• 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, gloves  and hot drink provided. Saturday, 17th January - 2 - 4pm. Meet by the picnic table on Bridge Street. Next time, we meet at the Jetty carpark. Estuary end of Beatty Street. Past the playground and drive to […]

    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
  • Charlesworth Wetland Working Sessions

    20 ha of restoration from farm paddock to ecological functional coastal wetland. Since 2005 some 140.000 native plants have been placed by volunteers and supervised by a CCC park ranger. This many plants needs continued weeding, pruning, mulching and always more plants to add. Volunteers meet EVEY SUNDAY AFTERNOON between 3 and 5pm.  Extra pairs […]

  • 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 […]

  • Estuary Fest 2026

    South New Brighton Community Centre Beatty Street, Christchurch

    Join us for the annual celebration of the wonderful Ihutai Estuary ecosytems.

  • Charlesworth Reserve Community Planting Event

    Sunday, 3rd May 2026 10am till 12 noon Charlesworth Street Reserve, situated on Charlesworth Street (off Ferry Road). Bring along family, friends and a spade. Members of the public are warmly invited to join us planting at Charlesworth Reserve to establish native trees and shrubs supplied by Trees for Canterbury and supported by the Christchurch […]

    Free
  • 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