7 June 2008
An organic biodynamic farm in Kaitoke, Upper Hutt, hosted an event to celebrate Mātāriki, the Maori New Year, and World Environment Day.
7 June 2008
A ‘learning festival’ called Good Habits at Te Maara brought together local schools, refugee, new migrant and Pacific Island communities from the Porirua region to celebrate World Environment Day.
7 June 2008
Over 500 people bussed and car pooled their way around Wellington for the Open Eco Homes Tour, as part of Wellington City Council’s Sustainable Saturday programme for World Environment Day.
5 June 2008
In Waihi, World Environment Day was celebrated through school activities in the Waitete Catchment. Residents of Waihi planted native sedges and toetoe to help stabilise stream banks and create flood protection.
5 June 2008
Canterburians were rewarded for taking public transport, and saying no to plastic bags with a free lunch on World Environment Day yesterday.
5 June 2008
The Hillary Institute opened its first four year topic cycle ‘Leadership In Climate Change Solutions’ by hosting a symposium featuring Dr Rajendra Pauchari, Chair of the Nobel Peace Prize winning Inter-government Panel on Climate Change, focussing on the science of Climate Change.
5 June 2008
The Wave Energy Technology New Zealand project team demonstrated their experimental wave energy generator in Evans Bay, Wellington
5 June 2008
Over 200 people froze in central Wellington on Thursday 5 June as part of World Environment Day celebrations.
5 June 2008
Canterburians turned up in their hundreds to visit the ‘Step Up Canterbury’ expo and auction.
3 June 2008
The Green Ribbon Awards - which honour outstanding contributions to sustaining and enhancing the New Zealand environment - launched this year’s World Environment Day celebrations in Wellington.
