South New Brighton Park Working session

Bridge Street entrance to the park

Volunteers  will do tasks like  planting, weeding, pruning, mulching tasks to enhance this estuarine edge. Tools and hot drink provided. Saturday, 19 July we meet at the Jetty carpark at estuary edge at the end of Beatty Street. Drive past the playground till you get to carpark. No need to book. All welcome.

Free

McCormacks Bay restoration working session

Can you spare a few hours to assist a group of  local residents to restore and enhance this stunning little Bay. Tools and hot drink provided No need to book.  Look out for cars  parked along McCormack's Bay Road as that is where we will planting, weeding, mulching or pruning.

Free

Thistledown Reserve restoration session

Volunteers welcome to assist to restore this little spring fed reserve. Tools and hot drink provided. Meet at the entrance to the reserve at the end of Thistledown Place (off Hargood Street) (see purple dot on the map) No need to book.

Free

Steam Wharf Stream enhancement sessions

Dyers Road

Meet at the Dyers Road entrance to the walking track and help us to beautify this stunning stream. Tools and refreshments provided. No need to book, just be there if you can spare a little time to enjoy good company and this stunning stream environment.

Annual ‘Farewell to the Godwits’ Ceremony 2026

Annual Farewell to the godwits ceremony to "Wish the Godwits a safe return to their breeding grounds in Alaska" Saturday, 28 February 2026 Southshore Spit Reserve (at the very end of Rockinghorse Road) 1pm FREE BBQ sausages, music, info stalls 1.30pm   Welcome, followed by guided short walk to view the birds up close Suitable all […]

The ‘Mother of all Clean ups’ Christchurch New Zealand

Saturday morning. 9th of May 2026 at 10am till 12 noon we can all give our mothers' day gift to Mother Nature by cleaning her waterways. 60 Community groups plus a number of schools are participating this year and have been allocated a stretch of our rivers, estuary, local park, harbour and beach to collect […]

Free

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