Can we buy time to save our native trees?

Myrtle rust poses a threat to pōhutukawa and 14 other native trees. Myrtle rust poses a risk of wiping out New Zealand’s Christmas tree, the pōhutukawa, and could harm manuka honey production, says Dr Mark Harvey from the University of Auckland. “It’s destroying whole...

Eco Film Festival 2025 – Coming Soon

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...

Auckland Festival of Photography 2025

Photo: Julia Crosfield, Rock pools, North Shore, Tāmaki Makaurau, 2025. Visit, and Vote for the People’s Choice Award! We are printing the images now! A big thank you to all of the people who contributed inspiring and thought-provoking images to our photograph...

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...