We will post event details here as we receive them. Contact the Hawke’s Bay Regional Coordinator at the National Aquarium of New Zealand if you’d like to organise an event: eeducation@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Hawke’s Bay Seaweek 2021 Events
National Aquarium of New Zealand Seaweek Roadshow – A Story of Ocean the Penguin Wed 3rd – 11th March
“What’s My Waka” – CAN Seaweek Driftwood Sculpture Competition & Exhibition – Thurs 4th – Thurs 18th March
Become A Citizen Scientist with eOceans – Sat 6th March Onwards
Big Beach Clean Up Waitangi Regional Park – Sat 6th March 9 – 11:30pm
Nature’s Little Explorers – Mon 8th and Wed 10th March 10:30 – 11:30am
Napier Youth Council – BYOBB (Bring Your Own Bean Bag) Movie Doco Night – Mon 8th March 5:30 – 8pm
Dive into Books – Tues 9th March 11 – 11:45 am
Marine Culture Health Programme Lecture, presented by Napier Port – Tues 9th March 5:30 – 7:30pm
Royal Society Seaweek Lecture eOceans – Mobile Technology for collaborative and real-time ocean monitoring – Wed 10th March
Coastal Birds Of Hawke’s Bay – Informative Evening Walk and Talk – Thurs 11th March 5:15 – 7:15pm
Free Teacher Workshop – Te Kawa O Tongaroa, Ocean Centred Learning – Fri 12th March 10am – 2pm
Napier Port – Beach Clean Up – Sat 13th March – 6am – 8am
Sea Skills and Boating Safety Coastguard, Napier Sea Scouts and Hawkes Bay Canoe Club – Sat 13th March 10am – 1pm
National Aquarium of New Zealand Seaweek Roadshow – A Story of Ocean the Penguin
Date: Wednesday 3rd – Thursday 11th March
Location: A bookable roadshow at your Hawkes Bay school.
Contact: Karlie Lett, education@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Our very popular Seaweek Roadshow is back for Seaweek 2021!
We present a FREE 30-minute interactive show in your classroom or school hall. This is an opportunity to learn how to make better choices to care for the ocean and its taonga.
This year’s roadshow is based on the story of the rescue, rehabilitation and release of a little penguin here in Hawkes Bay.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
“What’s My Waka” – CAN Seaweek Driftwood Sculpture Competition & Exhibition
Date: Competition deadline: Thursday 4th March, Exhibition dates: Friday 5th – Thursday 18th March
Location: CAN – Creative Arts Napier, 16 Byron Street, Napier
Contact: Lisa Fayen, manager@thecan.co.nz
Competition entry deadline: 4 March
Exhibition dates: 5 – 18 March
To celebrate Seaweek, CAN invites you to take part in making your own miniature waka, vessel, boat, raft or ship from driftwood or found materials from the seashore, and entering the exhibition/competition to win some awesome prizes.
Make your piece as individual as you, using your imagination and flair. All entries will be displayed in our exhibition space for everyone to see and is open to all ages. Announcement of winner/s: Friday, 19 March
Group collaborations and school groups welcome.
We look forward to seeing your entries on display at CAN.
Note: Entry forms are available on the CAN website or from the CAN front desk. All artwork should be labelled and accompanied by a completed form.
Website link: http://www.thecan.co.nz
Cost: $5 entry fee
Become A Citizen Scientist with eOceans
Date: Saturday 6th March onwards
Location: Mobile App – Online
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
During Seaweek and beyond, download the eOceans app this Seaweek and help contribute to real time marine research whenever you are near, in or on the ocean. By simply downloading and using this mobile phone app, you will have the opportunity to join a global science initiative to help track the health of the world’s oceans and marine life, just by logging what you see. This can be from the animals and plant life, to human activity and pollution and hazards in the ocean.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.eoceans.co/
Big Beach Clean Up Waitangi Regional Park
Date: Saturday 6 March, 9am – 11.30am
Location: Waitangi Regional Park, Awatoto, Napier
Contact: Hawkes Bay Regional Council, enviro@hbrc.govt.nz
Hawke’s Bay Regional Council invites you to join them for their annual beach clean-up. This event brings in a great crowd of keen waste warriors. Over the years the kilos of waste have been continuing to reduce which is a great result for our environment. Please join us.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Nature’s Little Explorers
Date: Monday 8th and Wednesday 10th March, 10:30am – 11:30am
Location: National Aquarium of New Zealand, Oceanarium main hall
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Ocean-centered early childhood education sessions. Come along and bring your little nature explorer to our early childhood session, aimed at 3-5 year olds. We will have ocean themed actives, nature play, arts crafts and stories to immerse your little explorer in the world of the ocean.
Entry: National Aquarium of New Zealand friends and paying members of the public to the Aquarium
Cost: Entry fee to Aquarium
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Napier Youth Council – BYOBB (Bring Your Own Bean Bag) Movie Doco Night
Date: Monday 8th March, 5:30pm – 8pm
Location: National Aquarium of New Zealand
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Bring your beanbag, your mates from school and sit back to enjoy a night watching the 2040 movie documentary, an innovative feature documentary that looks to the future, but is vitally important NOW. Award-winning director Damon Gameau embarks on a journey to explore what the future would look like if we simply embraced the best solutions already available to us to improve our planet and shifted them into the mainstream.
