Multi-functional balance bike for children aged one to six, made from 100% post-consumer recycled carpet and recycled polypropylene
Website - https://wishbonedesign.com
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

ZEALANDIA is the world’s first fully-fenced urban eco-sanctuary, with an extraordinary 500-year vision to restore a Wellington valley’s forest and freshwater ecosystems as closely as possible to their pre-human state.
Website https://www.visitzealandia.com
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Organisation

GoodFor runs a chain of plastic free wholefoods refillery stores in New Zealand that eliminates the need to wasteful packaging. https://goodfor.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Using disused wool, Woolchemy creates a superabsorbent wool fibre for the healthcare sector. Its biodegradable, compostable and renewable material composites are sustainable alternatives to personal hygiene and sanitary products https://woolchemy.com/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Why Waste provides subscription-based, ongoing worm farm servicing to individuals and businesses, transforming biodegradable waste into fertile soil.
https://www.whywaste.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business

A collective of chefs, brewers, bakers and innovators who want to reduce food and resource waste. They rescue unloved surplus foods and re-work them into delicious, low-impact food and drink. https://citizen.co.nz/
Curator - Priti Ambani
Project Type - Business

GoodFor runs a chain of plastic free wholefoods refillery stores in New Zealand that eliminates the need to wasteful packaging. https://goodfor.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business / Organisation

GoodFor runs a chain of plastic free wholefoods refillery stores in New Zealand that eliminates the need to wasteful packaging. https://goodfor.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business / Organisation

GoodFor runs a chain of plastic free wholefoods refillery stores in New Zealand that eliminates the need to wasteful packaging. https://goodfor.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Moo2Shampoo product stewardship initiative is a partnership formed between SKYCITY and Foterra Brands, which recycles Anchor lightproof milk bottles used at SkyCafé into packaging for the Puriri shampoos and lotions provided in two of SKYCITY's Hotels. https://www.skycityentertainmentgroup.com/media-centre/moo2shampoo-recycling-project-a-new-zealand-first
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Agrisea NZ, a Ngāti Maniapoto family business, produces certified organic liquid seaweed concentrates and cosmetics for the agriculture, horticulture, viticulture and apiculture markets from sustainably gathered seaweed after storms. Working with scientists to potentially create environmentally-friendly composite materials from waste seaweed to replace plastics.
https://agrisea.co.nz/
Supported by Scion and Callaghan Innovation
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Dedicated to deconstruction and salvaging construction material. . TROW Group believes there is huge value in supporting a circular economy and has repurposed thousands of tonnes of materials including over 500 tonnes from five major Auckland Council projects, trained, improved literacy skills and provided employment for over 1,000 people including the 50 jobs created for local youth, and provided valuable materials to community projects in New Zealand and the Pacific Islands. https://trowgroup.co.nz/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

Wholly Cow runs a 186 hectare beef, lamb and goat farm, an on-site abattoir and its own retail butchery, taking responsibility for all aspects of the food journey - from paddock to plate and return. It views 'wastes' as resources, generating highly nutritional liquid fertilizer using waste water and blood, transforming undigested grass to vermicompost, rendered fat to skin cream, and composting inedible offal. https://www.whollycow.co.nz/
Curator - James Griffin
#SBNfinalist
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Zero Waste Network represents community enterprises across Aotearoa New Zealand who are working towards zero waste. Their mission is connect, educate, enable and inspire them to reach their goals and to be a unifying voice at local, regional and central government levels. https://zerowaste.co.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Organisation

Te Mahere Whakauka nation-wide project to enable communities to resolve some of the major social, economic and environmental challenges of our times. This ground-breaking initiative will respond to the need for job creation with a strategic investment approach that will deliver an a-political, open-sourced model that can scale efficiently in the future. https://www.whakauka.org/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Organisation

Ligate™ bioadhesive is a sustainable adhesive technology for wood panels built entirely from renewable ingredients, free of petrochemicals and formaldehyde. It is water-based, non-toxic and compatible with existing adhesive and wood panel manufacturing equipment. http://www.ligate.co.nz/ Supported by - Florian Graichen Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type: Prototype/Research

The biospife is a compostable spoon-knife utensil made from an innovative bioplastic materials developed through Scion and ZESPRI's partnership that incorporates kiwifruit residues, replacing the conventional petrochemical-based plastic spife.
https://www.zespri.com/
Supported by Scion Curator - Florian Graichen Project Type - Project / Initiative

Kotare Village is a self-reliant eco-village based on permaculture principles in rural New Zealand's Northern Hawke's Bay. It will be home for 50 families and the Koanga Institute's Centre for Regenerative Living. They are supporting a shared dream of embracing a regenerative future through independent village living, local economies and co-evolution. http://kotarevillage.org.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Organisation

Building the systems and technology to extract much greater value from clothing, significantly reduce environmental impacts and save resources.
http://www.theformary.com/
Curator - James Griffin
#SBNfinalist
Project Type - Research

