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Envirohub Marlborough unites, inspires and assists their community to achieve their environmental goals! Kia ora & Welcome to Envirohub Marlborough! An environmental charity that unites, inspires and assists the Marlborough community to achieve their environmental goals. Conservation Kids NZ S.O.S. Programme Check out the events and online resources for our Save the Species programme. Each month we concentrate on a species or habitat. If you can't make it to an event, no worries! You'll find all you need right here! Ocean Health Envirohub Marlborough works alongside Sustainable Coastlines to help run Litter Intelligence sites around Marlborough. Want to be a part of this national citizen science project? Click to find out more. Zero Waste Services & Dishwashing Trailer Be a part of the solution! Everything from inspiration to what we can do to help your next event be Zero Waste. See our full range of Zero Waste services, including our NEW Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer! Community Directory Need to find your closest Environmental organisation, service or recycling station? Click on our directory for everything conservation, sustainability, recycling, op-shops, ethical retail, bulk food stores and so much more! Waitohi Picton Community Garden Watch the progress of our Waitohi Picton Community Garden project as it starts to take shape. Want to be involved? Click here to find out more! Earth-friendly Products Did you know we sell Earth-Friendly Retail products? Choose to re-use and support Envirohub Marlborough all at the same time! We are located at the Picton Environment Centre - 14 Auckland Street, Picton! Our Mission Our Goal, Vision & Commitment Our Events Unite, Be Inspired & Take Action! Get Involved Volunteer, Participate, or Donate Up & Coming Events! No events at the moment Latest News Want to receive our latest newsletter? What areas of our organisation would you like to know more about? Waitohi Picton Community Garden Conservation Kids NZ Zero Waste Marine Conservation Subscribe Thanks for your interest and we will be in touch! Contact Us Currently on the move. New premises in 2026! PO Box 115 Picton, 7250 info@envirohub.co.nz Proudly Supported by..

Sustainable Living Products Need a little help converting your lifestyle to a more environmentally friendly one? AWESOME! We can help! Or perhaps you are looking for thoughtful gifts that contribute to a thriving planet? Not only can we support your decision to be more eco-conscious, you will also be helping support Envirohub Marlborough! Every purchase directly supports our Zero Waste, Conservation Kids NZ, Marine Conservation and Sustainable Communities projects. PLEASE NOTE: As of November 1st 2025 we have moved out of previous premises at the fabulous Picton Environment Centre. We will be opening at our new premises in 2026 so watch this space. In the meantime, we are mobile and can be found at most Picton Cruise Ship markets and other major Marlborough events. If you know what product you're after, we also offer free delivery in Marlborough and you can simply pay online or via mobile eftpos on delivery.

Past Adventures World Albatross Day On June 19th 2020 we celebrated the first ever World Albatross day Read More Bat Night Learning all about the Long Tail Bat that lives here at Pelorus Bridge Read More Making Tracking Tunnels and Lizard Lounges Our kids had a hand at making Pest tracking tunnels and Lizard Lounges. Read More Branford Park Exploring Branford park the Edible walk Read More Visiting the Koru Wildlife Centre We went to learn all about the NZ Giant Weta at the Koru Wildlife Centre Read More Kakapo Day We learnt all about the Kakapo and then did a fundraiser to adopt one. Read More Exploring Momorangi Bay Exploring the beauty of Momorangi Bay Read More Grovetown Lagoons Clean up Doing our part to keep our water ways clean, kids did a clean up around the Grovetown Lagoons Read More Honey Bee Event We learnt all about the honey bee and what they do for our environment Read More Building Weta Motels We built Weta Motels to hang up at the Pelorus Bridge Scenic Reserve Read More Kaipupu Sanctuary Trip Our very first ever trip as a group to the wild life sanctuary Read More