Must be 14yrs+ to attend or bring a parent or guardian with you.
Cost: Free entry, gold coin donation for popcorn and soft drinks available to purchase. Numbers are limited so first in first seated system operating.
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Dive Into Books
Date: Tuesday 9th March, 11:00am – 11:45am
Location: Taradale Library
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Come along and be immersed in an ocean themed story time at the Taradale Library. Will include enthralling stories, amazing facts and a chance to look at some natural history artefacts.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Marine Culture Health Programme Lecture, presented by Napier Port
Date: Tuesday 9th March, 5:30pm – 7:30pm
Location: National Aquarium of New Zealand, Oceanarium Main Hall
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
A lecture presented by Napier Port around the Marine Culture Health Programme. The Marine Cultural Health Programme is a kaupapa (initiative), driven and undertaken by Ahuriri mana whenua, in partnership with the Napier Port. Through a unique and innovative cultural monitoring framework, applying mātauranga me ōna tikanga, traditional Māori knowledge. The programme measures and monitors the cultural and ecological health, a proxy for mauri, of the marine environment in and around the Ahuriri area, including Pānia Reef.
A Bar will be open on the night for the audience to purchase refreshments before and after the event.
Note: Numbers are limited so first in first seated system operating.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Royal Society Seaweek Lecture eOceans – Mobile Technology for Collaborative and Real-Time Ocean Monitoring
Date: Wednesday 10th March
Location: , National Aquarium of New Zealand, Oceanarium Main Hall.
Contact: Belinda Sleight, belinda.sleight71@gmail.com
Using a simple mobile phone app New Zealanders now have the opportunity to join a global science initiative to help track the health of the world’s oceans and marine life. The first project to use the eOceans platform, entitled Our Ocean in Covid-19, will collate observation data submitted by community members to determine what impacts changes in human behaviour due to the Covid-19 pandemic have had on the ocean and coastal communities.
Citizen scientists are being encouraged to record observations of human and animal activities whenever they are in, on or close to the ocean. Lead researchers will then collate and analyse data collected from around the world to identify local and global trends related to changes in ocean activity throughout the Covid-19 pandemic and into a new normal. The project may also establish a proof-of-concept as to how real-time, collaborative ocean monitoring can be used to break down barriers between academia, government, and at-sea stakeholders to support more inclusive progress toward managing ocean resources, economies and conservation in the future.
In New Zealand, eOceans is represented and championed by Dr Laura Jordan-Smith. Laura will describe the eOceans platform and mobile app, give us a demonstration, and discuss the power of citizen-sourced data for global ecological research.
Cost: Gold coin donation
Link: https://www.eoceans.co/project-covid19
Coastal Birds of Hawke’s Bay – Informative Evening Walk and Talk
Date: Thursday 11th March 5:15pm – 7:15pm
Location: Opposite the Westshore Hotel, 85 Meeanee Quay Napier
Contact: Sally Chandler, enviro@hbrc.govt.nz
Join our Terrestrial Ecologist Keiko Hashiba to learn all about the coastal birds that visit our region and the importance of wetland plants. The HB coast is an important breeding and foraging ground for many indigenous birds most of which are at risk of extension due to predation, habitat loss/degradation, disturbance from human activities such as recreational use including vehicle access, and climate change.
Register: Hawkes Bay Regional Council Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/CHBDistrictCouncil/
Free Teacher Workshop – Te Kawa O Tongaroa, Ocean Centred Learning
Date: Friday 12th March 10:00am – 2:00pm
Location: National Aquarium of New Zealand
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Based on the brand new educational curriculum focused resource, that was designed and developed for Years 6 – 9 by the Marine Stewardship Council and is delivered in partnership with the National Aquarium of New Zealand. The session will be led by the Aquarium’s education team and MSC’s educator and learning designer. During this free to attend one-day training workshop, you will learn about what this engaging program has to offer you and your students, through presentations, tours, hands-on activities and lab-based experiments.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Eventbrite link here for when loading to NANZ website page:
https://www.eventbrite.com.au/e/te-kawa-o-tangaroa-a-teacher-workshop-in-ocean-centred-learning-tickets-139823248099
Sea Skills and Boating Safety Coastguard, Napier Sea Scouts and Hawkes Bay Canoe Club
Date: Saturday 13th March, 10:00am – 1:00pm
Location: Meeanee Quay, Pandora Pond, Napier
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Come down and check out each organisation, what we offer and how we interact with the ocean. Tour the scout den, Coastguard base and the rescue boat Celia Knowles. Find out how to become a member, volunteer, scout or leader. Bring along your togs and towel if you are keen to have a go at various water sports.
Cost: Free
Link: https://www.nationalaquarium.co.nz/conservation/nzaee-seaweek-2021/
Napier Port – Beach Clean Up
Date: Saturday 13th March, 6:00am – 8:00am
Location: Port beach, Hardings Rd beach and the beach between the breakwater and the Soundshell.
Contact: Amy Stevens, amy.stevens@nationalaquarium.co.nz
Come along and join the Napier Port in cleaning up our local beaches.
Help to clean up the rubbish on the port beach, Hardings Rd beach and the beach between the breakwater and the Soundshell. With every bag you collect you will get a FREE coffee!
Cost: Free
