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Our immersive sustainability education experiences inspire and empower young minds across Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland.
Qualified educators and experienced park rangers guide students through engaging and curriculum-aligned learning experiences. We have forest, farm and garden experiences for students in years one to 13.
Our experiential learning programmes help students:
Ambury Regional Park: Learn about the role of genetics in farming. The course is available during term 1 only for secondary school students.
Ambury Regional Park: Meet the farm animals and learn how to care for them. The course is available all year, although the cows are milked terms 3 and 4 only. For primary students only.
Ambury Regional Park: Meet farm animals and explore the farm's produce. The course is available all year, although the cows are milked terms 3 and 4 only. For primary and intermediate students.
Ambury Regional Park: Discover where animal fibres come from and how they are used. The course is available all year for primary students.
Ambury Regional Park: Learn how technology has shaped life on a farm. The course is available in terms 1 and 4 for primary and intermediate students.
Ambury Regional Park: Learn how technology has shaped life on a farm. The course is available in terms 1 and 4. For secondary school students.
Ambury Regional Park: Discover the role of wetlands in supporting seabirds and their migratory habits. Course is available on selected dates from October to March. For primary and intermediate students.
Ambury Regional Park: Follow the journey of milk from cow to kitchen. The course is available during terms 3 and 4 for primary students.
Ambury Regional Park: Follow the journey of milk from cow to shop. Course is available during terms 3 and 4 only. For primary students.
Ambury Regional Park: Working together to have fun and stay safe in the outdoors. Course available all year round. For primary and intermediate students.
Ambury Regional Park: Learn how volcanic activity has shaped Auckland's landscape. The course is available during terms 1, 2 and 4. For primary and intermediate students.
Ambury Regional Park: Learn how volcanic has shaped Auckland's landscape. The course is available during terms 1,2 and 4 for secondary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Adaptation and biodiversity in the plant world. The course is available all year for primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about the lifecycle of plants and basic gardening skills. The course is available all year for primary school students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Healthy plants attract healthy invertebrates and fend off harmful pests. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate school students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Technical and green solutions to stormwater management. The course is available all year for primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Nature's recycling system can be harnessed to compost organic waste. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Growing, harvesting and weaving flax following Māori protocol. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about the important role invertebrates play in our environment. Course is available all year for primary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: All about tree - their parts, lifecycles and relationship with animals. Course is available all year for primary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about our native plants and practice the skills to grow them. Course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about biodiversity, sustainability and taking action for native birds and their environment. Course is available all year - although August and September are the best months. For primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Working together to have fun and stay safe in the outdoors. Course is available during terms 1 and 4 for primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about plants that we eat and grow in the garden. The course is available all year for primary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Pollination and seed dispersal within the life cycle of flowering plants. The course is available all year for primary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Stormwater impacts our streams and green solutions. The course is available all year. For primary and secondary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Making our cities and schools more resilient to flooding by using plants to increase absorbency. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Investigate the different layers of our native forests. The course is available all year for secondary students.
Auckland Botanical Gardens: Learn about the importance of native forests and their biodiversity. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Long Bay Regional Park: Learn about biodiversity of the coastal environment. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Long Bay Regional Park: How people influence life in our waterways. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Long Bay Regional Park: Working together to have fun and stay safe in the outdoors. The course is available all year for primary students.
Long Bay Regional Park: Using our senses to discover the coast. The course is available all year for primary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Explore the rich biodiversity and history of our native forest. The course is available all year for primary, intermediate and secondary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Learn about growing native plants. The course is available all year for primary, intermediate and secondary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Interactive displays and information on the history and ecology of the area. The course is available all year for primary, intermediate and secondary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: New Zealand's unique bird biodiversity has changed over time. The course is available all year for primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Pest control in maintaining forest biodiversity. The course is available all year for secondary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Bringing local history to life. The course is available all year for primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: A look at the amazing diversity and adaptations of invertebrates. Course is available all year for primary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Kauri trees are unique and under threat. Course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: How plants get food and recycle their waste. Course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Working together to have fun and stay safe in the outdoors. The course is available all year for primary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Pollination and seed dispersal within the life cycle of flowering plants. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Using senses to explore the forest. The course is available all year for primary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: An overnight adventure at Arataki. Course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Freshwater science for students. The course is available all year for secondary students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Investigate the different layers of a native forest. Course is available all year for secondary school students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Bringing local history alive and taking action for te taiao. The course is available all year. For primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Freshwater science The course is available all year for primary and intermediate students.
Waitākere Ranges Regional Park: Learn about freshwater science. The course is available all year for secondary students.