NZ King Salmon repurposes the remaining raw materials of salmon that were previously considered waste into premium pet food, salmon burley and frozen salmon blocks for pet food producers.
https://www.kingsalmon.co.nz/
Curator - James Griffin
#SBNfinalist
Project Type - Business

Te Whangai Trust is an eco-preneurial social enterprise that was established:
1. to help address the social issues facing our welfare people; and 2. to address environmental issues facing New Zealanders through restoration and wetlands planting to meet compliance and regulatory requirements.
https://tewhangai.org/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Organisation

ZealaFoam™ is an eco-friendly packaging alternative to polysterene, a bio-foam made from polymers derived from renewable plant sources, like corn and cassava.
http://www.biopolymernetwork.com/content/Zealafoam/90.aspx
Curator - Florian Graichen
Supported by Scion
Project Type - Prototype / Research

Tahi is a private conservation retreat in Northland that works to facilitate ecosystem health and community wellbeing by creating a nature sanctuary, running an eco-retreat, and growing a global honey business where all profits are reinvested into conservation and cultural projects.
https://tahinz.com/
Curator -James Griffin
#sbnawardswinner
Project Type - Business

Déjà is a zero-waste pet food company that transform surplus deli meat generated in supermarkets into an excellent feedstock for high quality, minimally-processed pet food.

X-Frame is a recoverable and reusable framing system. Manufactured using computer numerically controlled (CNC) routing technology, it only uses reversible and reusable connections designed specifically for end-of-life material recovery and reuse. X-Frame is a shift from buildings that become waste at the end of their lives to buildings that are the resource for new buildings. The goal is to reduce construction waste through circulat design and technology.
https://xframe.com.au/

Te Whakaoratanga i te Puhinui: The Puhinui Stream Regeneration Programme aims to guide transformative regeneration of this urban catchment towards becoming a flourishing living system that integrates the environment, the local economy, and its communities and culture, from maunga to moana. A clean, healthy, flowing Puhinui Stream will realise its potential to link neighbourhoods and provide high quality open space and resilient green infrastructure for all to enjoy.
Project Type - Initiative

Ethique produces compostable, plastic-free, carbon neutral solid beauty bars, which are made with biodegradable ingredients and packaged in uncoated and recycled cardboard wrappings.
https://ethique.com/
Curator - James Griffin
#sbnawardswinner
Project Type - Business

As one of NZ's largest restoration projects to be managed without herbicide use, the Hunua Forest Restoration project aims to restore 2,300 hectares of Pinus radiata forest back into native forest, which then protect and enhance water quality for Aucklanders. It also provides large areas of habitat for threatened species, carbon sequestration.
https://www.waterforlife.org.nz/hunua-ranges-regeneration-project
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Project

Lake Hawea Station is a historic sheep and beef station that focuses on environmental protection and nature restoration. It also implements protective measures for critically endangered species.
lakehaweastation.com

Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Project

Flight Plastics is the country's only PET plastic washplant that make and sell packaging products using NZ recycled plastics and turn them into new food packaging.
https://www.flightplastics.co.nz/
Curator - James Griffin
#sbnfinalist
Project Type - Business

Innocent Packaging creates plant-based, certified commercially compostable packaging, partnering with corner cafés to offices.
https://innocentpackaging.co.nz/
Curator - James Griffin
#sbnawardswinner
Project Type - Business

Wildlife eco safaris in the Hauraki Gulf Marine Park. Established New Zealand’s only research-based marine mammal experience.
https://whalewatchingauckland.com/
Curator - James Griffin
#sbnawardsfinalist
Project Type - Business

Adventure education for international students and schools. Environmental restoration is an integral part of the adventures that the organisation designs and delivers for international schools. The aim is to educate students and get them to take part in hands-on activities to achieve something meaningful. Groups who visit New Zealand with Little Brown Kiwi have been involved in working with activities to support both flora and fauna.
https://littlebrownkiwi.kiwi/
76 King Street, Taradale, Napier 4112
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Curator - James Griffin
Project Type - Organisation

Vinnies Wellington's Re Sew workshop is an up-cycling, sustainable sewing initiative that repurposes textile waste from their Op Shops into new products, repaired for resale or passed on to other community projects.
https://www.vinnies-wellington.org.nz/vinnies-resew #SBN Finalist
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Curator - James Griffin
Project Type - Initiative

High quality assembly and disassembly of products by a skilled, disabled workforce, to enable reuse or recycling of items including ewaste dissassembly and turning waste glass into pool filters. Services include: collating & packing, assembly, labelling, food packing, shrink wrapping, refurbishing and electronic waste recycling.
https://www.kilmarnock.co.nz/
Curator - Pip Newland
Project Type - Organisation

Tool library with an online tool inventory of tools for members that can be reserved online then collected from the central Christchurch location. https://toollendery.org.nz/ A partnership between Fletcher Living and GapFiller
Curator - Pip Newland
Project Type - Initiative

Mutu is a peer-to-peer rental marketplace app which allows you to rent or lend almost anything. Simply put, we connect people who want things, with people who have them.
https://www.mutu.co.nz
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Curator - Pip Newland
Project Type - Organisation

