Conservation and Events
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CompassionFest - Honouring Kae Millar
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- CompassionFest seeks to remember and celebrate local heroes, this time focusing on Kae Miller who started the movement to replant native bush along the South Coast in the 1980s, when she herself was in her mid-70's.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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99 percent of Ahi Kā event waste saved from landfill
- Wellington City Council
- During the four-day Matariki Ahi Kā event in July, a whopping 687kgs of waste was generated from the kai court as people flocked to the city to celebrate, eat, and drink. But a recent waste audit report shows that 99 percent of the event waste was able to be diverted from the landfill – meaning only 8kgs of rubbish had to go to the tip!
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Free Community Event: City Nature Challenge Guided Walk
- Manawa Karioi Ecological Restoration Project
- <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > The City Nature Challenge Guided Walk - The 3 Southern Reserves.Sunday April 30th, 10.30am - 12.30pmBring sturdy shoes, water and a picnic lunch.The City Nature Challenge is a great chance to help people connect with their backyards, natural environments, parks and reserves. As part of this city-wide event we are hosting a 2-hour walk through 3 of our southern restoration reserves. If you would like to make wildlife observations as part of the City Nature Challenge, please bring your smart phone to take photos. You can sign up on the iNaturalist website and use the iNaturalist app to record any wildlife observations, this is of course optional otherwise you can just enjoy the walk and meet some great people! <figure class=" sqs-block-image-figure intrinsic " > The City Nature Challenge Guided WalkThe 3 Southern Reserves - The Walk Rundown Sunday April 30th, 10.30am The meeting point for the walk is at 10.30am at 46a Derwent street in Island Bay at the entrance of Paekawakawa Reserve. Please be on time so we can set off as a group.The walk will begin at the entrance of Paekawakawa reserve on Derwent Street and head up the valley passing by streams, and through restored native bush in the Paekawakawa reserve. You will be treated to unique vantages of Tapu te Ranga Island and Raukawa Moana (the Cook Strait).We will then enter the oldest restoration project in Pōneke, Manawa Karioi on Tapu te Ranga Marae land and hike along part of the loop track called Te Ahi Kā with amazing views over Island Bay Valley and back to the city.We will depart Manawa Karioi on the ridge line and enter into Tawatawa reserve, we will past the reservoir on the City to Sea track stopping for a break at the Lizard Garden with views over Hawkins Hill and the Dog Park.We will then head back down the hill and there is a picnic spot at the starting point for those who would like to have a picnic lunch.We are looking forward to meeting you all and sharing our enthusiasm for our Southern reserves. We will have a few spots where we stop to tell you about the 3 reserves. Feel free to bring your dog (and a lead) and any keen children.Please RSVP with names and contact emails to manawakarioisociety@gmail.com so we can keep track of numbers and incase of cancellation due to weather.
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Te Ahi Ka - Loop Track, Island Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6023, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki ki Te Māra a Tāne / Matariki at Zealandia
- Zealandia
- Matariki has become a popular celebration of Māori culture, for all, across Aotearoa/New Zealand. Matariki (Pleaides) signals the Māori New Year, seasonal transition, and, various ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Special Matariki Our Wellington out this week
- Wellington City Council
- A special Matariki section and a handy pull-out recycling guide are the stars of the latest Our Wellington.
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What you need to know about the Newtown Festival
- Newtown Festival
- Maps and Programmes There will be maps and programmes available throughout the festival and attached to each recycling station.
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Newtown, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki 2020 - Conservation Learnings
- Zealandia
- Matariki is approaching and provides a great opportunity to reflect on the past year. ZEALANDIA has had many significant conservation learnings and we have chosen three to share with you. ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki 2020 - a time for reflection
- Zealandia
- Matariki is approaching and provides a great opportunity to reflect on the past year. ZEALANDIA has had many significant conservation learnings and we have chosen three to share with you. ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki at ZEALANDIA
- Zealandia
- Celebrate Matariki at Te Mārā a Tāne ZEALANDIA with family and friends, as we look upwards from our world of Papatūānuku, the earth mother, to explore the realm of Ranginui, the sky father. ...
