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Street Art Bike Challenge

October 2023 sees EcoMatters’ award-winning Street Art Bike Challenge kick off once again, with the opportunity to win your share of $1000 worth of prizes when you snap your favourite street art spots around Auckland. Read More

Mt Albert Library
Free

From Garden to Pantry – Harvesting & Preservation Workshop

Come along to the first of two workshops in the EcoMatters Series. Spring time is optimum for preparing and growing a wide variety of food. Read More

Rānui Community Centre
Free

Healthy Homes Workshop – Rānui Community Centre

Come to this workshop and get great ideas and inspiration to help you save money and the environment. Read More

EcoMatters
$65

Felt Makers – Upcycled, Zero Waste Slippers

Join visual artist, Xin Cheng, for a meditative workshop repurposing local organic material offcuts into super cosy felt slippers. Read More

Ātiu Creek Regional Park
Free

No Waste Kitchen – Developing a Waste Free Lifestyle

No matter where you are on your reducing waste journey, come and be inspired by steps that can be taken, whether you are starting out or would like to keep deepening this conscious lifestyle choice. Read More

Wellsford Community Centre
Free

The Great Big Rescued Food Cook-off, Wellsford – Thursday 2 November

Don your aprons and get ready for an evening filled with creativity and fun as we present the ultimate cooking challenge: 'Back of the Fridge, Saved from Landfill, Loving your Leftovers, COOKING GOODNESS!' Read More

14 Belgium Road
Free

No Waste Kitchen – LFHW Info Stall, Pukekohe

Come and visit the Love Food Hate Waste stall at the Franklin Hospice Garden & Lifestyle Festival. Read More

Forrest Hill School
Free

No Waste Kitchen – Love Your Leftovers

Come and take part in Pip's Love Food Hate workshop at the Cost Effective Sustainable Living Expo at Forrest Hill School on Saturday 4 November, from 12noon to 1pm. Read More

EcoMatters
$35

Grow. Forage. Cook: Healthy Eating Spring

Join naturopath Paloma Velásquez for this popular workshop to forage seasonal ingredients from the EcoMatters Teaching Garden and make a colourful plant-based Spring feast. Read More

EcoMatters
Free

Sustainable Christmas Shopping Evening

Join us for a special evening of Christmas shopping with a difference. Discover locally crafted gifts and sustainable living items at the EcoMatters Store and give gifts with purpose this year. Enjoy refreshments, special offers and learn more about the brands we are proud to sell in our store. Read More

EcoMatters
$25

DIY Rainwater Harvesting with Laurie Dee

It falls! It's free! Catch it while you can! In this workshop with multi-talented inventor Laurie Dee, you'll learn how to build you own DIY rainwater system for a few hundred dollars - reducing your water bill and saving you money over time. Read More

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Konini Primary School
Free

Glen Eden Weed Bin Weekend

Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More

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Zig Zag Track
Free

Titirangi Weed Bin Weekend

Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More

Highbury House
Free

No Waste Kitchen – Cooking from your Cupboard (Birkenhead)

Learn creative new ideas to use up those forgotten ingredients hiding at the back of your fridge and kitchen cupboards, at this FREE local workshop. Read More

EcoMatters
$55

Up-bicycled Jewellery with Ronja Schipper

Join artist Ronja Schipper in this pre-Christmas workshop, designing and making a pair of earrings and a necklace. You'll learn how to transform waste to wonderful by 'up-bicycling' discarded bike inner tubes to craft unique jewellery pieces. Read More

Titirangi Village Market
Free

Pest Plant Roadshow at Titirangi Village Market

Want to find out which weeds you should bin, bag or put in a barrel? The EcoMatters Nature Team will be here to give advice and answer any questions you have about pest plants. Read More

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Central Landscape Supplies Swanson
Free

Swanson Weed Bin Weekend

Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More

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Pae o Te Rangi Regional Park
Free

Te Henga Weed Bin Weekend

Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More

McWhirter Place
Free

New Lynn Stream Clean Up

Join us to rescue the Waitahurangi Stream from rubbish and finish with kai together. Read More

Central Landscape Supplies Swanson
Free

Pest Plant Roadshow in Swanson

Want to find out which weeds you should bin, bag or put in a barrel? The EcoMatters Nature Team will be here to give advice and answer any questions you have about pest plants. Read More

EcoMatters
Free

Using new technologies to transform household plastic waste, at home!

In this free workshop, you'll learn more about the entire recycling and upcycling process, get hands-on experience with a 3D pen and create objects from recycled plastic sourced right from our households. Join us in making a positive impact, one plastic object at a time! Read More

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Central Landscape Supplies Swanson
Free

Swanson Weed Bin Weekend

Got invasive weeds? Live close to the Waitākere Ranges? Get rid of them at your local community weed bin. Read More

Waiōrea Community Recycling Centre
$10

The Abundant Kitchen – An Evening with Yotam and Niva Kay

Love Food Hate Waste facilitator, Amanda, will be partnering with Waitematā Waste Away, presenting at this event. Amanda will be educating attendees about the scale of food waste in NZ and also creating delicious snacks from food that would normally have been wasted. Read More

EcoMatters
$35

Bicycle-part fence design and assemblage

Join master upcycler and sculptor Andrew Hall in this one-off workshop to design and assemble a fence constructed from bicycle parts. Learn tips and tricks when dealing with metals, and have a go at metal working skills such as cutting and drilling. As a group, we will get creative to assemble random parts into a cohesive whole. The fence will become a functional feature at the entrance to the EcoMatters 'Lookout' building. Read More

Glendene Community Hub
Free

Love your Leftovers Workshop – Glendene

Learn creative new ideas to use up those forgotten ingredients hiding at the back of your fridge and kitchen cupboards, at this FREE local workshop. Read More