The Kōanga Institute is the home of New Zealand largest heritage food plant collection. We are here to inspire and support your ‘journey’ in regenerative living. We hold nationally significant collections of New Zealand Heritage Food Plants and the support of our members is crucial. In order to continue to maintain these collections we need to significantly increase our membership and are aiming for 5000.
https://www.koanga.org.nz/
Curator - Georgia Cameron
Project Type - Organisation

POD aims to help anyone growing – or wanting to grow - their own fruit, vegetables, herbs and flowers using natural and sustainable methods.POD is a initiative by Ngāti Whātua Ōrākei - an Auckland-based Māori hapū. As well as being a resource of edible gardening information for anyone to use at will, POD also offers regular and seasonal advice to those who want to be given practical and timely information about what to grow, when to sow and what needs to be done in the garden.
https://www.podgardening.co.nz/
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Initiative

Reconnect tangata with their whenua through kai and kōrero. Re-build the Māori food economy in Tai Tokerau. Connect growers and producers in Northland (Tai Tokerau) with each other and their marae.
https://www.pa2plate.co.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pa2plate
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Initiative

Our purpose is to preserve and enhance our taonga. We are an organisation with a conscience that operates in holistic and sustainable ways for the benefit of our current and future owners. Wakatū has approximately 4,000 owners who descend from the customary Māori land owners, the whānau and hapū of the Whakatū, Motueka and Mōhua rohe. Kono is our food and beverage business, focused on high quality beverages, fruit bars, seafood products, pipfruit and hops. AuOra is our consumer-focused, health and wellbeing business.
https://www.wakatu.org
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Business

Māori-owned Miraka is dairy business with strong cultural values. Their commitment to the guardianship of the environment starts at the Mokai valley with the use of renewable energy from nearby geothermal steam fields; the processing of dairy by-products through vermiculture; the water extracted from the milk that is irrigated onto farms adjacent to the factory; and they aim to minimise impacts on their supply chain. Miraka is a signatory to the Sustainable Dairying: Water Accord.
https://www.miraka.co.nz
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Business

Calm The Farm helps farmers transition to regenerative agriculture. We are on a mission to help 30% of New Zealand farmers transition to regenerative practices by 2025. We support farmers to reduce their environmental and climate impacts while improving financial resilience. We de-risk your transition to regenerative farming by combining transition finance with educational and advisory support. Through Calm The Farm you make a simple plan by choosing the goals and milestones that fit for your farm’s context.
https://www.calmthefarm.nz
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Business

The Papatoetoe Food Hub is operated on a previously underutilised piece of council land with the the aim of making it easier for people to get good kai, at a time when the community is saturated with unhealthy food options.This is an innovative PPCP (public, private, community partnership) aiming to develop new approaches to food and encourage policy and behaviour change to tackle food insecurity and nutritional inequality. The idea is to test the Food Hub concept as a potential model that can be replicated to other regions.
https://www.tsi.nz/food-hub-papatoetoe

Supported by The Southern Initiative

An app that allows constumers to purchase discounted surplus and imperfect food from eateries that would otherwise be discarded, then collect it in-store.
https://foodprint.app/
Curator - James Griffin
#sbhfinalist
Project Type - Business

Otamatea Eco-Village is a community using organic and permaculture principles to meet our needs and care for the native eco system.
http://otamatea.info/
Curator - First name Surname
Project Type - Organisation

PermaDynamics is an organic permaculture farm and eco-village on Mamaki community trust land, performing the research and education for regenerative living practises. Permadynamics has the largest banana plantation in New Zealand: over 200 productive clumps, each of which produces between 60 and 70 kilos of fruit per year.
Curator - Olya Tolphina
Project Type - Organisation

New Zealand's only compostable nappy system: a commercially compostable eco nappy inner and a washable, reusable fabric snap wrap or snap pant outer. Nappies are renewable and plant-based. They are made from sustainable materials like FSC-certified wood fluff pulp, corn-based PLA instead of oil-based plastic and a cloth-feel rayon outer, also made from plants. Opened commercial composting plant in Auckland. https://littleandbrave.co.nz/
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Initiative

Transforming Taitokerau for Good is a systems-change investment programme driven by iwi leaders in the Amokura Iwi Consortium. It aims to generate large-scale, long-term impact through investments that have environmental, financial and social returns in Tai Tokerau in revitalised housing, forestry. Underpinned by a Te Ao Māori approach, the aim is to showcase Taitokerau as an exemplar of a 21st century economy, one that shoots beyond a zero-carbon target to broader regeneration.
https://vimeo.com/377692008
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Initiative

KiwiHarvest reduces the negative impacts of food waste on our environment by collecting and redistributing excess food; helping to create lasting positive social change by nourishing those in need.
https://www.kiwiharvest.org.nz/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/KiwiHarvest/
Supported by Everybody Eats, The Goodman Foundation, Countdown, Rabobank, Jasmine Social Investments, Ministry of Social Development and more.
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Organisation

