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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

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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Enviroschools ākonga practice kaitiakitanga for Wetlands in Ōtākou

A burst of activity for our native wetlands in Ōtākou has seen a growing number of Enviroschools ākonga take meaningful action to protect and restore our region's wetlands - some of New Zealand's most vital yet threatened ecosystems. Check out the story below to find...

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Kaitiakitanga and Community shine through at Carterton Kindergarten

This year, Carterton Kindergarten was honoured by the Enviroschools Te Upoko o te Ika a Māui team with the Māui Dolphin Print Taonga o Kaitiakitanga. Their deep connection to the local community and ongoing reflection on their mahi means that every visit reveals new layers...

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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

35Enviroschools
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
1,663
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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