Envirohub Marlborough's Directory - find the organisations, businesses, groups in our community working for a more sustainable future. Community Directory and Map Wanting to live more sustainably? Looking to support a conservation organization? Need to know where to recycle something? Check out our Marlborough directory and map for all things eco-friendly. The map has been created by the Environment Hubs of Aotearoa as part of their Interactive Maps project. It is amazing, please use a computer to view as it is not yet set up to work on a mobile phone. Directory Menu Conservation Organisations Op Shops Recycling Alternative / Sharing Economy Climate Change Action Farm Stalls Community Garden Bulk Food Stores Ethical Fashion Retail Community Map Conservation Organisations Endeavour Inlet Conservation Trust Kaikoura Ocean Research Institute (KORI) Kaipupu Wildlife Sanctuary Koru Native Wildlife Centre Marlborough Falcon Conservation Trust Marlborough Sounds Restoration Trust Picton Dawn Chorus Te Hoiere Bat Recovery Project Op-Shops Havelock Charity Shop Marlborough Hospice Shop SPCA Op Shop St Vincent de Paul Salvation Army Family Store St John Opportunity Shop SaveMart The Blue Door Recycling Envirohub Marlborough Collection Point Recycling Mitre 10 Plant Pot Recycling MySpace Collection Point Recycling Recycling at the Transfer Stations Rural Community Recycling Trillo Metals Marlborough Warehouse Stationary Ink, Toner and Printer Cartridge Recycling Alternative / Sharing Economy Blenheim Menz Shed Blenheim Salvation Army Toy Library Havelock Menzshed Picton Men's Community Shed Renwick Menz Shed Repair Cafe Ritual Cafe - CupCycling cup swap program Unwanted Household Good Project Climate Change Action Climate Karanga Marlborough Farm Stalls Daltian Figs Fresh2U Organic Food Delivery Hedgerows Hydroponic Strawberries Isobel Olives Marlborough Farmer's Market Marlborough Food Network Oaklands Milk Old Road Estate Spudz n Greens Windsong Orchard Community Garden Waitohi Picton Community Garden Marlborough Community Garden Bulk Food / BYO Container Stores Bin Inn J Bush & Sons Honey Mr. Asian Picton Environment Centre The Karaka Kitchen The Vines Village Store Williams Green Grocers Ethical Fashion Retail Op Shops Recycling Climate Change Action Conservation Organisations Alternative / Sharing Economy Community Garden Farm Stalls Bulk Food Stores Ethical Fashion Retail Ethical Fashion

Pelorus April 2020 We went to learn all about the NZ Giant Weta at the Koru Wildlife Centre The kids were very lucky to go and learn all about the Giant weta and NZ's very own parrot at the Koro Wild Life Center in Link Water. They got to see some awesome animals up close and test out the centers new microscope room to look at some bugs and things up close and personal. Such a fantastic facility right in our own backyard. Visiting the Koru Wildlife Centre

Pelorus Nov 2019 Learning all about the Long Tail Bat that lives here at Pelorus Bridge Our very lucky kids got to learn all about the local long tail bat that lives right here at Pelorus Bridge. The wonderful Gillian from the Bat Project came to tell the kids all about the bat. She even brought along the net they use to catch the bat so they can track it. After some fun games and a coloring in competition. We headed off to check out weta motels we had made a few months back and have a look in the Weta Tree while we waited for it to get dark. Once it was dark we went out bat spotting with our bat detectors. We found bats!!!! it was amazing to see them flying through the air and hearing them on the detectors. The kids had a blast. Bat Night

