We would like to invite you to join us on Wednesday the 11th of August for a community/school planting day at Papakōwhai Reserve in Porirua. The event is open to all – we’d love to see you, your friends and whānau for our final planting event of the season!

Over 10 years, multi-award-winning Sustainable Coastlines has motivated over 90,000 people to plant over 260,000 trees, help us with the planting at Papakōwhai by registering for the event below.

How to get there: Head along Papakōwhai Rd to the reserve, between Romesdale Rd and Brora Crew – and we’ll meet 9.00 am; look out for the Sustainable Coastlines flags and friendly helpers in high-vis gear.

We’ll be starting from 9.00 am and finishing up around 13:00pm. You can stay for as little or as long as you like, but we’ll finish planting come 12.00pm and all come together for some photos and Phoenix Organics Drinks before wrapping up for the day.

What does the day involve?
9:00 am Registration opens at Papapkōwhai Reserve.
9:10 am Safety briefing and planting demonstration.
9:30 am Begin planting.
12:30 am Finish planting. Photo and quick formalities, Phoenix drinks, Kai.
13:00am(ish) Event finishes.

Any questions – contact Jemma on [email protected]

Link to our COVID-19 Protocol

Join us for a Professional Development workshop on March 2nd, at the Flagship Education Centre, Auckland Central. Made possible by Auckland Council’s Waste Minimisation and Innovation Fund.

Over the course of the day, you will participate in this experiential learning approach through the eyes of the learners’, connecting with like-minded educators to complete mini environmental challenges.

Please contact Becky at [email protected] with any queries.

We would like to invite you to join us on Saturday the 30th of October for a community planting day at Papakōwhai Reserve in Porirua. The event is open to all – we’d love to see you, your friends and whānau for our final planting event of the season!

Over 10 years, multi-award-winning Sustainable Coastlines has motivated over 90,000 people to plant over 260,000 trees, help us with the planting at Papakōwhai by registering for the event below.

How to get there: Head along Papakōwhai Rd to the reserve, between Romesdale Rd and Brora Crew – and we’ll meet 9.00 am; look out for the Sustainable Coastlines flags and friendly helpers in high-vis gear.

We’ll be starting from 9.00 am and finishing up around 11.30am. You can stay for as little or as long as you like, but we’ll finish planting come 11.00am and all come together for some photos and Phoenix Organics Drinks before wrapping up for the day.

What does the day involve?
9:00 am Registration opens at Papapkōwhai Reserve.
9:10 am Safety briefing and planting demonstration.
9:30 am Begin planting.
11:00 am Finish planting. Photo and quick formalities, Phoenix drinks.
11:30am(ish) Event finishes.

Any questions – contact Jemma on [email protected]

Link to our COVID-19 Protocol

As part of our amazing collaboration with Re-Naturing Katikati Taiao and with support from our sponsor Corona, we would like to invite you to join us on Saturday the 16th of October for a community planting day alongside the Uretara River.

This is a beautiful waterway and through the passion and efforts of Re-Naturing Katikati Taiao, this section is well on the way to being restored.

How to get there: Head to Katikati and head down the driveway to the right of Robert Harris. We’ll meet from 09.30 am; look out for the Sustainable Coastlines flags and friendly helpers in high-vis gear.

We’ll be starting from 9.30 am and finishing up around 12 noon. You can stay for as little or as long as you like, but around noon we’ll all come together for some tasty food and some Phoenix Organics Drinks.

What does the day involve?
9:15 am Registration opens. Help yourself to tea and coffee served.
9:30 am Opening words from Re-Naturing Katikati Taiao and Sustainable Coastlines.
9:40 am Safety briefing and planting demonstration.
9:50 am Commence carax planting
12:00 pm Return to home base for lunch and a team photo.

Any questions – contact Dan on [email protected]

Link to our COVID-19 Protocol

Auckland Council is hosting another awesome day of tree planting with the help of Sustainable Coastlines and our sponsor Corona, and we would like to invite you to join us!!

We will be back at Puhinui Reserve on Saturday 14th August, and have 4,000 trees into infill so bring as many people as you can!

THERE WILL BE NO ALCOHOL SERVED. BUT WILL BE SOME FREE MERCH, KAI AND DRINKS.

How to get there: Head to the end of Prices road, Wiri. We’ll meet from 10.00 am; look out for the Auckland Council and Sustainable Coastlines flags and friendly helpers in high-vis gear.

We’ll be starting from 10.00 am and finishing up at either 12noon or 2.30 pm depending on your appetite.

