Annual Hui

📍  Cawthron Institute, 98 Halifax Street, The Wood, Whakatū, Nelson

2026's hui in Whakatu, Nelson will be a two day event Friday 24th-Saturday 25th July with the theme Looking Forward.

The event will include four sessions spread over the two days, presenting on topics within the themes:

Session 1: Zero Waste Solutions and Grassroots Initiatives.

Session 2: False Solutions (such as incineration that communities in Aotearoa must avoid).

Session 3: Governance/Policies (where we are at in Aotearoa with initiatives).

Session 4: Global Plastics Treaty.

There will also be an interactive workshop on Saturday morning, and a public Greendrinks and movie screening of The Plastic Detox on the Friday night.

For those who are registering to attend online/remote from Tāmaki Makaurau. There is a Watch Party at Tāmaki Zero Waste Hub, Saturday 25th, 1-3pm.

Find our speakers/presenters/panelists and workshop on our socials!

📍  Rutherford House, Pipitea Campus, Victoria University

2024's hui in Te Whanganui a Tara was a collaborative affair between APPA and the Zero Waste Network that included community and political panels, hosted by legendary broadcaster Kim Hill!

Experts spoke to some of the most promising zero waste solutions to the plastic pollution crisis, including Bottle Deposits, Product Stewardship, the Right to Repair, using organic waste to restore degraded soils, alternatives to construction and demolition waste and problematic building materials, and a global agreement to end plastic pollution.

The event also shone light on dangerous false solutions such as incineration that communities in Aotearoa must avoid.

Photos by Sarah Booher - ngā mihi!

The 2023 End-of-Year Hui took us to sunny Whāingaroa, where we collaborated with the Whāingaroa Environment Centre to host a two-day event that included:

• Shared kai and kōrero

• Expert presentations

• 'Science Night' panel discussion

• Site visit to Xtreme Zero Waste

• Beach clean up

• Low-waste market visit

The 2022 End-of-Year Hui was hosted in the beautiful Sustainable Coastlines flagship building on the Tāmaki Makaurau waterfront. The two day hui brought together some of Aotearoa’s plastic pollution prevention and zero waste community’s brightest for:

• Shared kai and kōrero

• Expert presentations

• Art exhibitions

• Wānanga and panel discussions

• Urban clean-up and waste audit

• Workshops with local and central government

In 2021, the APPA End-of-Year Hui took place at the Old Government Buildings, Pipitea Campus, Te Herenga Waka – Victoria University of Wellington. Presentations topics included:

• The role of airborne microplastics in a changing climate

• Creative Responses to Plastic Pollution

• The road to a binding global plastic pollution treaty

• Using science to inform business decisions and promote behaviour change

• Plastics and marine debris across the ocean floor in New Zealand waters

• Litter Intelligence and citizen science

• Microplastic concentrations in Wellington streams