Penguin Party a Great Success!
There was a great turn out at Saturdays Penguin Party, with people of all ages joining the festivities. Children enjoyed taking part in...
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FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula Inc.
Akaroa’s Community Environment Society since 1990
FRIENDS of Banks Peninsula News
- Feb 21
Seaweek 2023 - Join The Penguin Party!
The Helps Pōhatu Conservation Trust invites the community to join them for a Penguin Party to celebrate both the end of the penguin...
- May 30, 2022
Duvauchelle Treated Wastewater Options Consultation
Friends of Banks Peninsula have compiled a submission for the Duvauchelle Treated Wastewater Options Consultation, and we encourage you...
- Mar 10, 2022
Seaweek 2022 - Check out these great videos!!
Make sure you take the time to sit down and enjoy these great Seaweek videos created by some talented and knowledgeable locals. Click...
- Jan 15, 2022
Seaweek 2022 - "Whale Tales and Fish Scales"
Regenerate Banks Peninsula brings you "Whale Tales and Fish Scales" This event will now be run free on an online platform for you all to...
- Jul 7, 2021
‘Plastic-free’ Survey Results
Thanks to ‘Regenerate’ for carrying out their recent ‘plastic-free’ survey. The majority of the 96 respondents indicated a real concern...
- Feb 12, 2021
Local Stories of Ocean Adventures - Sea Week Event - March 11th
Banks Peninsula locals share their amazing ocean tales for this fun sea week event. From stories of being the last whaling family in New...
- Dec 8, 2020
Our Wastewater Video
Wildcraft films assisted us to produce a short video highlighting our concerns over the proposed wastewater scheme. You can view it HERE....
- Nov 6, 2020
Regenerative Agriculture Seminar draws large crowd.
Our ‘Regenerate’ group had the pleasure of hosting Cornelia Holten, Sam Lang and Jono Frew for seminar about Regenerative farming at the...
- Oct 13, 2020
Presentation to Wastewater Hearing Panel
Many residents turned out to support Friends of Banks Peninsula as they presented their comprehensive wastewater submission to the...
- Oct 7, 2020
Akaroa Treated Wastewater Hearings
Hearings to start 12 October See the full report for the Hearings Panel. See the Hearings Schedule. The Akaroa Treated Wastewater...
- Oct 2, 2020
Christchurch Heritage Festival features historic Pavitt Cottage
This year the Christchurch City Council will be featuring the beautifully restored Pavitt Cottage as part of their Heritage Festival on...
- Sep 17, 2020
Regenerative Farming Seminar
We are delight that the Regenerative Farming seminar that was postponed in August will now be taking place on 15th of October at 1.30pm @...
- Sep 4, 2020
330 Submission Endorsements so far!
Many thanks to everyone who has endorsed the Friends of Banks Peninsula wastewater submission - we have 330 names so far! Click HERE to...
- Aug 22, 2020
Akaroa Wastewater submissions close today Sunday 23 August
You must now email your personal submission direct to Tara.King@ccc.govt.nz because the Council has made an error with its on-line...
- Aug 10, 2020
Pavitt Cottage Open Day a Great Success!
Pavitt Cottage Open Day well attended with close to one hundred people enjoying a tour of the Cottage and afternoon tea. There is huge...
- Aug 6, 2020
Pavitt Cottage Open Day - Saturday, August 8th, 1-4 pm
Saturday, August 8th - 1-4 pm.
- Jul 27, 2020
What is Regenerative Agriculture? – Come and Find Out!
We are delighted to have Jono Frew, Cornelia Holten and Sam Lang sharing their expertise about the advantages of a more holistic approach...
- Jul 23, 2020
Large turnout for Community Meetings – Akaroa Wastewater proposal
Many local Robinsons Bay and Takamatua residents have attended information meetings to be updated on the Councils latest wastewater...
- Jul 13, 2020
Akaroa Wastewater Community Presentation
Wastewater Progress Report to Robinsons Bay and Takamatua residents - see the presentation here...
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