Auckland Sustainability News

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Help This Wellington Brand Change Women's Lives Through Underwear, One Derriere at a Time

It's women supporting women.

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Los Angeles-Inspired, Sydney-Born Juice Bar Cali Press Is Coming to Auckland

Bringing convenience to the health food sector.

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Six Food Trends That Are Destroying the Planet

What's good for you isn't always good for Mother Nature.

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This Australian Company Is Turning Coffee Waste Into Environmentally Friendly Coffee Cups

Turning recycled coffee husks into stylish cups.

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You Can Now Explore the International Space Station with Google Street View

Charting the planet humanity walks on just wasn't enough, so Google Maps has ventured 400 kilometres above.

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This Spinning Indoor Garden Brings a Veggie Patch to Any Space

The round, rotating system can grow around 100 plants in about half a square metre of space.

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Latest Guides

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The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland

Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.
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The Seven Best Sustainable Cafes in Auckland

Because Earth.

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This Australian Company Wants to Recycle Old Coffee Grounds Into Brew-Infused Sheets

Turning yesterday's cuppas into today's odour-eliminating, moisture-wicking bedding.

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Australian Supermarkets Put the Environment First, Ban Single-Use Plastic Bags

Woolworths, Coles and Harris Farm will all stop providing bags from 2018.

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A Guide to Sustainable Restaurants in Auckland

Whet your appetite and save the planet at these eco-friendly eateries.

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The Auckland Harbour Bridge Is Being Revamped with a $10m Light Show

It's lit.

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This Dutch Dance Club Is Powered By Food Waste

Rotterdam's new hangout turns fruit and vegetables into energy, and prints furniture from leftovers.

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This Art Project Wants to Make Auckland the Safest City in the World For Bees

Exploring what's possible when an entire city is given a framework over a specific period of time.

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Latest Places

Restaurant
Odette's Eatery

Shed 5, City Works Depot, 90 Wellesley Street

Between the lively chat, the excellent dishes and plotting how to run away with all the tableware, we had a wonderful time.
Bar
Everybody’s

7 Fort Lane, Auckland

This pun will write itself. Everybody's has something for everybody. But mostly, it's got a jaw-dropping array of modern European fusion and cocktails made to measure.
Restaurant
Better Burger

31 Galway St, Britomart

An instant classic.
Bar
The Cav

68 College Hill, Ponsonby

A low-key, relaxed pub that's a great spot to meet friends and share an ale.
Restaurant
The Botanist

90 Wellesley Street, Auckland

City Works Depot's cafe/bar/plant nursery fusion cafe.
Restaurant
Burger Burger

136-138 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

It seems the world of the burger has seen the line between professional eatery and burger takeaway joint become blurred.
Restaurant
Giapo

279 Queen Street, Auckland

Auckland's favourite "haute ice cream".
Restaurant
Hallertau

1171 Coatesville Riverhead Highway, Riverhead

A country restaurant in the best sense of the word.
Restaurant
Mexico Ponsonby

164 Ponsonby Road, Ponsonby

If you put ‘Mexico’ into Google maps you might be told that you’re approximately 11,000km away. The great news is Google maps are wrong.
Restaurant
Masu

90 Federal Street, Auckland

Contemporary Japanese restaurant Masu proves a culinary force to be reckoned with.

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Concrete Playground Meets the Designers Behind Minimalist Label Wayward St

Debunking the rules of design with a by-product of New Zealand's dairy industry.

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The Eight Best Glamping Experiences Near Auckland

Sometimes you just need a hot bath beneath a star-drenched sky.

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News
Ten Sustainable Hacks For Keeping Cool Without Air Conditioning This Summer

Fill up the ice bucket, buy a spray bottle and put your sheets in the freezer.

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France Has Opened The World's First Solar-Powered Road

It'll generate enough energy to power a Normandy town's street lights.

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News
A Vodka Company Is Turning Yesterday's Cocktails Into Today's Hand Soap

Drinking fruity, boozy beverages just became much more sustainable.

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This New App Helps You Make Sustainable Seafood Choices

Don't trout yourself when it comes to the fish menu.

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Latest Events

Event
The Fall Guy

Wednesday, April 24 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Ryan Gosling is at his most charming — including while batting around screwball banter with Emily Blunt — in this dynamic action/rom-com ode to stunt performers.
Event
Food Truck Round Up at MOTAT

Thursday, May 2 - Saturday, May 4, 2024
MOTAT, Western Springs

Three nights of delicious eats, live entertainment and top-notch vibes at the beloved transport museum.