PeopleforPeople is on a mission to strengthen digital empowerment in Aotearoa, with a particular focus on supporting Māori and Pacific people to thrive in the digital space, through three key offerings - service delivery, consultation and research and insights. PFP also organises work experience days with Auckland tech companies.
https://www.peopleforpeople.co.nz/
Curator - Georgia Cameron
Project Type - Initiative

RE:MOBILE is New Zealand’s only mobile phone recycling scheme ccredited by the Ministry for the Environment committed to responsible management of e-waste in the telecommunications industry. The programme is managed by the New Zealand Telecommunications Forum (TCF) and operated by SwapKit on behalf of the TCF.
https://remobile.org.nz/
Supported by 2degrees, Spark, Vodafone, Sustainable Coastlines.
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Organisation

Earthsong is an innovative urban cohousing development in west Auckland, New Zealand, and a model of socially and environmentally sustainable urban living.
https://www.earthsong.org.nz/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Organisation

At Lake Wakatipu in Otago, Real Journeys has begun to restore the landscape of a high country farm. A 10 year project is underway to remove pine trees and plant native trees to return the land to the vegetation of 100 years ago.
https://www.realjourneys.co.nz
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Project

The Bark Biorefinery Project is a five-year research program that uses green-chemistry methods to extract and refine various chemicals found in bark and convert the underutilised waste stream into high-value materials and projects. The research is supported by the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment’s Endeavour Fund.
https://www.scionresearch.com
Curator - Florian Graichen
Project Type - Research

Quorum Sense is a network led by farmers. Its mission is “generating and sharing practical knowledge to support regenerative farm systems and vibrant rural communities”. They provide a place for farmers and the wider community to share knowledge and ideas about regenerative farming systems/practices, as well as successes, failures and learnings. Quorum Sense is also about building a community wanting to put the fun back into farming!
https://www.quorumsense.org.nz
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/322014255295487/
Curator - Lucie Greenwood

We Compost is Auckland’s leading commercial compostable waste collection service. Each week We Compost collect over 50,000kg of organic waste to be composted.
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WeCompostNZ/
Supported by Green Gorilla Recycling and Waste, Innocent Packaging, Kiwi Harvest, Grey Lynn Farmers Markets, Rainbow Youth, Community Fridge, StarJam, Auckland Library of Tools, Gratis (AKL Free Store), Sustainable Business Network, Waste MINZ, Site Wise Green
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

Wilderland is an educational trust, operating as an organic farm & community. The farm uses no synthetic fertilisers, pesticides or herbicides and is moving away from fossil-fueled farming practices.Their long-term vision integrates holistic land management practises, including Food-Forestry and Permaculture Principles. They are also committed to ongoing regeneration of their native bush, in order to build balance and resilience for the land and surrounding area as a whole.
http://wilderland.org.nz
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Organisation

Toiora High Street Cohousing is a community striving to live more sustainably, with buildings designed to be as energy efficient as possible and with services, infrastructure and design features that make it easy, attractive and affordable for people to transition to environmentally-friendly living. The project is aiming to achieve the Passivhaus Standard, the leading international standard for energy efficiency and internal comfort.
https://highstreetcohousing.nz/
Supported by Urban Cohousing Otepoti Limited
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

Clear Site Demolition Ltd specialises in the safe, cost effective deconstruction of residential homes with a strong focus on salvage, sustainability and recycling. Homes are deconstructed in a manner that maximises the salvage content and Clear Site has relationships with other stakeholders who use what can be recovered. Its partners, from Habitat for Humanity and Timber Recyclers to church and community groups, send building materials to the Pacific Islands.
https://www.clearsitedemolition.co.nz/
Curator - James Griffin
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Project Type - Business

FUJIFILM (previously Fuji Xerox) is a New Zealand print company whose equipment is designed for disassembly. Their Ministry for the Environment entitles all customers to free product recycling, achieving a reuse and recycling rate of 99.5%+
https://www-fbnz.fujifilm.com/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Initiative

Ricoh has established a product stewardship scheme that takes back toners, toner bottles, e-waste and end of life machine for recycling.
https://www.ricoh.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Initiative

"Urban farming and community-scale composting in the heart of Newtown, Pōneke. Kaicycle offers a bicycle-powered compost collection service that operates in Wellington City and the surrounding suburbs and owns a regenerative and organic urban farm. The food they produce is sold via a Community Supported Agriculture scheme, shared with volunteers and donated to community food projects. They also offer various educational workshops and utilize open-source systems and peer-to-peer networks to create resilient and co-operative communities.
https://kaicycle.org.nz/

"Inzide designs and deliver sustainable flooring solutions and products all ahve 3rd party verified EPD'S & Certificates. We believe strongly in the circular economy and practice this ethos through Interface’s ReEntry recycling scheme in Australia, among other great initiatives such as Toitu's carbonzero program.And encourage others to do the same by being active supporters and contributors to the Sustainable Business Network.
https://www.inzide.co.nz/

