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Enviroschools is an environmental action based programme where young people are empowered to design and lead sustainability projects in their schools and early learning centres, communities and country.

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Creating Change

Experiences of the New Enviroschools Holistic Process in Waikato

In 2025, the Waikato Enviroschools team organised an online professional development (PD) hui to share the revised Holistic Reflection process with teachers in the region.  Lead Teachers from Elstow-Waihou Combined School, Pirongia School and Matangi Primary who had used the process in Term 4 of...

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Exploring and supporting transitions at Paparārangi, Te Whanganui a Tara

Paparārangi Kindergarten, and Paparangi School, are neighbours in the Northern suburbs of Te Whanganui a Tara, Wellington. Both have been connected and committed to Enviroschools for a number of years. In 2023, with support from their Enviroschools Facilitator Amanda, kaiako became familiar with the resource,...

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Building a Māra Kai at Ōtorohanga Primary School

Students at Ōtorohanga Primary School in Waikato had a dream: to grow kai — lots of it — and share it with their local community. Through a number of grants and generous community donations, their dream is turning into reality. A series of 3 hands-on...

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Empowering Change: Hauraki Plains College Students Lead Waste Transformation

When Hauraki Plains College joined the Enviroschools programme in mid-2024, a group of motivated Year 13 students approached their facilitator with a clear vision: they wanted to improve the way their school managed waste. The first step was to conduct a school-wide waste audit, which...

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Community Restoration in Waipā

The Taiea te Taiao project, supported by NZ Landcare Trust, was established to create an ecological corridor linking Maungatautari and Pirongia te Aroaro o Kahu. Involving schools in the project required collaboration among multiple stakeholders, including the Taiea te Taiao project coordinator, NZ Landcare Trust,...

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158Enviroschools
Northland
Te Taitokerau

2 Regional partners
19 Collaborators

349Enviroschools
Auckland
Tāmaki Makaurau

6 Regional partners
32 Collaborators

220Enviroschools
Waikato

14 Regional partners
3 Collaborators

37Enviroschools
Bay of Plenty
Te Moana-a-Toi

3 Regional partners

47Enviroschools
Gisborne
Te Tairāwhiti

3 Regional partners
11 Collaborators

75Enviroschools
Taranaki

5 Regional partners
8 Collaborators

73Enviroschools
Hawke's Bay
Te Matau ā Māui

6 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

118Enviroschools
Manawatu-Whanganui

10 Regional partners
5 Collaborators

153Enviroschools
Wellington
Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui

10 Regional partners
10 Collaborators

31Enviroschools
Nelson
Whakatū

2 Regional partners
1 Collaborator

36Enviroschools
Tasman
Te Tai o Aorere

2 Regional partners
6 Collaborators

38Enviroschools
Marlborough
Wairau

2 Regional partners
3 Collaborators

24Enviroschools
West Coast
Te Tai o Poutini

5 Regional partners
4 Collaborators

135Enviroschools
Canterbury
Waitaha

11 Regional partners
8 Collaborators

101Enviroschools
Otago
Ōtākou

9 Regional partners
18 Collaborators

62Enviroschools
Southland
Murihiku

5 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

NATIONWIDE
1,657
Enviroschools
404,600
Tamariki and students
20,000
Teachers and other staff
148
Regional Coordinators and Facilitators
91
Regional
Partners
119
Regional
Collaborators
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