Book Now
Event
Abigail

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

The directors of 'Ready or Not' turn their attention to monster movies in this deliciously entertaining heist-meets-vampire flick.
Event
Challengers

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

For 'Call Me By Your Name' director Luca Guadagnino, Zendaya, Josh O’Connor and Mike Faist star in a smash of a tennis- and love triangle-fuelled drama.
Event
Back to Black

Thursday, May 2 - Wednesday, May 22, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Amy Winehouse was anything but formulaic, but the same can't be said about this by-the-numbers biopic about the British singer.
Event
Civil War

Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Author-turned-filmmaker Alex Garland adds another unforgettable movie to his directorial resume, diving into a divided America with Kirsten Dunst playing a war photojournalist.
Event
Late Night with the Devil

Thursday, April 11 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

Led by a hypnotic David Dastmalchian as a talk-show host, this found-footage standout set in the 70s is an Aussie horror delight.
Event
Robot Dreams

Thursday, April 25 - Wednesday, May 15, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

This Oscar-nominated animated gem explores love, loneliness, finding a connection and facing fate's chaos through the friendship of a dog and a robot.
Event
Origin

Thursday, April 18 - Wednesday, May 8, 2024
Various cinemas in Auckland, Auckland

'Selma' and 'A Wrinkle in Time; filmmaker Ava DuVernay returns with a sensitive, sincere and supremely smart biopic that's also an exploration of caste systems.
Event
Lovers and Castaways

Wednesday, March 6 - Sunday, June 9, 2024
The Pah Homestead, Auckland

This exhibition allows visitors to experience 1980s Aotearoa through the eyes of some of New Zealand's most treasured artists.

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A Fridge Offering Free Food Has Popped Up in Auckland

One person's trash is another person's lunch.

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Help Sustainable Coastlines Build New Zealand's Most Eco-Friendly Building Ever

Get your dose of good karma for the week.

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The Eight Best Nuggets of Wisdom From Festival for the Future 2016

Baby steps to a desirable future for all.

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Shop Ethically With Newly-Launched App Good on You

Putting the power back in the hands of shoppers.

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France Has Just Done the Environment a Solid, Will Ban All Plastic Plates and Cups

The bans will come into place by 2020.

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Crowdfunded Solar Powered Highways Are Actually Happening

This week, a crowdfunding campaign saw over $2.2m raised for Route 66. It's happening.

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IKEA Is Now Selling Hydroponics to Let You Grow an Indoor Garden

Grow some basil and butter lettuce on your kitchen bench.

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This Portable Shower Can Reuse the Same Water to Keep You Clean for Two Weeks

This could change camping (and maybe even the world).

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Orphans Kitchen Have Embarked on a Month-Long Exploration into the World of Plants

With a candid objective to make everything "delicious as fuck".

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This Company Uses Discarded Fabric to Make First-Rate Panel Caps

Plus, score yourself one of two handmade Offcut Caps.

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These Recyclable Cardboard Tents Could Change Camping at Festivals

And yes, they can withstand a downpour.

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This 3D-Printed Portable Pod Lets You Live Off the Grid Anywhere in the World

The most dream-worthy 3D printed possibility yet.

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France Are Paving Their Roads With Solar Panels

The panels could soon be powering the French nation.

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This Company Specialises in Portable Shipping Container Farms

Take your vertical garden to the next level.

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You Can Now Live Like a Baggins in Your Very Own Prefab Hobbit-Hole

Eco-friendly and orc-resistant.

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Urban Farmers Market Scarecrow Has a New Home in the CBD

Your one-stop shop for locally-sourced produce.

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Cycle-Powered Cinema is Peddling its Way to Auckland

By the end credits you'll be wheelie, wheelie tyred.

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Oslo's New Green City Government Is Banning Cars in the City Centre

The latest major city to go car-free. Snaps.

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Hayao Miyazaki Is Building a Magic Forest Park of Dreams

Sounds like Totoro country to us.

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Charge-As-You-Drive Electric Car Lanes Are Coming

Owning an electric car just got seriously more practical thanks to this UK project.

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Brilliant Things to do in Auckland This August

Everything from an environmental singles event on an island, a talk about intense animal encounters, sardonic observation comedy, and some ballet from across the ditch.

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You'll Soon Be Able to Print Your Own Living Pot Plants

Be a green thumb without getting your hands dirty.

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New Cycleways Worth $333 Million Are Coming Your Way, New Zealand

You get a cycleway! You get a cycleway! Everybody gets a cycleway!

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You Can Now Track the Sustainability of Wynyard Quarter

The former petro-chemical storage facility has gone hippy.

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