The 'Mother of all Clean ups' Christchurch New Zealand
2026-05-09 10:00 - 12:00 (Pacific/Auckland)
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 discarded rubbish.
We are inviting members of the public to assist the teams who are cleaning up our beach and Naval Point in Lyttelton
Can you help out the Brighton team? Meet at 2pm in front of the New Brighton Library to receive gloves, a rubbish bag and instructions before a pleasure walk along the beach to look for littered items before they are washed out to sea where they become potential killing machines to our bird and marine wildlife.
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Can you help the Lyttelton team? Meet at 10am at Naval Point in Lyttelton to receive gloves, a rubbish bag and instructions before walking around this area to collect discarded rubbish.
No need to book. Suitable all ages. Together we WILL make a huge difference.

South New Brighton Park Monthly Restoration session
2026-05-16 14:00 - 16:00 | Bridge Street entrance to the park
Meet on the third Saturday of each month
No need to book, just show up. Come for a one off or as often as you like.
We’ll be doing tasks like weeding, pruning and mulching to help young plants thrive and to enhance the estuarine edge. At certain times of the year we will also be planting.
Tools, gloves and hot drink provided. Please wear closed toe shoes.
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 the edge of the estuary.
No need to book. All welcome.

McCormacks Bay Restoration Session
2026-05-17 14:00 - 16:00 | McCormacks Bay Rd
Spend a few hours making sure native plantings from the past few years get the best chance.
Everyone is invited to come out to restore and enhance this stunning little bay on the third Sunday of each month.
Tools and hot drink provided, please wear closed toe shoes and bring gardening gloves
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.

