Enviroschools: Bugs, Birds and Biodiversity
9:30am - 2:30pm
Shared space for topics & activities on sustainability in schools. Come and find out what our schools are doing.
New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank
9am - 4pm
Seed Collecting Workshop, (Day 2 of 2)
This workshop is led by Craig McGill NZIFSB Project Leader, at Massey University. Craig will cover the appropriate methods and protocols for collecting seed for the New Zealand Indigenous Flora Seed Bank. Attending a workshop is a requirement for anyone wishing to be involved in this project as a collector.
Working Artist: Liz Conway
10am - 12 noon
Pre-booked session, song writing with children.
Daily Arts Tours with Children
10am - 12 noon
Arts Coordinator, Maxine Williams takes students on tours to artists studios; pre-booked session.
Lunchtime Concert
12 noon - 1pm
with Manuherikia Preschool Kapahaka
All welcome to enjoy at St Enochs Church lawn.
Liz Conway performing her music at Community House.
Working Artist: Liz Conway
1pm - 3pm
Messages from Below
7pm - 10pm
Feature Event
with Ruud Kleinpaste
Fast & furious conversations with ‘The Bug Man’, Ruud.
Ruud Kleinpaste: the Bugman.
Messages from below: rediscovering the Operating Manual for Planet Earth. and Commonsense gardening: how to murder your plants more slowly. .
We live on a planet that is intrinsically of biological origin.
Food growers and gardeners, for instance, know this all too well.
Yet for some silly reason we seem to have lost our Planet’s Operating Manual; we’ve also lost our regard for the value of the Biodiversity and ecosystem services that keep us all alive.
But most of all we have just successfully raised the very first generation of our kids in complete disconnect with Nature!
Let’s have a think about our future and heed those messages from below.
Creating with Clay
7pm - 9pm
Sorry - Booked Out!
with Kathi McLean
Accomplished local potter takes a class in hand and wheel work. Give it a go.