"Inzide designs and deliver sustainable flooring solutions and products all ahve 3rd party verified EPD'S & Certificates. We believe strongly in the circular economy and practice this ethos through Interface’s ReEntry recycling scheme in Australia, among other great initiatives such as Toitu's carbonzero program.And encourage others to do the same by being active supporters and contributors to the Sustainable Business Network.
https://www.inzide.co.nz/

"Inzide designs and deliver sustainable flooring solutions and products all ahve 3rd party verified EPD'S & Certificates. We believe strongly in the circular economy and practice this ethos through Interface’s ReEntry recycling scheme in Australia, among other great initiatives such as Toitu's carbonzero program.And encourage others to do the same by being active supporters and contributors to the Sustainable Business Network.
https://www.inzide.co.nz/

"Inzide designs and deliver sustainable flooring solutions and products all ahve 3rd party verified EPD'S & Certificates. We believe strongly in the circular economy and practice this ethos through Interface’s ReEntry recycling scheme in Australia, among other great initiatives such as Toitu's carbonzero program.And encourage others to do the same by being active supporters and contributors to the Sustainable Business Network.
https://www.inzide.co.nz/

Local Food Northland is a community led initiative aspiring to promote and establish community-led sustainable food systems for Northland,systems that produce, add value, market and distribute locally grown nutritious food that supports the health and well-being of the community and the local economy while looking after the environment.
https://localfoodnorthland.org/
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Initiative

Ingredients for creative living within our community sewing room, we take donations for textiles and haberdashery items for onsale and use in projects. Stitch Kitchen's mission is to inspire and build community through creative textile practices to reduce textile waste and its impact on our environment.
http://www.stitchkitchen.nz/
Curator - Fiona Clements
Project Type - Organisation

Linnburn takes a regenerative approach utliising soil biology and plant diversity, with no tilling or synthetic fertilizer. Our mission now is to inspire people to see regenerative agriculture as an approach that focuses on building soil carbon and has the ability to address challenges facing humanity. We want to learn what works and what doesn’t. We want to change how New Zealanders perceive agriculture so that they learn that meat and animals are a crucial component in the lifecycle that creates soil & water health.
https://www.linnburnstation.co.nz/
Curator - Georgia Cameron

The world's most sustainable packaging solutions made from renewable plant ingredients that consider the complete lifecycle impact of a product.
https://www.betterpackaging.com/
Curator - James Griffin
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Everybody Eats is a pay-as-you-feel dining concept for everyone. We serve delicious, chef-prepared meals that feed bellies, not bins. We take perfectly good food that would otherwise go to waste and use it to feed people suffering food poverty. By inviting anyone and everyone to join us for a meal in a welcoming space, at shared tables, served by friendly volunteers we are able to bring communities together, allowing people to get to know each other and build trust.
https://everybodyeats.nz

Cultivate exists to inspire young people within an urban farm setting to live lives they value
https://cultivate.org.nz/
Curator - Dalong Ye-Lee
Project Type - Initiative

Reusabowl offers a bowl borrowing system to help takeaway restaurants and their customers reduce plastic waste. The bowl is made from rice husks and its lid is made of food-grade silicone.
https://www.reusabowl.nz/
Supported by various eateries in Wellington, including Taste of Home, Fix & Fogg, Pickle & Pie.
Curator - Rohan MacMahon
Project Type - Business

We promote clothing repair as an accessible and worthwhile activity for all! We teach, speak, write and make social media content about clothing repair and its relevance to sustainable living.
www.thatperfecthour.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatperfecthour/
Supported by Fashion Revolution New Zealand, the Reinvented Project and more.
Curator - Kate Hall
Project Type - Business

Quantify and promote the environmental impact of second hand trading
https://www.trademe.co.nz/c/community/article/sustainability
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Manage the Devonport Recycling Centre. Regularly achieve over 70% diversion from landfill.
https://www.globalactionplan.com/gap-oceania/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Scion's Nuclear Magnetic Resonance (NMR) lab developed technology that optimize hemp harvest by screening samples of hemp for the chemical signature of selected phytochemicals, and Scion facilities can test biodegradability, compostability and mechanical properties of hemp for organizations to assess whether their products are eco-friendly.
https://www.scionresearch.com
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Research

Bobux applied Circular by Design methods that extend the use of high-quality children's shoes from one to three walks of life by enabling easier returns, repairs and resale and shifting customers from being buyers to custodians.
https://www.bobux.co.nz/
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Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business

Banks Track NZ and Potahu Penguins are two eco-tourism ventures that focus on conservation, protecting the rich biodiversity, native bush, penguine colonies, sooty shear water, native birds, lizards and insects throughout Banks Peninsula. As a result of their predator control effort, penguin numbers have increased and the last Titi colony on Banks Peninsula has been preserved.
https://www.bankstrack.co.nz/
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Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business

Goodnature has developed an innovative trap that help control pests such as rats, stoats and possums and resets automatically to reduce human input, giving a reprieve to native and endangered species. All Goodnature products are designed for end of life disassembly and recycling.
https://goodnature.co.nz/
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Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business