Learn more about our taonga species - the Kotare | Kingfisher. Find facts, games, arts, crafts and activities here! Kōtare ~ Kingfisher (Alcedinidae) The Sacred Kingfisher is native to New Zealand. Found widely across NZ, they are easily identified by their bright blue feathers and unique silhouette of a prominant beak and tail. Native - Not Threatened Kōtare Facts! General NZ kōtare grow to about 23cm in length are very easy to spot. They have a distinctive bright green and blue set of feathers on their backs down to their long tail and across their wings. They have a distinctive white band that runs around their necks with a yellow and white chest. Male kōtare are normally much brighter than the females. You will also notice a kōtare has a larger bill-shaped beak, rather than the slender, more narrow beak often found in other birds. Image Credit - Marie-Louise Myburgh via NZ birds online ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZIES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz CRAFT - Kōtare Mask Image Credit - Totaea Art Kotare / Kingfisher Limited Edition Print – Totaea Birds in general hold a vital place in traditional Maori life, providing food, feathers for adornment. Whakataukī (sayings) and metaphors are often used to compare birds with people’s behaviour (favourably or unfavourably), which is also the case with the kōtare. Kōtare are admired by Maori for being a watchful sentry. A sentry is person who guards or controls access to a place. Kōtare are admired for the way they perch, without moving, while stalking and waiting for prey... then suddenly attacking in a blur of speed and colour! A good sentry was complimented by being likened to a kōtare. The word ‘Kōtare’ was also sometimes referred to as the elevated platform in a pā, used to watch out for enemies. Kōtare Facts! Te Ao Maori Kōtare Mask Have a go at making a kōtare mask over at Wildlife Watch . See if you can recreate the bright, beautiful colours that you can see on a kōtare! CRAFT - Kōtare Mask Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Kōtare Facts! Kōtare like to live all over NZ in both coastal and inland freshwater habitats. They live in a wide range of locations including: forest, river margins, farmland, lakes, estuaries and rocky coastlines. Basically, they can be found anywhere where there is water and elevated perches for them to watch from. This is one of the reasons they like wetland areas so much. Although kōtare make nests in a lot of places, one of the neat places they will build a nest for their chicks is in the side of a bank. They dig into clay banks to clear out a hole for their nests. Sometimes, if you are careful, you can lean over the side of a bank and spot a wee kōtare chick popping its head out. Habitat Image Credit - Bruce Buckman by Bruce Buckman www.flickr.com/photos/brunonz/ ART - Draw Your Own Kōtare Draw Your Own Kōtare Have a go at drawing your own kōtare, take a close look at all the details shape, size and colour. Make sure you share your final drawing with us as we would love to see it! Click the image to download! Kōtare Facts! Ecology & Diet Their diet when living in estuarine mudflats is mainly small crabs, with a range of tadpoles, freshwater crayfish and small fish in freshwater habitats. When living in open country they eat insects, spiders, lizards, mice and small birds. Image Credit - dalous p. GAMES - Beak Test Game Grab a few items and have a go at the Beak Test game. Learn about the diffrent types of beaks and how they . Beak Test Game Birds have lots of different beak shapes, have a go at picking up items with some different beak shapes. Can you guess why the kōtare has a larger beak? If you give this game a go with your class or some friends we would love to hear all about it! Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Credit - Eugene Polkan via NZ Birds Online Did you know that you will very rarely see more than two kōtare together? Kōtare are mostly solitary and prefer to hang out by themselves or occasionally in pairs. If you see more than two kōtare together, you can almost guarantee it is breeding season. Kōtare don't build nests like other birds; they prefer to hollow out areas to nest in. Places like trees, banks or even the side of a cliff are prime real estate for kōtare. The female kōtare repeatedly flies at a site using her bill to create a hole. Once there is enough space to perch on, she continues to hollow out the area with her bill until she has an area large enough to lay her eggs. A female kōtare will lay 4 to 7 eggs at once and she will often have 2 or 3 broods a year! Kōtare Facts! Breeding ACTIVITY - Test Your Knowledge Test your knowledge - Species Quiz Have a go at testing what you have learnt about the kōtare/kingfisher. Click on the image below to download the quiz as a PDF and write in your answers! Click the image to download the quiz! Click the Kōtare to download the answers. Kōtare Facts! Crazy Facts! Have you ever wondered what a kōtare sounds like? Maybe you have heard them in your backyard but not realized it! Click this link to go a video of a kōtare call - let us know if you have ever heard one at home. Maybe you could head to a local wetland or area in your backyard where you can try and hear one for your self. CLICK THE LINK BELOW: Kingfisher Bird Call ~ bird song - YouTube Image Credit - Brian Anderson, BaPhotographic Other Kōtare/Kingfisher Resources Below you will find links to other Kōtare / Kingfisher resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! The Adventures of Hutu & Kawa by Avis Acres Kotare Birds of NZ Activity Pack by Green Grubs DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Have a go at a Garden Bird Survey! Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now finished and you can no longer claim the medals. The activates are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support our conservation and native species. Below is a link to the "Garden Bird Survey " activity instructions! Help to find out what species you have in your backyard!! Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to carry out a Garden Bird Survey. Image Credit - Antonia O'Donnell The kōtare faces several threats including cats, possums and even windows. Kōtare, like many other birds, can accidentally fly into glass windows and suffering injuries, being stunned or even sadly breaking their necks. Don't worry, though, there are some simple things you can do to help our beautiful kōtare! Kōtare Facts! Threats Kōtare Facts! What YOU can do! There are some simple things you can do to help protect our kōtare. If you own a cat, keep it well feed and inside the house at night. Put a bell on its collar to help alert our kōtare, and other birds, to the cat's presence. Kōtare can accidentally fly into windows as they may not realise the window is there as they are clear. You can help make the window stand out by putting reflective stickers on them - you can have fun making some of your own with our instructions below! Image Credit - Antonia O'Donnell Visit a Kōtare - Kingfisher If you want to try and spot a kōtare in your own region, head to any local wetland, lagoon or coastal area to see if you can spot them. Better yet, keep your eyes peeled, even in your own neighbourhood, up trees and on powerlines. You never know what you might see or when you might spot one! If you live in the Marlborough region you could go check out the Wairau Lagoon or Grovetown Lagoon. Click the images below to find out more information. Wairau Lagoons Kōtare - Kingfisher Gallery Images from some of our Kōtare events 2024 World Wetland Day - Kōtare Event 2023 World Wetland Day - Kōtare Event

