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  • Tāhunanui Community Beach Clean-Up

    Tāhunanui Community Beach Clean-Up

    Join us as part of the Climate Action Festival and help protect our coastline from litter and plastic pollution. Last year, more than 200 volunteers collected 500 kg of rubbish from Tāhunanui Beach and surrounds. This year, the goal is 1,000 kg! Removing rubbish from our beaches helps prevent plastics …
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  • Nelson Repair Cafe

    Nelson Repair Cafe

    Don't toss it. Repair it! Join our long-running monthly community repair event to breathe new life into your household items, save valuable resources, and meet your community. Bring along: Clothing, textiles, bicycles, toys, small furniture, and small electrical appliances. This event is part of Climate Action Festival 2026. See the …
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  • Motueka Repair Cafe

    Motueka Repair Cafe

    Join the dynamic and bustling Motueka Repair Cafe, at 10am at the Motueka Library (Te Noninga Kumu), and have a cuppa and snack while you learn how to repair your stuff. The Repair Cafe has assembled a team to deal with repairs to clothes, cushions, kitchen appliances, small furnishings, toys …
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  • Sizzling Solar Solutions – Richmond

    Sizzling Solar Solutions – Richmond

    The 2026 Election could be a defining "Matariki Magic Moment" for New Zealand's energy future. Whatever party forms the next government, solar energy, battery storage and smarter energy management are becoming increasingly important for households, businesses and communities. Join us for a practical presentation exploring how solar technology is delivering …
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    Koha
  • Healthy Homes and Sustainable Living

    Healthy Homes and Sustainable Living

    Come for a combined workshop and tour of Nelson’s first Certified Passive House and its fertile and productive garden. Nathan and Yuki, two of Nelson's leading experts in sustainable living, will show you practical ways to build or renovate your own home and create a flourishing garden. Their architect-designed home, …
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    Gold coin Koha
  • Spring Edible Weed Walk

    Spring Edible Weed Walk

    Discover the art and joy of nutritious, sustainable eating in this hands-on workshop, designed for anyone dreaming of a more self-sufficient lifestyle. Learn how to make the most of local, seasonal ingredients while building your confidence and creativity in the kitchen. We’ll begin with a stroll through the vegetable garden, …
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    $10
  • Compost workshop by Rex Hunt

    Compost workshop by Rex Hunt

    Feel the power of compost! Join us for our annual compost demonstration with organic nursery operator Rex Hunt. Rex will show how you can make your own compost in a short period of time. He takes a science-based approach and will explain the difference between a hot compost (short period) …
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    Koha
  • Deep Time Walk

    Deep Time Walk

    Every rock beneath your feet, every breath you take, every living being you encounter is part of an extraordinary story that began 4.6 billion years ago. On this guided 4.6-kilometre walk, we journey through the unfolding history of our planet. Each metre represents one million years, allowing us …
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    Koha
  • Trees, Tunes, and Recharge

    Trees, Tunes, and Recharge

    Overwhelmed by climate change and the environmental challenges our community faces? We all need to recharge from time to time, and while we might be biased, we think few things are more restorative than seeing nature regenerate right in front of your eyes. The Kidson family are helping restore a …
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  • Climate Fiction Book Exchange and Chat

    Climate Fiction Book Exchange and Chat

    Introducing the Festival’s first ever Climate Fiction Book Exchange!  We invite you to join us, either to share the book that has had an impact on you or simply to find inspiration for your next reads. Climate fiction can be described as a literary genre that uses speculative storytelling …
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    free
  • Natural burials – what are they?

    Natural burials – what are they?

    Join Living Legacies Founder Lynda Hannah at the Motueka Natural Burial Park to talk about natural funerals, natural burials, and why they are an environmentally responsible end-of-life choice. Living Legacies is Aotearoa's natural funeral company with a sustainable, holistic, and celebratory approach to life, death, and funerals. Natural Burial Parks …
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    Koha
  • Cleaning up Party

    Cleaning up Party

    Get your hands wet, cleaning the buckets for the waste collection, with the fun and passionate Community Compost Collective during the Climate Action Festival. This is an ongoing working session which takes place throughout the year. This event is part of Climate Action Festival 2026. See the full program here. …
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  • Webinar: Carpooling Made Easy with Pooly

    Webinar: Carpooling Made Easy with Pooly

    Join this lunchtime webinar with Pooly, Nelson-Tasman’s homegrown carpooling start-up, to hear how shared journeys could become a bigger part of our region’s transport future. The Pooly app is designed to be a friction-free experience so we can all make better use of the journeys already happening on our roads. …
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    Free
  • Ethical Investing Online Workshop

    Ethical Investing Online Workshop

    Your money. Your values. Your future. Do your investments reflect the life you're working towards? Join Mindful Money for an insightful workshop on ethical investing that will change how you think about your KiwiSaver and managed funds. You'll discover exactly where your money goes, and how to redirect it toward …
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    Free
  • WEBINAR – Ready for the Next One? Resilience & Insurance for Rural Properties as Extreme Weather Increases

    WEBINAR – Ready for the Next One? Resilience & Insurance for Rural Properties as Extreme Weather Increases

    As part of this year's Climate Action Festival theme, Our Place, Our Power, this session looks at what a future of more frequent, more intense flooding means for rural landowners — for property decisions, risk levels, and what to actually do about it. Alastair Clements, team leader of the Tasman …
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    Free
  • Sizzling Solar Solutions – Motueka

    Sizzling Solar Solutions – Motueka

    The 2026 Election could be a defining "Matariki Magic Moment" for New Zealand's energy future. Whatever party forms the next government, solar energy, battery storage and smarter energy management are becoming increasingly important for households, businesses and communities. Join us for a practical presentation exploring how solar technology is delivering …
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    Koha
  • Compost Get Together

    Compost Get Together

    Get your hands dirty with the fun and passionate Community Compost Collective during the Climate Action Festival and every Saturday morning. This is an ongoing working session which takes place throughout the year. This event is part of Climate Action Festival 2026. See the full program here. …
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    free
  • Permaculture Possibilities: Discover, Design and Transform Your Space

    Permaculture Possibilities: Discover, Design and Transform Your Space

    Curious about permaculture? Whether you have a large property, a suburban backyard, or just a small garden, this workshop will introduce you to a practical design system that helps create productive, resilient and beautiful spaces while working with nature rather than against it. During this engaging introduction, you'll discover the …
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    Koha
  • Sizzling Solar Solutions – Nelson

    Sizzling Solar Solutions – Nelson

    The 2026 Election could be a defining "Matariki Magic Moment" for New Zealand's energy future. Whatever party forms the next government, solar energy, battery storage and smarter energy management are becoming increasingly important for households, businesses and communities. Join us for a practical presentation exploring how solar technology is delivering …
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    Koha
  • Film Screening: The Lorax

    Film Screening: The Lorax

    Join us for a special screening of The Lorax, a fun and inspiring family film celebrating the importance of caring for our environment. Based on the beloved Dr. Seuss story, The Lorax follows one small voice speaking up for the trees and reminds us that everyone has the power to …
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    $10 – $20
  • Closing Night: How to Live on Earth

    Closing Night: How to Live on Earth

    This year’s closing film is a visually stunning and hopeful film that shows us glimpses of a future in which nature thrives, and so do we. Narrated by Benedict Cumberbatch, How to Live on Earth takes us around the world to meet remarkable people exploring how we can live differently …
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    $15 – $25