoo giveaways\, to harakeke (flax) weaving\, and free kai from a food truck. \nGumboots or sturdy closed-toe shoes are essential. Wear clothes you don’t mind getting dirty\, and bring a rain jacket and water bottle. \nParking is limited – please bike\, walk\, or catch public transport (only an 8-minute walk from New Lynn Transport Hub). \nKids are welcome but must be accompanied by a supervising adult. \nThis event has been made possible with tautoko and awhi from Auckland Council Parks\, Auckland Museum\, Rongoā Mauri and Whau Local Board.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/mai-fm-matariki-community-day-2/
LOCATION:EcoMatters\, 1 Olympic Place\, New Lynn\, Auckland\, 0600\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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SUMMARY:Titirangi Golf Club Planting and Stream Care
DESCRIPTION:Come along to celebrate Matariki by putting native plants in the ground along the Waitahurangi Awa\, and removing pest plants. \nThe native plants will help to add stability to the stream banks\, provide a healthy habitat for our native birds and critters\, and help the stream function better in drought or heavy rain. \nWe’ll be meeting at the bridge opposite Suburbs Rugby Club\, 130 Portage Road\, New Lynn. \nGumboots or closed-toe\, sturdy footwear is essential. Please wear old clothes (long sleeves and pants)\, and bring gardening gloves if you have any (some will be provided). \nSupported by EcoMatters and Auckland Council Healthy Waters. \nQuestions? Email pamela@ecomatters.org.nz.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/titirangi-golf-club-planting-and-stream-care/
LOCATION:Bridge on Portage Road\, opposite Suburbs Rugby Club\, 130 Portage Road\, New Lynn\, Auckland
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250705T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250705T123000
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SUMMARY:Planting by the Bike Path
DESCRIPTION:Come along to plant native plants along the Whau Awa! Put on your gumboots and let’s turn this area into thriving stream habitat.\nThe place we’re planting is located just past where the Waitahurangi Stream meets the Whau Stream\, and they come together to form the Whau Awa. \nThe plants you put in the ground will be enjoyed by native birds and critters\, as well as bike-riders and walkers passing through the New Lynn to Avondale shared path each day. \nWe’ll finish with a BBQ together from 12pm. \nKids welcome but must be supervised. Wear gumboots or sturdy closed-toe shoes\, and bring your rain jacket and gardening gloves if you have any. \nAccess through the back gate of the Daily Bread site – a 2-minute bike ride or 12-minute walk from New Lynn Transport Centre. Bike parking will available. \nSupported by Whau Local Board and Auckland Council Parks.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/planting-by-the-bike-path/
LOCATION:Access through Daily Bread\, 35D Portage Road\, 35 Portage Rd\, New Lynn\, Auckland\, 0600\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250705T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250705T140000
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SUMMARY:Kete Waikawa Weaving for Matariki with Heather Steadman
DESCRIPTION:Come and celebrate Matariki with us and learn to harvest harakeke with appropriate tikanga.\nThen we will be making ‘kete waikawa’ with Heather and Jacque. \nPlease bring a plate of kai for a shared lunch. \nABOUT \nHeather Steadman studied raranga (harakeke weaving) at Waikato Institute of Technology\, and at marae from Kawhia to Rotorua. She is involved with the Waitaha Executive Grandmothers Council which focuses on water issues down south (38 rivers)\, conservation organisations near home and rongoa rakau (tree medicine). \nThis is an intermediate level weaving class\, but no prior experience necessary. \nThe workshop will be taking place at the Green Bay Community House as making these larger baskets requires more space. \nWorkshop max 10 \nThanks to the Creative Community Scheme for supporting this workshop.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/kete-waikawa-weaving-for-matariki-with-heather-steadman/
LOCATION:Green Bay Community House\, 1 Barron Drive\, Green Bay\, Auckland\, 0604
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250712T100000
DTEND;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250712T123000
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SUMMARY:Sunnyvale Stream Planting
DESCRIPTION:Nau mai\, haere mai! Join us to put native plants in the ground along the Waari Stream and extend this backyard stream restoration project. \nThe plants will provide food and shelter for native birds and critters\, and stabilise stream banks and mitigate erosion. \nBe a part of transforming this stream into a thriving awa that flows well in changeable weather\, is more resilient in heavy rain and drought\, and helps move water quickly to the sea. \nWe’ll finish with a hearty soup at the end. \nGumboots or sturdy closed-toe shoes are essential. Please bring a rain jacket and gardening gloves if you have any. Kids are welcome but must be accompanied by supervising adults. \nQuestions? Email alanah@ecomatters.org.nz or text 021 308 268. \nThis event is hosted by Sunnyvale neighbours and EcoMatters\, and supported by the Henderson-Massey Local Board and Auckland Council Healthy Waters.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/sunnyvale-stream-spruce-up-4/
