The Hikurangi Foundation is a national charity with a mission to help New Zealanders take positive practical action on climate change. We take a strategic look at the opportunities for effective action on climate change and then work to bring people and resources together to make great things happen. We support innovation and learning and try to reach all walks of life. In our first two years of operation we have catalysed over 25 projects that make our lives better with more than 45 partners up an down the country.
Cyclists will soon be able to ride from the coast to coast in Northland by way of an exciting new cycleway arising from a community project. With a disused railway line running nearby the people Continue Reading...
A small semi-rural community in Blueskin Bay (just north of Dunedin) is pioneering the development of community-owned wind power. They are well on their way to being the first community in New Zea Continue Reading...
Transition Towns initiatives are part of a vibrant, international grassroots movement that brings people together to explore how we – as communities - can respond to the environmental, economic an Continue Reading...
A four-month bus tour of North Island marae and their Maori communities was undertaken to spark action on climate change. This ground-breaking national outreach to Maori communities saw peopl Continue Reading...
For the first time in New Zealand, an innovative service called Demand Responsive Transport (DRT) could be trialed on the Matakana coast in Northland. The dial-a-ride service aims to meet a local Continue Reading...
On the 10th of October 2010 (10/10/10) the crew at 350 Aotearoa organised the New Zealand contribution to the “Global Climate Working Bee” — a day when thousands of communities across the globe ca Continue Reading...
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