Eco Film Festival 2025

Coming soon – save the date! Our second eco film festival is taking place on Saturday 7 June 2025 at the Academy Cinemas in Auckland. This year the festival spotlights the Right Here, Right Now Global Climate Summit – a global dialogue on climate change and human...

Auckland Festival of Photography 2025

Photo: Julia Crosfield, Rock pools, North Shore, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025. We’re part of the Auckland Festival of Photography 2025! Ngā Ara Whetū is holding a collaborative exhibition at Projectspace Gallery for the Auckland Festival of Photography 2025.Affiliates can...

High Court backs challenge to crayfish catch

In February 2025, New Zealand’s High Court ruled on a challenge to the former Oceans and Fisheries Minister over his legal obligation to support marine sustainability. The Environmental Law Initiative (ELI), in coalition with local hapū Ngāti Hau and Ngāti Kaharau,...

Plastic pollution explained – problems and solutions

Visiting French academic to present talk on plastic pollution Come and listen to visiting academic, Professor Nathalie Gontard, Research Director, Institut National de la Recherche pour l’Agriculture, l‘Alimentation et l’Environnement, France. Professor...