Learn about our kekeno, the NZ Fur Seal and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Kekeno NZ Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) Kekeno are the most common seal found in New Zealand. They are identifiable from other seals by their external ear flaps and hind flippers which rotate forward. Follow along to learn more about kekeno below. Besides for Kekeno, sea lions are the only other seal in NZ with ears. They way to tell kekeno apart is by checking if they have long whiskers and a pointy nose. They have two layers of fur to keep them warm and often found the rocky shores of New Zealand's coastline. Males grow up to 2.5m and 150 kg, whereas females grow up to 1.5m and 50 kg in weight. Kekeno Facts! General ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Little blues can hold their breath under water for 2minutes. The deepest recorded kororā dive in New Zealand is 35m, although they can dive as deep as 60m. They have 3 different diving styles - U-shaped, V-shaped and W-shaped. Click the image below to find out more about little blue penguin behaviour and ecosystem health. Kekeno Facts! Diving Crafts: Kororā Kinetics! Racing Penguins! Make your own little blue penguin at home, to race and test out what makes them speed up and what makes them slow down. Click ME to download a FINGER PUPPET! Click the image to download the PDF! Kekeno Facts! Adaptations Kororā are the only blue penguins in the world and this helps them to camouflage above and below water. Their thick layer of feathers help them to keep warm, streamlined and waterproof. They secrete an oily liquid from their preen gland to help them waterproof their feathers. Kororā flippers act as paddles to help them swim and propel through water. Source: Gettyimages There are many threats to kororā, at all stages in their life (eggs, chicks, adults). Predators are the greatest threat to little blue penguins, some including dogs, cats, rats, stoats and hedgehogs. It is super important to keep dogs on a leash when walking along coastlines where kororā may be living! Kekeno Facts! Threats GAME - Penguin Pathways What threats do human's have on kororā? Try out the Penguin Pathways game created by NZ Marine Studies Centre. All you need to do is download the PDF below, which has step by step instructions. All you'll need is CHALK or MASKING TAPE, and a few of tamariki! Tamariki pretend to be penguins moving along the coastline and experience the threats may encounter day to day. Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Kekeno Facts! Breeding Nesting: Between May- June, pairs return to their nests and spend time there. Incubation: Between July- December, Usually lay a clutch of 2 eggs. Chick rearing: They take care of chicks for ~ 8 weeks. Fledge: Chicks fledge at ~8 weeks. By 10 weeks they have left the nest. ACTIVITY - Build a penguin nesting box Find out if your local coastline area is home to kororā, and if those managing the area would like you to make penguin nesting boxes. Click the image to find this box design! Kekeno Facts! Check out this neat video from Meet the Locals to see Kekeno in their natural habitat and what is unique about the species. Other Kekeno Resources Below you will find links to other Kororā resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! LIVE penguin monitoring A great way to monitor kororā yourself but without disturbing their nests is by watching live cams located in the boxes. Check this one out below: Kaewa the Kororā by Rachel Haydon Department of Conservation For more Little Blue Penguin information click the DOC image below. Kekeno Facts! What YOU can do! So... HOW CAN YOU HELP LITTLE BLUES? Glad you asked! Firstly, help to reduce our plastic waste. Plastic can end up in our oceans and harm not only our kororā but other marine species. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse and Rot where possible! Keep an eye out for a beach cleanup near you and lend a helping hand. Click on the Plastic Free July logo, to help you get on your plastic free journey! Reduce plastic use! What you can do in your backyard: Help out your local trapping community. Practice trapping in your backyard, by putting up some traps around your property. If you have a pet cat, think about keeping them indoors at night-time, and have a bell on the collar. If you have a pet dog, make sure when on walks you keep your dog on a leash, especially around the coastline where kororā might be living. Use dog parks or off leash areas to allow your dog to let off steam. Get involved in coastal planting projects that might help encourage kororā to the area. Remember to be a tidy Kiwi and take rubbish home. What you can do when out and about: Go visit a Seal Colony! Visit Kaipūpū Sanctuary Kaipūpū Sanctuary is only ten minutes by water from Waitohi/Picton. On your visit, you may see fur seals, penguins, korimako, tūi, wētā and geckos (and many more). Rimu, miro, tōtara, ferns and many more varieties of plants feature. It is free to visit, but as a charity, your donations are welcome. Click on the Kaipūpū logo alongside to go to their website and find out more. Kekeno Gallery Images from our Seal Day events 2024 Kekeno Day

Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer and Recycling Station Services Zero Waste Event Services Zero Waste Dishwashing Services Provide Zero Waste Services guide for vendors before event + pre-event vendor support Provide reusable crockery and utensils for food vendors (limited capacity so may not be for all vendors / at all times) Collect, wash, rinse, sterilize, dry and return crockery and utensils to vendors Provide trained staff and volunteers to run the Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer Zero Waste Recycling Services Provide trained staff and volunteers to manage the recycling station to ensure the bins are not contaminated and the items can be recycled. Recycling bins are available for: Plastic, Aluminium, Clear Glass, Brown Glass, Green Glass, Cardboard Provide friendly and educational information for attendees regarding recycling and zero waste Recycling bins and collection of bins are to be organized by the event planner in conjunction with their waste management company. Interested in learning more about organizing a Zero Waste Event? Want to book our Zero Waste Dishwashing Trailer and Recycling Stations for your event? Email zerowaste@envirohub.co.nz

The 'Choose to Reuse Marlborough' Campaign working to make reusable cups the #1 choice for hot beverages in Marlborough. ☕❤ Choose to Reuse Marlborough Envirohub Marlborough has launched an exciting new campaign, Choose to Reuse Marlborough. Our vision.. To have reusable cups as the #1 choice for hot beverages in Marlborough. Components of the Campaign The campaign began with the June 2021 “Bring your Own Cup” Survey. This was aimed at the general community and in particular, hot takeaway beverage drinkers. This was followed closely by a second survey directed at cafes or businesses that sell hot takeaway beverages. Both of these surveys gave us (and are still giving) valuable information about Marlborough’s coffee culture whilst preparing our Marlborough audience for the campaign that was to follow. Next step was the launch of our campaign name and logo. This was designed to be specific to Marlburians and connect with them on a local level. “BYO Cup Monday” for the month of July followed the launch of the logo. Locals were encouraged to ‘Choose to Reuse’ by bringing their own cup for takeaway beverages. Locals and local cafes/businesses could share photos on social media of Malburians enjoying a hot beverage in their own BYO cup to promote reusables and have a chance to win prizes. Social media is an integral part of continuing to promote and encourage the ‘Choose to Reuse Marlborough’ message along with other important messages like encouraging drinkers to slow down and sit in, for children to encourage their parents to “Think before you drink” and to avoid texting in orders if they only come in single use cups. Messaging from campaigns around the country will also be used. Eg. uyo.nz Reusable Workshout Kits are an exciting part of the campaign also. These will be provided to Marlborough cafes (the more funding we get the more cafes we can support). The kits will include reusable coffee cups and a carrier. Marlburians want to share the love with their friends and coworkers and now they can in a way that is also kind to the environment. We hope this campaign will grow and that the cafes and coffee vendors in Marlborough will make it their own. We would love to have the campaign be able to support cafes who would like to move towards being single use cup free through cup swap programs (Again Again and CupCycling are two NZ-wide ones). Why do we need this Campaign 295 million beverage cups (many of them hot, takeaway beverage cups) are thrown away each year in New Zealand. 295 Million! These single use cups are produced using valuable resources and then used only a few minutes! As we currently don’t have commercial composting in Marlborough the “compostable” or “biodegradable” cups are also heading to the landfill and are actually even worse environmentally! Recycling isn’t an option either for most single use coffee cups as they generally made with paper or cardboard and then lined with plastic. In the past decade the amount of rubbish going to municipal landfills in New Zealand rose by 48% . We cannot continue like this. Using precious resources to create single use items and then promptly adding them to growing landfills. We desperately need to think before we drink and choose reusables. What Marlburians are saying in our June 2021 “Bring your Own Cup” Survey 80% of our survey respondents own a BYO cup for hot beverages, but less than 40% “often” or “always” bring it. We need to get the word out about the importance of choosing to reuse and to make BYO cup a normal, everyday thing. More than 70% of respondents said they would be more likely to go to a cafe making an effort to reduce single use cups. Let’s support the Marlborough cafes who are working to reduce waste and normalize reusables. Let’s encourage more cafes to join the reuse revolution! Who is Behind this Campaign Envirohub Marlborough Charitable Trust is a nonprofit organization in Marlborough. Our goal is to support a community focused on sustainability, working together to enhance and protect our Marlborough environment. We would love to help your cafe reduce single use cups! Please let us know how we can be of assistance. If you would like a "Reusable Cups Welcome Here" sticker for your door or coffee machine we will deliver it to you. Please contact Heather Barnes, Zero Waste Coordinator at zerowaste@envirohub.co.nz