Events

Our 2019 conference will bring coastal people together and take us to some stunning and interesting coastal places in the North Auckland region.

Conference registrations for our Living with Dynamic Shorelines Conference in Warkworth have just opened and if you want to take advantage of the early bird fee, book soon.

Find out more details on our conference page or go directly to the registration website.

For those of you who have been hanging out for the place and dates: Wednesday to Friday 27-29 March is when our next conference will be held in the Warkworth Town Hall.

In addition there will be a DUNES101 course the day before the start, i.e. Tuesday 26 March.

The conference will be a mixture of indoor presentations (Wednesday and Thursday) and fieldtrips (every day). There will be a conference dinner on the Thursday.

Watch the conference page for the programme, registration details and more information as it comes to hand.

NOTE: change of date Lower Hutt

Biodiversity connects us all, and Greater Wellington wants to build a more connected approach to it so that we can all be more effective. Greater Wellington wants to work with others who protect and manage biodiversity to review what’s been achieved so far, and provide the means to build on it together. With your help, it will be possible to collaborate on the design of a shared framework.

Each workshop will have a keynote address followed by discussion on:

• The strengths of our biodiversity community
• Existing strategies, projects and resources
• The challenges and possible opportunities
• Ways to improve on our work in the region

Dates, times and venues:

Kāpiti Coast
Wednesday 15 August, 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Kāpiti Community Centre

Porirua
Monday 20 August, 10:00am - 12:00pm at Wikitoria Katene Building, Whitireia College

Lower Hutt (NOTE CHANGED DATE)
Wednesday 5 September, 5:30pm - 7:30pm at Silverstream Retreat

Wellington city
Wednesday 5 September, 10:00am - 4:00pm at Te Wharewaka o Pōneke

Email the Greater Wellington BioDiversity Team with the location to confirm your place: Enable JavaScript to view protected content.

Wairarapa workshops in Featherston and Masterton will be confirmed soon.

Greater Wellington Regional Council has organised a planting day on Sunday July 29, 2018 - 10:00-2:00pm

Join them at Queen Elizabeth Park, (Mackays Crossing entrance - Whareroa Beach), on the Kāpiti coast to plant as many trees as you can.

This is a fun family event for all ages with live music and FREE sausages. Bring some warm clothes, sturdy footwear and a spade (if you have one) and they’ll bring the plants.

For more information go here.

The Ministry for the Environment’s updated Coastal Hazards and Climate Change: Guidance for Local Government document was released in December 2017.

Workshops for those implementing this guidance will be held around the country from next week to mid September. Check this site to find out when they come to your area.