Restore and protect Sanctuary Mountain 3400 hectares with a pest-proof 47 km fence. Removing all mammals from Maungatautari has provided a safe environment to reintroduce some of New Zealand’s most endangered species back to their natural habitat.
www.sanctuarymountain.co.nz
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Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business

This Charitable Trust was set up by Tongariro River Rafting and Parklands Motorlodge, undertaking Blue Duck protection programmes adjacent to the Manganui-o-te-Ao and Whakapapa Rivers. Their work involves trapping introduced pests, primarily stoats, weasels and rats.
https://www.blueduckproject.co.nz/
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Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Organisation

The ReMaker Space provides the space and resources to collaborate and share skills to empower our community. Remakers integrate skills from the past with innovations in the present to create a sustainable future. They offer ReMaker Workshops to remake products from diverted materials and drop in access to workshop spaces (sewing machines and wood workshop).
https://remakerspace.co.nz/
Supported by Tauranga City Council, Bay Trust, Our Place Tauranga
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Initiative

Allbirds is a New Zealand footwear brand who aim to create the most comfortable shoes. Founded by Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger, Allbirds uses a renewable, sustainable wool fabric specifically designed for footwear. Materials are naturally derived, and the company is a certified B Corp. Their Soles4Souls programme takes lightly used Allbirds and gives them to communities in need, around the world
https://www.allbirds.co.nz/ Supported by - Allbirds
Curator - Dalong Ye-Lee
Project Type -Business

Futurity Manufacturing is a NZ bioplastics manufacturing company. Futurity uses processes advanced biomaterials into plastics components. Their mission is to use the power of science, design and nature to help businesses innovate and encourage positive change to consumer behaviour to have less impact on the environment. Their capability includes product design / development / engineering; bioplastics sourcing and formulation; injection and blow moulding, precision tool design and production.
https://www.futuritymanufacturing.com/
Curator - Dalong Ye-Lee
Project Type - Business

The Ngawha Innovation and Enterprise Park, is being constructed in one of the most socially deprived and economically depressed districts in Aotearoa, is designed specifically to deliver positive social and community outcomes as well as commercial benefits for its tenants. It provides opportunities for local Māori landowners and businesses and aims to create a circular economy at the park. It has also been designed around the natural environment to protect the special characteristics of the site.
https://ngawhapark.nz/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

New Zealand Whitebait Ltd is a regenerative aquaculture business founded in 2020. The enterprise plans to grow a new regenerative food system that supports local communities, works alongside iwi and hapū and is better for nature. NZ whitebait stocks are in decline from habitat degradation and unrestricted commercial wild harvest. Sustainable whitebait production is expected to offer some relief to the wild harvest and may support conservation efforts through sharing knowledge about species regeneration.
https://newzealandwhitebait.kiwi/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

Established in 2006, ZQ is a marque of integrity for New Zealand merino growers committed to ethical wool production. ZQ growers meet ZQ fibre quality, animal welfare, care for the environment and social responsibility standards. ZQRX (ZQ Regenerative Index) is a new collaborative action platform for people, businesses and organisations that adapt, take action, never stop learning and keep going until they get it right.
https://www.discoverzq.com/zqrx
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business

Resene Paintwise is a product stewardship scheme that collects unwanted paint and paint containers at local Resene ColorShop and offer good quality Resene paint to community groups for reuse, recycle packaging materials that are recyclable, send solventborne paints to solvent recovery, find alternative uses for waterborne paints, such as graffiti abatement, and dispose of the rest for you.
https://www.resene.co.nz/paintwise.php
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Re.Form is a pilot Product Stewardship Programme by Jacobsen in Auckland that enable re-use by uplifting second-hand carpet tiles and selling them through ReStores at Habitat for Humanity. Working with Tarkett, Shaw Contract, and Regupol, Jacobsen recycles vinyl, carpet tiles, rubber and post-consumer carpet tiles that can't be reused as raw materials, introducing them back to the manufacturing process.
https://jacobsens.co.nz/knowledgebase/environmental-product-information/product-stewardship/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Initiative

Roimata Food Commons was created to promote organic, self-grown produce to encourage community resilience. It is an edible garden for the people of Woolston, to promote healthy eating while bringing the community together. Since planting began in August 2017, they have added over 100 Heritage fruit and nut trees, 1000+ native plants, herbs, berries, vegetables, flowers and perennial plants into the spaces.
https://www.roimatafoodcommons.org/
Curator - Georgia Cameron
Project Type - Organisation

"Ōtaki community has developed two solar energy production systems that are decentralised. The solar generators power the local college and the council’s wastewater treatment – extra power is fed back into the central grid ($25k annual revenue go to Ōtaki Community Investment Fund, supporting other community-projects). Decentralised energy supports transition to low-emissions resilient communities: reduces transmission losses, making the system more efficient than centralised energy; lowers dependencies on a few large power stations; cost saving benefits for users (once established – only maintenance costs); based on truly renewable sources (sun and wind).
Website - https://energise.otaki.net.nz/projects/wwtp-college-solar-farm
Curator - Lucie Greenwood
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Recycle A Device, or RAD, is an initiative that matches those who need a laptop with a donated and refurbished device. RAD tracks down these laptops and puts them to good use. They teach high school students in-demand tech engineering skills to refurbish the laptops, and then work with community groups to get them into the hands of ākonga (students) and rangatahi (young people) who need them.
Website - https://recycleadevice.nz/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

