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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

Enviroschools Big Picture at Settlement Road Early Learning

We recognised the potential of the Enviroschools "Big Picture" and wanted to introduce it to our tamariki as a way of seeing the Guiding Principles through their eyes. What beautiful moments we experienced as our tamariki took ownership over the “Big Picture” and used it...

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Green Week 2025 a huge success

Green Week 2025 was a new initiative led by Horowhenua College Envirogroup leaders, Ashlee West and Liam Roach. The idea came about from a "protect my backyard" portfolio that the Year 9 students engaged in a couple of years ago. They believed that it would...

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The Linton Kindergarten Lizard Garden comes to life!

After taking part in their regional Enviroschools ECE teacher Hui in May 2025, pouako from Ruahine Linton Kindergarten left with a goodie bags filled with ideas and projects - one being how to create a Lizard Garden.  This sparked curiosity in their tamariki and there...

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Karamea Area School’s Mural Shines

The completed mural is a true representation of everything that both the Enviroschools Kaupapa and Karamea Area School’s pedagogies stand for. It includes speciality community input, integrated curriculum through the arts programme, provided student empowerment, as well as a visual representation of what the school...

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A commitment to change and bringing the whole school along

Four senior classes at Boulcott School undertook the Hutt City World of Waste tour in the hope that together they could encourage change across the whole school. They took their learning back to school and have come up with next steps for their school community...

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146Enviroschools
Northland
Te Taitokerau

2 Regional partners
19 Collaborators

354Enviroschools
Auckland
Tāmaki Makaurau

6 Regional partners
32 Collaborators

222Enviroschools
Waikato

14 Regional partners
3 Collaborators

37Enviroschools
Bay of Plenty
Te Moana-a-Toi

3 Regional partners

46Enviroschools
Gisborne
Te Tairāwhiti

3 Regional partners
11 Collaborators

75Enviroschools
Taranaki

5 Regional partners
8 Collaborators

74Enviroschools
Hawke's Bay
Te Matau a Māui

6 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

119Enviroschools
Manawatu-Whanganui

10 Regional partners
5 Collaborators

161Enviroschools
Wellington
Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui

9 Regional partners
22 Collaborators

32Enviroschools
Nelson
Whakatū

2 Regional partners
1 Collaborator

34Enviroschools
Tasman
Te Tai o Aorere

2 Regional partners
6 Collaborators

38Enviroschools
Marlborough
Wairau

2 Regional partners
3 Collaborators

25Enviroschools
West Coast
Te Tai o Poutini

5 Regional partners
4 Collaborators

136Enviroschools
Canterbury
Waitaha

11 Regional partners
8 Collaborators

101Enviroschools
Otago
Ōtākou

10 Regional partners
18 Collaborators

62Enviroschools
Southland
Murihiku

5 Regional partners
2 Collaborators

NATIONWIDE
1,662
Enviroschools
405,700
Tamariki and students
20,000
Teachers and other staff
150
Regional Coordinators and Facilitators
91
Regional
Partners
129
Regional
Collaborators
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