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During Friday’s ‘strike for good’, Lower Hutt firefighters from Seaview and Avalon stations teamed up with Keep Hutt Valley Beautiful… Read more: STRIKE FOR GOOD – CLEAN UP A BEACH

Keep Kawerau Beautiful committee member Jonette Mead said Kawerau Neighbourhood Support initially pitched the initiative to them, which is about… Read more: Kawerau Volunteers Tackle Invasive Plants for Conservation Week

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A group formed 35 years ago to beautify Rangiora can no longer continue doing volunteer work, and has disbanded, leaving… Read more: Keep Rangiora Beautiful leaves impressive legacy

Situated 5km off the Kapiti Coast, Kapiti Island is an internationally famed predator-free nature reserve protecting some of New Zealand’s… Read more: KAPITI ISLAND COASTAL CLEANUP

It is one of the most common yet overlooked forms of litter – cigarette butts. Often discarded without a second… Read more: Cigarette butts: Small litter, big environmental cost

An Indian-origin Auckland man, Mr A (name withheld), says he has lodged complaints with Police and raised concerns with Netsafe… Read more: Indian man in Akl publicly shamed for roadside dumping speaks out

Paula Walsh is proud of Te Awamutu and wants to keep the town beautiful. However “taggers” have other ideas and… Read more: Bringing beauty back

Book in the dates now. Get your team together and let’s Keep New Zealand Beautiful

We all know that abandoning a cigarette butt on the street or in the ground is an environmentally harmful act.… Read more: What happens to a cigarette butt after 10 years?

CAPTAIN CLEAN UP (aka Craig) – he tackles littering heroically!Our volunteers go to amazing lengths to Keep New Zealand Beautiful.

Judy Browne wants to keep Cambridge beautiful and is asking Waipā District Council for help. Browne, 75, recently established Keep… Read more: Call to waive rubbish fee

Our family keeps on growing with the re-establishment of our Cambridge Group. If you are in the area and want… Read more: WELCOME KEEP CAMBRIDGE BEAUTIFUL

Keep Wellington Beautiful has officially been reinvigorated, marking the return of a local branch after several years of inactivity. The… Read more: Keep Wellington Beautiful Relaunches with Strong Community Support

Hadyn Jones from TV1 visited the team in Wellington for a piece on KNZB which screened on Good Sorts at… Read more: TV1 Good Sorts features KNZB

Use bins, not windows! Get rid of trash at gas stations or at home.

On the windswept coast of Aotearoa, two brothers, Ty and Timoti, discover a strange, living creature buried in the mud.… Read more: Glutton Fiesta 

A zero waste advocate wants to rewind the clock to the bottle return schemes of the 70s and 80s, where… Read more: Majority of Kiwis support money-back scheme for recycling

With over 200 registrations from individuals, school and community groups, businesses (both big and small), councils and even a government… Read more: CLEAN UP WEEK 2025 – Success Highlights Failure.

The Carterton District Council is determined to support Keep Carterton Beautiful and has purchased 4 x KNZB 10 piece kits… Read more: Carterton Cleans Up

Kiwis from around the country will come together in two weeks’ time to ‘Do The Right Thing’ in their communities… Read more: Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week launches for 2025

Street Smart, a community initiative focused on reducing street litter that enters stormwater systems and pollutes our oceans, has announced… Read more: Keep New Zealand Beautiful and Street Smart Partner to Tackle Litter and Protect New Zealand’s Environment

Wairarapa waste warriors are on a personal mission to clean up a region littered with rubbish. Mākoura College teacher Chris… Read more: ‘It’s disgusting’: Helpful hands rolling up sleeves to remove rubbish

A Hawke’s Bay offroading club sick of being blamed for rubbish on riverbanks has embarked on a different kind of… Read more: Young offroaders remove almost 400 tyres from riverbank