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki – Māori New Year
- Zealandia
- Matariki, the start of the Māori New Year, is signalled by the appearance of seven stars low on the north-eastern horizon at dawn.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki from a historical perspective
- Zealandia
- Photo Credit: Fred Locklear zAmb0ni Historically, te reo Māori was an oral language and Matariki (Māori New Year) was a time when knowledge was shared orally, as in reciting whakapapa (family trees).
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Matariki
- Zealandia
- Matariki, the start of the Māori New Year, is signalled by the appearance of seven stars low on the north-eastern horizon at dawn.
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Zealandia, Lake Road, Highbury, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6012, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Earth Hour - See the light. Switch off.
- Tranz Metro
- Tranz Metro are supporters of Earth Hour. A chance for all of us to show our concern over climate change. Tranz Metro are supporters of Earth Hour. A chance for all of us to show our concern over climate change. Although we won't be turning power too our trains off at 8:30pm on Saturday 27 March we urge you switch off.
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SEF Seminar: Electric Vehicles and Electric Transport in New Zealand: 2010 and Beyond
- The Sustainable Energy Forum (SEF) is holding a seminar in Wellington on Friday 6 November to talk about these issues. Speakers will discuss developments in electric vehicle technology, the opportunities and difficulties in marketing electric vehicles, and the effect that widespread use of electric transport is likely to have on New Zealand's greenhouse gas emissions. There will be plenty of time for questions and discussion. If you're interested in transport, vehicle technology, green jobs, oil depletion, or climate change, you'll find something of interest in this SEF Seminar.
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Enchanted Evenings at ZEALANDIA: The Karori Sanctuary Experience
- Karori Sanctuary Trust
- Experience the magic of twilight at the Sanctuary with our late opening hours. With 34km of bushwalks to explore, and over 30 species of native birds and reptiles to discover, the Sanctuary is a magical place at any time of the day. But on Fridays and weekends throughout February and March we’re extending our opening hours from to 10am – 8pm (last entry 7pm).
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Karori, Wellington, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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Spring Cleaning
- The Wellingtonista
- What:Envirotainment Where:Oriental Parade (Freyberg Pool/Mural end) When: 2.30 till 4.00pm
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Oriental Bay, Wellington, Wellington City, Wellington, 6011, New Zealand (OpenStreetMap)
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World Environment Day (And a free concert!)
- Texture
- This Thursday, little ol’Wellington has the distinction of hosting World Environment Day (WED) Awarded to New Zealand by the United Nations, the day is dedicated to raising awareness of increasing environmental problems around the globe – with this year highlighting the destructive force of high carbon emissions.
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Turn OFF your lights - 8-9pm tomorrow (Saturday)
- The Wellingtonista
- Support the Earth Hour initiative tomorrow (Sat 28th) and turn off your lights between 8pm-9pm. But it will be dark! I know ... fun eh!? Light candles, play spooky games (I recommend Werewolf) or tell ghost stories - in essence HAVE FUN! And it's not just about the lights, that's the minimum. If you can turn off anything else then do so - how about turning off the computer!!!
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Wayne Barrar talk at National Library
- National Library
- On Thursday 6 March, photographer Wayne Barrar will discuss his work in the National Library exhibition 'Manapouri: Art, Power, Protest' within the context of his ongoing investigation of the human-modified landscape. He will also consider the role of photography in articulating land-use issues. Wayne Barrar is one of four contemporary New Zealand photographers in this exhibition. His documentation of the spaces of the Manapouri power station works very differently from that of earlier photographers, who romanticised Lake Manapouri as distant, splendid and untouched by development. But unlike the photographers that documented the construction of the power station 40 years ago, Barrar stops well short of suggesting any kind of achievement of industry over nature. Venue: National Library Gallery, Molesworth Street, Wellington, 12.10pm
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