"Beyond the Bin is a purpose-driven organisation, helping some of New Zealand’s largest events (WOMAD, NZ Agricultural Fieldays) develop waste minimisation practices and deliver the service of waste management at those events. They have realised a gap in practical waste minimisation management support for event organisers so created support material for the events sector in addition to project management and consulting services for industry organisations, corporates and local government; and training and support for the events sector.
Website - https://beyondthebin.org.nz/
Curator - Olya Tolpyhina
Project Type - Business / Organisation

Plasback is an on-farm plastic recycling initiative that collects and recycles agricultural plastics such as bale and silage wrap, and crop bags from around 25 per cent of New Zealand farms and rural businesses. Since the scheme started over 16,000 tonnes of waste plastic have been collected. The silage plastic is recycled in Auckland into Tuffboard, a plywood replacement sheet that has many uses on farms. Plasback was the first product stewardship scheme for agriculture to receive accreditation from the Ministry for the Environment in 2010.
https://plasback.co.nz/
Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Hinewai is an ecological restoration project on Banks Peninsula, privately owned and managed by the Maurice White Native Forest Trust, but freely open the public on foot. Hinewai Reserve occupies 1250 hectares in the south-eastern corner of Banks Peninsula on the South Island’s east coast.
https://www.hinewai.org.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Practicing regenerative land stewardship and building community and local economy, Greg Hart and his family are in the process of restoring 1500 acres of land conventionally farmed for over 150 years into the paradise it once was.
https://www.mangarara.co.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Wastebusters is a community enterprise leading the way to zero waste. They reduce, reuse and recycle to champion behaviour change. Their place is a hub which connects people, things and ideas. Wastebusters' core services are business and events recycling, drop-off recycling, reuse shops, education for sustainability, advocacy and support of waste minimisation in the community and in our country.
https://www.wastebusters.co.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Wastebusters is a community enterprise leading the way to zero waste. They reduce, reuse and recycle to champion behaviour change. Their place is a hub which connects people, things and ideas. Wastebusters' core services are business and events recycling, drop-off recycling, reuse shops, education for sustainability, advocacy and support of waste minimisation in the community and in our country.
https://www.wastebusters.co.nz/
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Business / Organisation

In the small town of Riverton at the bottom of New Zealand's South Island is Robert and Robyn Guyton's amazing 28-year-old food forest. The two-acre property has been transformed from a neglected piece of land into a thriving ecosystem. They are part of the South Coast Environment Society and the Riverton Environment Centre is the home of the forest gardeners. They have the biggest collection of heritage fruit trees in New Zealand and theirs is rated the best Environment Centre in the country
https://www.facebook.com/TheForestGardeners
Curator - Juhi Shareef
Project Type - Project / Initiative

The Recovery Trust promotes and facilitates the collection, storage and safe disposal of all surplus refrigerant gases that were originally imported for refrigeration and air-conditioning applications and are now being discarded. The product stewardship scheme aims to minimise and avoid any release of ozone-depleting gases into our environment.
https://www.refrigerantrecovery.co.nz/
Supported by Waste Minimisation Fund

Curator - Stella Lee
Project Type - Business / Organisation

OMG is a regenerative organic urban farm on the edge of the city centre of Tāmaki Makaurau. It has become a beacon for growing radical hope together, through food. Their vision is to enable communities in Tāmaki Makaurau and other urban centres to have access to local fresh affordable produce within walking distance, grown in a way that helps heal the planet.
Website - https://www.fortheloveofbees.co.nz/omg
Curator - Priti Ambani
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Future Post takes domestic and commercial waste and recycles it into premium fencing products. The waste plastic is ground and flaked, are UV stabilised and extruded into posts via proprietary manufacturing process. Not only will they sell you the post but if required will take it back and recycle it again. Future Post picks up used soft plastics from Auckland supermarkets and this year they expect to turn 1,000 tonnes of plastics into fence posts.
Website - https://www.futurepost.co.nz/
Curator - Priti Ambani
Project Type - Business / Organisation

The Packaging Forum's Soft Plastic Recycling Scheme lets New Zealanders recycle plastic bags and wrappers. They partner with social enterprises who collect the soft plastic recycling from the stores. Customers should bring their used soft plastics back to store and put them in the soft plastics recycling bin. They only accept clean, dry and empty soft plastic bags and packaging.
Website - https://www.recycling.kiwi.nz/store-locator
Curator - Priti Ambani
Project Type - Project / Initiative

Recycles waste plastic into materials such as garden pavers, garden edging, interlocking floor tiles and more. They mainly recycle LDPE type 4, (eg pallet wrap, scaffold wrap, timber wrap, etc) and HDPE type 2, (eg milk bottles, 20L containers, etc).
Website - http://www.2lp.co.nz/
Curator - Priti Ambani
Project Type - Business / Organisation

