Glutton Fiesta 27 Oct 2025On the windswept coast of Aotearoa, two brothers, Ty and Timoti, discover a strange, living creature buried in the mud.… Read more: Glutton Fiesta Majority of Kiwis support money-back scheme for recycling11 Oct 2025A 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 CLEAN UP WEEK 2025 – Success Highlights Failure.3 Oct 2025With 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. Carterton Cleans Up21 Sep 2025The Carterton District Council is determined to support Keep Carterton Beautiful and has purchased 4 x KNZB 10 piece kits… Read more: Carterton Cleans Up Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week launches for 202519 Sep 2025Kiwis 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 Keep New Zealand Beautiful and Street Smart Partner to Tackle Litter and Protect New Zealand’s Environment19 Sep 2025Street 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 ‘It’s disgusting’: Helpful hands rolling up sleeves to remove rubbish19 Sep 2025Wairarapa 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 Young offroaders remove almost 400 tyres from riverbank12 Sep 2025A 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 What exactly is the point of cigarette filters?30 Aug 2025Cigarette butts are the single most littered item on the planet, with an estimated 4.5 trillion discarded each year. Cigarette… Read more: What exactly is the point of cigarette filters? Waimakariri River Clean Up27 Aug 2025It was a fresh start for volunteers on a recent Sunday morning when Environment Canterbury Regional Parks and the local… Read more: Waimakariri River Clean Up PLASTIC – THE NEW ASBESTOS?15 Aug 2025Recently, in the course of my work, I was required to attend a 4-hour training session on asbestos awareness. We… Read more: PLASTIC – THE NEW ASBESTOS? Beautiful News – July 20258 Aug 2025Check out our July edition of Beautiful News. 👉 Read the full newsletter here THANKS RESENE3 Aug 2025Once again Resene has come up with the goodies and supplied boxes of M&M’s to reward our many volunteers at… Read more: THANKS RESENE CLEAN UP A NO-BRAINER FOR CARING STUDENTS17 Jul 2025Syringes, raw meat, clothing, and nappies were among 14 bags of rubbish collected in Karangahake Gorge by a group of… Read more: CLEAN UP A NO-BRAINER FOR CARING STUDENTS Auckland Council removed this landmark’s rubbish bin, locals say the trash is piling up10 Jun 2025FAST FACTS Local residents have noticed a significant increase in litter at Musick Point since its bin was removed. Auckland… Read more: Auckland Council removed this landmark’s rubbish bin, locals say the trash is piling up Fly-tipping crackdown: Litter Act amendments might allow councils to fine people using names found on letters in roadside rubbish, councillor says9 Jun 2025Hastings District Council councillor Wendy Schollum says proposed amendments to the Litter Act would allow litter control officers to issue… Read more: Fly-tipping crackdown: Litter Act amendments might allow councils to fine people using names found on letters in roadside rubbish, councillor says Plastic beads pollute Hauraki Gulf beaches, industry criticised for inaction8 Jun 2025Hundreds of thousands of plastic beads have washed up on beaches in the Hauraki Gulf. Only half of the plastics… Read more: Plastic beads pollute Hauraki Gulf beaches, industry criticised for inaction Volunteers spruce up Te Puke town centre7 Jun 2025A small band of volunteers spent an hour collecting rubbish, especially cigarette butts, on Sunday morning. Photo / Supplied If… Read more: Volunteers spruce up Te Puke town centre Rotorua clean-up: Tonnes of rubbish removed from around city6 Jun 2025Clean-Up volunteer Robyn Von Trampski and Let’s Clean Rotorua’s Neville Raethel at Saturday’s event. The organiser of a Rotorua clean-up… Read more: Rotorua clean-up: Tonnes of rubbish removed from around city A man’s beautification mission24 Feb 2025One man is on a mission to keep Te Puke beautiful, but he can’t do it on his own. Te… Read more: A man’s beautification mission NZTA frustrated by rubbish-dumping on Desert Rd detour; blocks environmental group offering clean-up job20 Feb 2025The Desert Rd State Highway 1 has been closed for crucial maintenance work since January 13. Roadside rubbish dumping is… Read more: NZTA frustrated by rubbish-dumping on Desert Rd detour; blocks environmental group offering clean-up job Missed opportunity to clean up Desert Road during closure14 Feb 2025Keep New Zealand Beautiful (KNZB) is calling out a missed opportunity to clean up one of the country’s most iconic… Read more: Missed opportunity to clean up Desert Road during closure Iconic charity educating future Tidy Kiwis launches urgent appeal to sustain environmental programmes 22 Apr 2024Keep New Zealand Beautiful, a charity empowering young minds with invaluable environmental education, says they will be forced to shelve… Read more: Iconic charity educating future Tidy Kiwis launches urgent appeal to sustain environmental programmes Partnership with New Zealand’s newest EV vehicle brand15 Apr 2024Omoda Jaecoo, New Zealand’s newest car brand launched in Auckland last week, announcing a partnership with one of Aotearoa’s longest-standing… Read more: Partnership with New Zealand’s newest EV vehicle brand