What does the day involve?
9:45 am Registration opens at the end of Prices Road – Tea and coffee served.
10:00 am Opening words from Auckland Council
10:15 am Safety briefing and planting demonstration.
12:00 pm Return to home base for break/finish of the first planting session.
13:00 pm Photo and quick formalities, back to planting for those who wish to stay.
14:00pm(ish) Event finishes

Any questions – contact Dan at [email protected]

Are you interested in taking action against ocean pollution? Do you want to contribute to New Zealand’s progress toward Sustainable Development Goals Reporting?

Join us on 7th August in Māhia, Gisborne (exact location TBC) from 10am – 2:30pm for a training workshop for Litter Intelligence: a citizen science platform to enable community groups to contribute to a growing national litter database by monitoring their local beaches & auditing the rubbish.

This free workshop will pass on the skills in surveying, data collection, and Health & Safety that will allow attendees to play an important part in this long-term, grassroots effort. Come along to learn how to set up & run a survey, sort & record rubbish in an audit, and add your data into the national database & solutions platform.

Rough Itinerary:

10:00 – 11:00am Welcome, Introduction to Programme Methodology and Health & Safety Briefing
11:00 – 12:00pm Litter Survey
12:00 – 12:30pm Lunch
12:30 – 1:00pm Technology
1:00 – 2:30pm Litter Audit

Any questions, email [email protected]

Please register your attendance on the form below.

About the Litter Intelligence Programme

Working in collaboration with the Ministry for the Environment, Statistics New Zealand and the Department of Conservation, we have developed a national beach litter monitoring programme that will enable us to build an accurate picture of the beach litter problem in New Zealand and help to prioritise solutions.

By working to a United Nations Environment Program survey methodology, the data is collected at the highest standard of scientific rigour, allowing it to be used for national, regional and international reporting, including progress against UN Sustainable Development Goals.

To collect the beach litter data long-term, we work with community groups & organisations to conduct beach litter surveys across Aotearoa at least four times per year. We provide the training and tools required to take part in this project as Citizen Scientists, conducting regular litter surveys at their chosen local beach sites and loading the litter data into a new, easy-to-use nationwide beach litter Citizen Science Platform/App we’ve developed specifically for the project. The Litter Intelligence litter database also includes a solutions data base and some awesome litter data visualisation tools that are in development at present. All the litter data collected is freely available to the groups involved as well as to the wider public and decision-makers.

As part of our amazing collaboration with ANZ and Porirua City Council, we would like to invite you to join us on Saturday the 21st of August for a community planting day at Papakowhai Reserve.

Please let us know if you’d like free transport to the planting site from Wellington township.

Urban and rural development in the Te Awarua-o-Porirua Harbour catchment over the past 150 years has had a big impact on the health of this estuarine system. We are working closely with other collaborators to restore the mauri of this catchment, and need your help to do so!

How to get there: Head to Papakowhai Road next to Papakowhai Reserve to park – and we’ll meet from 9.15 am; look out for the Sustainable Coastlines flags and friendly helpers in high-vis gear.

We’ll be starting from 09.30 am and finishing up around 13.00 pm. You can stay for as little or as long as you like, but around noon we’ll all come together for some tasty food and some Phoenix Organics Drinks.

What does the day involve?
9:15 am – Registration opens at Papakowhai Reserve, Tea and coffee served.
9:30 am – Karakia and opening speeches.
9:40 am – Safety briefing and planting demonstration.
9:45 am – Commence planting
12:00 pm – Return to home base for a photo and lunch.
13:00pm(ish) – Event finishes

Link to our COVID-19 Protocol

Any questions – contact Dan on [email protected]

Come along on Saturday 30th October with friends, family and colleagues to help plant some native trees and protect our precious waterways.

After an awesome effort from volunteers last year to get 1500 plants in the ground, we are returning to check on how they are doing and plant the next section of the waterway. The site is a great area for riparian planting because it is situated on a working farm in Motumaoho that backs onto a stream which eventually leads to the Waitakaruru River. Planting here will build a strong barrier to prevent run off from the farm entering the water, improve the soil and air quality and bring back native wildlife to the area.

We’ll be starting from 10:00 am and finishing up around 2 pm.

You can stay for as little or as long as you like, but around noon we’ll all come together for some refreshing Phoenix Organics Drinks.

If you’d like to come along, even if it’s just for a couple of hours, please register online so you don’t miss out.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Any questions – contact Natalia on [email protected]