By Linda from Howick Intermediate By Michelle from Fox Glacier School By Luke from Howick Intermediate Extreme Weather Disaster Lion: I was once a child's cuddly,fluffy lion puppet toy but after years passed I was thrown out into an oldlandfill. Years after years in the landfill passed and I started to get reallysad because I [...]

Suzanne, our KCO from KCC West Coast volunteered for eight days to help clean up the beaches around where she lives after recent Fox River landfill disaster. Extreme weather caused an old dump to erode (break down) and rubbish started floating downstream, and washing up about 300 kilometres along the coast, and through the native bush. Suzanne said it [...]

This resource from the Greater Wellington Regional Council is super helpful if you are taking up our Waste Minimisation Challenge!

Watch the Flight Plastic  Plant in Lower Hutt in  action! This is the first PET Wash Plant in New Zealand.

Kāhu is keen to find ways to help remove plastic from the ocean. It all started with our daily walks on the beach in Summer. Each time we go, we manage to rescue plastic from being dragged back into the ocean. After a storm we find it too easy to fill a supermarket bag with […]

By Rhiannon (age 13) This report goes supports what is written by Rhiannon in ‘Wild Things’ Issue 140 (Spring 2018).  Plastic forks, plastic straws, packaging and especially plastic bags. Plastic is made from oil which is a fossil fuel and one day it will run out. I learned at the conference in June that in 2025 there […]

By Julia Morris, Forest & Bird Intern Single-use plastic is very harmful to our environment. Plastics never break down, meaning they become permanent pollution. Much of this pollution ends up in waterways and oceans, hurting the wildlife that lives there. You can help protect the environment by joining the Plastic Free movement. Plastic Free July is […]