Events List

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• Battle for the Banded Rail – “Tender Love and Care” Plant maintenance day – Mapua

  Oct 24

  9:00 am - 11:00 am

  Battle for the Banded Rail – “Tender Love and Care” Plant maintenance day – Mapua

  Battle for the Banded Rail is a project working with local communities to increase the number of banded rail and other estuarine birds on the margins of the Waimea Inlet by restoring habitat and trapping predators. Together, let’s give some TLC to the plants planted in winter. We will meet …
• Potting up Party (for schools only) – Hope

  Oct 24

  9:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Potting up Party (for schools only) – Hope

  Native plant restoration is climate action. Hope school, in collaboration with Tasman Enviroschools, the Tasman Bay Guardians and the Roding Catchment group are growing native plants to revegetate the riparian zone along the Aniseed river. Vegetated riparian zones help to filter out toxins and sediment from rainfall events, while creating …
• ONLINE – We can meet Nelson Tasman’s emissions targets!

  Oct 24

  12:00 pm - 1:00 pm

  ONLINE – We can meet Nelson Tasman’s emissions targets!

  In a split vote in July, Nelson City Council adopted  science-based climate targets of 8.3% annual decrease for long-lived gases, and 1.55% decrease for methane. Voices around the table said it couldn't be done, which created a challenge that was picked up by five members of  the Climate …
• Electrify Everything – Come and have a chat – Stoke

  Oct 24

  6:30 pm - 8:00 pm

  Electrify Everything – Come and have a chat – Stoke

  Come and chat with community members who've electrified their homes, businesses and transport. Learn how you can too – saving money and emissions. In this Electrify Everything discussion event you'll meet others in your community who've made their lives more fossil fuel free.  When we come together and share …

  free
• Nature Journaling Workshop – Lower Moutere

  Oct 25

  10:00 am - 12:00 pm

  Nature Journaling Workshop – Lower Moutere

  This is a workshop for those who would like to deepen their appreciation of the natural world with a pencil in hand. Nature Journaling is the practice of observing nature, and recording these impressions in a journal. No need to be a skilled artist for this! The course is open …

  $10 – $20
• Edible Bicycle Tour – Stoke & Nelson

  Oct 25

  10:00 am - 3:00 pm

  Edible Bicycle Tour – Stoke & Nelson

  Take a bicycle tour of public orchards and a delightful private backyard garden project in central Nelson. John-Paul Pochin (Urban Farmers), Kelli Campbell, and Rachael Curson (Whakatū Food Sovereignty Project) will be your guides, describing food harvesting opportunities on public land as well as learning how to turn your garden …

  Koha or Gold coin
• Solar on Steroids – Maximize Solar Energy Potential – Motueka

  Oct 25

  10:30 am - 11:30 am

  Solar on Steroids – Maximize Solar Energy Potential – Motueka

  Join Kevin Fourie, host of the HeapsMOREnergy Program on Fresh FM, for a 1-hour in-depth presentation on how to maximize Solar Power generation with Catchpower technology to reduce 'grid dependency', and lower home energy carbon footprint consumption. He will share his personal “Energy Efficiency” (EE) journey, and demonstrate how to “Measure …
• Growing a Forest – Come and get inspired – Moutere Valley

  Oct 25

  2:00 pm - 4:30 pm

  Growing a Forest – Come and get inspired – Moutere Valley

  Welcome to an eight-year revegetation project in the Moutere Valley. Since 2017 Philip and Jenny Leith have been revegetating gullies on their farm, extending and creating new wetlands as well as establishing biodiverse habitats. In 2025 they decided to link two gullies by planting a podocarp forest to create an …

  free
• NTCF Annual Hui

  Nov 29

  9:00 am - 11:30 am

  NTCF Annual Hui

  Join us on 29th of November to hear about the Forum’s activities over the last year before planning our strategy for the year ahead, and selecting our representatives for the Leadership group. Please register here if you plan to be there, so we have an idea of the numbers. This …
• Sustainable Gift and Craft Fair

  Nov 29

  11:30 am - 3:30 pm

  Sustainable Gift and Craft Fair