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OUR WORK IN 2017

79,812

Volunteers

100,032

kg of litter picked up

175,643

Native seedlings planted

53,641

Students reached through our programming

64,964,590

Cigarette butts diverted from our waterways

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What you can do

Volunteer as one of 80,000 incredible Kiwis tackling litter and graffiti, painting murals and planting trees and doing their bit to keep New Zealand beautiful.

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Kids & Schools

Learn how to be A Tidy Kiwi! Our teacher resources include classroom activities and information on holding a clean-up event at your school.

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Councils/Non-Profits

KNZB supports councils and community groups in tackling local environmental issues, offering free resources and networks of volunteers.

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LATEST NEWS

Revisiting the Beautiful Awards 2017 Towns & Cities winners

The 2018 Beautiful Awards submissions are open now and we want to know if your Town or City has what it takes to become a winner! This article revisits our Towns & Cities category winners from 2017, and the question is; how does your Town or City shape up to our previous winners … Most…

Keep New Zealand Beautiful launches one-stop online litter platform

19 June 2018: Keep New Zealand Beautiful (KNZB) has launched an online resource, The National Litter Hub, to provide Kiwis with a central source of litter disposal, waste minimisation and recycling information for every region of New Zealand. KNZB created the resource to make it easier for people to find information on litter disposal…

New Zealand intermediate students win international journalism award

Three Christchurch intermediate students internationally recognised for video-graphic journalism in Young Reporters for the Environment (YRE) Litter Less international competition. Winners Tessa Marshall and Molly McKinstry with Melissa Davies The winning submission, by Molly McKinstry, Tessa Marshall and Romane Wesener from Ao Tawhiti Unlimited Discovery school, was one of almost two hundred entries received, from…

YRE winner represents Asia Pacific in scholarship to UNDP symposium

Joanna Tao, a previous YRE winner, is one of two students across Asia-Pacific to be selected to attend the 2018 University Scholars Symposium (UCLC), to be held at the UN Conference Center in Bangkok, Thailand. Humanitarian Affairs Asia and the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) will host the 9th University Scholars Leadership Symposium (USLS) 2018 in Thailand from the 1st…