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It’s time for an adventure!

Come with us and explore the beautiful natural spaces right here on our doorsteps.

Explore through our events

We host a range of different events with lots of opportunities for you to explore your local marine and freshwater environment. Our free, summer-time community snorkels in Wellington's marine reserves are our most popular events.
Check out our upcoming events!
Pinehaven Stream + Hulls Creek Open Day
December 7, 2024
Silverstream Park, 17 Whitemans Road, Silverstream, Upper Hutt
Reflecting Rimurimu: Making Seaweed Cyanotypes
December 7, 2024
Te Kura Kaupapa Māori o Ngā Mokopuna, Seatoun
Seaweed Festival 2025: Expressions of interest
October 15, 2024
Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui
Wander Waipoua: Waipoua Whānau Day
October 13, 2024
Waipoua River Path, Masterton
Volunteer Information Evening -Porirua
September 26, 2024
Abandoned Brewery, Porirua
Volunteer Information Evening - South Coast
September 19, 2024
Parrotdog Bar, Lyall Bay
Annual South Coast Cleanup 2024
September 28, 2024
South Coast
Meet the Seaweeds: Community Observation with Inaturalist
September 21, 2024
South Coast (Location TBC closer to time)
Meet the Seaweeds: Community Observation with Inaturalist
September 15, 2024
South Coast (Location TBC closer to time)
Seaweed Curious? Love Rimurimu Info session- Miramar
September 5, 2024
Tūmanako Room- Miramar and Maupuia Community Centre
Kelp Forest Alliance Webinar Series: Love Rimurimu and Above/Below
September 27, 2024
Online
Meet the Seaweeds: Guided Seaweed Walk
August 24, 2024
Princess Bay
(Fully booked) Meet the Seaweeds: Guided Seaweed Walk
September 7, 2024
Princess Bay
Seaweed Curious? Love Rimurimu Info session- Wellington Central
September 11, 2024
TwoFiftyseven, Willis Street
Pinehaven Stream Community Open Day
August 10, 2024
Pinehaven- Corner Pinehaven and Blue Mountains Road
Community Planting Day: Otaraua
August 10, 2024
Otaraua Park, Lancelot Grove, Otaihanga, Paraparaumu
Awa After Dark: Spotlighting in Mt Holdsworth, Wairarapa
September 14, 2024
Te Whakatūrākau Stream, meet at Holdsworth Carpark
Awa After Dark: Spotlighting at Bothamley Park, Cannons Creek
September 13, 2024
Bothamley Park, Cannons Creek
Awa After Dark: Spotlighting at Ōwhiro Stream, Ōwhiro Bay
August 8, 2024
Ōwhiro Stream, Happy Valley Park Entrance, Happy Valley Road, Ōwhiro Bay
Awa After Dark: Spotlighting at Percy Scenic Reserve, Lower Hutt
July 11, 2024
Percy Scenic Reserve
Awa After Dark: Spotlighting in Pinehaven, Upper Hutt
June 27, 2024
Pinehaven Stream, Pinehaven Road/ Blue Mountains Road Intersection
[CANCELLED] Awa After Dark: Spotlighting at Pounui Lagoon, Wairarapa
August 31, 2024
Pounui Lagoon, Wairarapa
World Oceans Day Quiz 2024
June 4, 2024
Parrotdog Bar, 60/66 Kingsford Smith Street, Lyall Bay
Treasuring te taiao celebration
May 10, 2024
All over the Wellington Region!
23rd Annual EMR Poor Knights Island Competition!
April 11, 2024
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CANCELLED Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
February 24, 2024
Taputeranga Marine Reserve
Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
February 17, 2024
Taputeranga Marine Reserve
Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
February 10, 2024
Taputeranga Marine Reserve, Island Bay
CANCELLED - Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
January 27, 2024
Taputeranga Marine Reserve, Island Bay
Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
January 20, 2024
Taputeranga Marine Reserve, Island Bay
Seaweed Sea-lebration and Community Snorkel
December 16, 2023
Breaker Bay Community Hall,150 Breaker Bay Road, Breaker Bay, Wellington 6022
Blue Belt Open Day and Community Snorkel
December 10, 2023
Worser Bay Boating Club
Volunteer Training Day - Wellington
October 15, 2023
Volunteer Information Evening - South Coast
September 21, 2023
Sprig and Fern, Berhampore
Volunteer Information Evening - Porirua
September 12, 2023
Abandoned Brewery, Porirua
Volunteer Information Evening - Wellington Central
September 6, 2023
Southern Cross Garden Restaurant and Bar
SOLD OUT - A Night with Waiti: A Spotlight Adventure!
June 30, 2023
Mount Holdsworth
Ngā Kōrero: Our Underwater Forests
May 18, 2023
Online Zoom
Wānanga Waimāori 2023
May 25, 2023
Takapūwāhia Marae, Porirua
Poor Knights Competition 2023
April 4, 2023
Kāpiti Marine Reserve Snorkel 2
February 26, 2023
Kāpiti Island
Kāpiti Marine Reserve Snorkel
February 25, 2023
Kāpiti Island
Free Community Snorkel: Whitireia Park 2
March 4, 2023
Whitireia Road, Tītahi Bay, Porirua 5022
Free Community Snorkel: Whitireia Park 1
February 18, 2023
Whitireia Road, Tītahi Bay, Porirua 5022
Free Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
February 11, 2023
Free Community Snorkel: Taputeranga Marine Reserve
January 21, 2023
Island Bay Beach, near 251 The Esplanade, Island Bay, Wellington 6023
Free Community Snorkel: Titahi Bay
December 17, 2022
30-28 Bay Drive, Tītahi Bay, Porirua 5022
Volunteer Training
November 5, 2022
Taputeranga Marine Reserve
Volunteer Training
October 29, 2022
Princess Bay, Wellington
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