LOCATION:Corner of Awaroa Road and Nirmal Place\, Sunnyvale\, Auckland\, New Zealand\, Sunnyvale\, Auckland
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250719T100000
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SUMMARY:Rongoā Māori with Joanne Hakaraia-Olson
DESCRIPTION:Join Joanne Hakaraia-Olson for a one-day rongoā Māori workshop\, and learn to harvest and prepare rongoā (remedies) that carry the mauri (life force) of the ngahere (forest). \nYou will learn tikanga\, customs and rites observed\, rongoā of specific plants\, how to enter the ngahere with guidance and care\, and how to make wairākau (tonics)\, hinu (oils) and poultices. This workshop is suitable for beginners\, and participants will get to take away their balms. \nPlease bring a plate of kai for a shared lunch. \nThis free workshop will have a waitlist activated\, so if you have booked a ticket and are unable to make it\, please cancel your order so your spot can be allocated to the next person on the waitlist. \nSupported by the Whau Wildlink and Whau Local Board. \nAbout Joanne Hakaraia-Olson\, Rongoā Mauri Studio \nJoanne Hakaraia-Olson (Ngāti Raukawa\, Ngāti Whakaue and Ngai te Rangi) is a Rongoā Māori healer who carries the legacy of her tūpuna as kairongoā. She was born and raised in Ōtaki\, Aotearoa\, and was nurtured by the Tararua Ranges and the waters of the Ōtaki and Waitohu rivers. Since moving to Tāmaki Makaurau in 2010\, she has considered Te Wao Nui a Tirawa\, the Waitākere Ranges\, her greatest teacher. This connection is woven through her whakapapa to the Tainui waka. She works alongside her husband Nick Olson in running the Rongoā Mauri Studio in West Auckland\, through which she offers Rongoā Māori services.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/rongoa-maori-with-joanne-hakaraia-olson/
LOCATION:EcoMatters\, 1 Olympic Place\, New Lynn\, Auckland\, 0600\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events,Nature
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SUMMARY:Healthy Homes Workshop - Glen Eden
DESCRIPTION:Come along to our free\, fun and interactive Healthy Homes workshop. We’ll give you heaps of great ideas and inspiration to help you save money and help the environment by learning how to:\n Save water and energy\n Reduce damp and mould\n\n Keep your home warm and healthy \n\n\nAll of our tips are super easy to put in place in your own home\, and will not only help you save money (and the environment!)\, but also improve your whānau’s health. There’s something for everyone\, whether you are flatting\, renting or a homeowner. \n\n\nBrought to you by EcoMatters Environment Trust\, and supported by the Waitakere Ranges Local Board.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/healthy-homes-workshop-glen-eden/
LOCATION:Glen Eden Community House\, 13 Pisces Road\, Glen Eden\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:Homes
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DTSTART;TZID=Pacific/Auckland:20250726T103000
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SUMMARY:Three Regenerative Gardens
DESCRIPTION:Join Landscape Architect and author\, Nick Robinson\, in this workshop where attendees will learn the steps needed to achieve a regenerative urban ecosystem design. \nIn this workshop\, we are following on from Nick’s previous workshop on regenerative planting design*. Nick will discuss three of his Auckland garden projects to demonstrate how this approach can be put into action at your place. \nThe workshop will walk us through the detail of the design process for each of three different gardens. \nNick will start with the existing degraded site and show a variety of design ideas. He will next discuss the finished design (construction and planting)\, and finally\, the implementation and establishment of the garden.  \nThese designs will demonstrate the potential for garden sites to provide not only rich visual and sensory qualities\, but also enhanced urban ecosystem services. \nExamples will include three sites. \n– a bush edge ‘woodland garden’ with troublesome drainage flowpaths \n– a small sunny East Bays courtyard in to which a swimming pool was to be constructed \n– and a riverside garden bush restoration project in a Significant Ecological Area \nThere will be time for attendees to discuss their own projects in the last half hour of this workshop. \n* NB. To attend\, it is not essential to have previously come to Nick’s Regenerative Planting Design for Urban Spaces workshop. \nABOUT \nLandscape Architect Nick Robinson has twenty five years experience of landscape architecture professional practice in New Zealand and Britain. He has worked on award winning landscapes of industry as well as urban regeneration\, parks and private gardens.  \nIn addition to professional practice\, Nick has taught landscape architecture at universities in the UK\, USA \, New Zealand and Germany\, specialising in planting design and has a range of publications to his credit including the Planting Design Handbook.  \nNick recently spent two years working with international experts on urban ecology\, green roofs and green walls at the Department of Landscape\, University of Sheffield\, UK\, with a focus on current thinking on ecological approaches to urban design and innovations in planting design for biodiversity.
URL:https://ecomatters.org.nz/event/three-regenerative-gardens/
LOCATION:EcoMatters\, 1 Olympic Place\, New Lynn\, Auckland\, 0600\, New Zealand
CATEGORIES:EcoMatters Events
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