A leader in enriching the lives of people with disabilities, achieving this through the employment of people with disabilities at their own facility, undertaking work suited to the ability of each individual. A large proportion of Abilities’ work involves resource recovery and recycling. Their technical division Abmech is involved in the refurbishing and reuse of electronic equipment. Recently, Abilities Group have played key roles in both national and regional government recycling initiatives of analogue TVs, other electronic waste and soft plastics waste.

https://www.abilities.co.nz/

Again Again is a reusable container management system, empowering your customers to borrow reusable containers instead of consuming single-use waste. Vendors are enabled to loan out containers – of their own choice, or from Again Again premium collection – with the investment protected from container non-return or loss.
https://www.againagain.co/

All Heart NZ partners with corporates to practically REDIRECT & REPURPOSE their redundant and unwanted items. The REDUCE partnerships help to further develop the sustainable, ethical and social aspects of procurement and supply chain management.
https://allheartnz.org.nz/

All Heart NZ partners with corporates to practically REDIRECT & REPURPOSE their redundant and unwanted items. The REDUCE partnerships help to further develop the sustainable, ethical and social aspects of procurement and supply chain management.
https://allheartnz.org.nz/

All Heart NZ partners with corporates to practically REDIRECT & REPURPOSE their redundant and unwanted items. The REDUCE partnerships help to further develop the sustainable, ethical and social aspects of procurement and supply chain management.
https://allheartnz.org.nz/

Beautification Trust has been leading beautification projects, community events and environmental education all over South and East Auckland. Their mission is to connect and empower communities to learn, grow and look after our environment. Any proceeds from their commercial services such as graffiti removal are invested back into the community. The mahi sees communities have pride and feel safe, the environment becoming cleaner and healthier; and communities being connected and empowered.​

https://www.beautification.org.nz/

Our business owner Warrick brings experience and knowledge about growing, soil and biochar to Char Bro Ltd. Char Bro sells biochar, compost, kilns and garden beds. The purpose of biochar is to help improve soil whilst sequestering carbon. Biochar helps you create fertile soil by holding and releasing nutrients and water when your plants need them. Our biochar improves soil structure, permanently whilst helping to lock up carbon from the atmosphere. The carbon in 1kg of your biochar locks away 2.5kg of CO2.

https://www.biochar.nz/

CiRCLR is a rescued commodities platform that makes being circular simple. The aim is to help reduce food waste by making the reuse process as easy as throwing something away. CiRCLR help businesses reduce waste going to landfill by connecting them with businesses that could use their waste as a resource. The platform uses blockchain to create a record of traceability provide waste metrics, thus helping organisations make better decisions towards positive environmental impacts. The platform is currently in pilot phase

https://circlr.nz/

At Dust & Glow we want to look at the full eco system. We acknowledge that we are at the beginning of our journey and will endeavour to move towards a circular economy. We took the water, plastic waste and synthetic ingredients out to create powdered skin and hair products. They are made in NZ and packaged in recyclable aluminium bottles. We encourage you to re-use and refill our aluminium bottles instead of purchasing a new bottle. That is why our full range is refillable. Our Refills are certified home compostable & commercial compostable.

https://www.dustandglow.com/

MyNOKE is the world's largest worm farming operation in Taupō. It provides regenerative resource management (vermicomposting) where valuable nutrients are diverted from landfill. MyNoke, meaning ‘my earthworms’ in Te Reo, has a strong connection to the earth. MyNoke specialises in improving and regenerating soil functions including soil structure, biological diversity and activity, humus levels, cation exchange capacity and adding bio-stimulants such as gibberellins and auxins to boost root growth. We also offer a waste collection service to industries, organisations and businesses.

https://www.mynoke.co.nz/

Organic Wealth NZ provides weekly food waste collection service on Kapiti Coast. We also design and install on-site composting systems that divert food waste into compost. We can show you how much of your waste can be reduced or repurposed and provide you with easy steps to help make it happen. We help you learn how much waste your business is creating and the financial and environmental costs and savings, that can be made. We also offer event waste management services with 80 to 90% of waste being diverted from the landfill.

https://www.organicwealth.nz/

We create alternatives for a modern home that eliminate single-use plastics and consciously conserve resources. We do it by removing the 90%+ water that makes up traditional laundry and cleaning liquids and concentrating them into easy-to-use and affordable new formats. Our goal is to develop innovative products that are easy-to-use, sustainable, affordable and look great in your home. We are on the mission to save 1M plastic bottles being trown away. SInce October 2021, we have saved 103,290 single use plastic bottles, and counting.

https://restor-home.co.nz/

ReBicycle ‘upcycles’ donated second-hand bikes into safe, practical commuter bikes to gift or loan to people who need them, starting with newly settled refugees in the Wellington region but also including any people experiencing financial difficulty. It’s a community-led initiative that gives back to the community, preventing useful resources ending up in the landfill, reducing transport carbon emissions and enabling free healthy transport options. Over 2000 bikes have been donated to us since we started and we’ve fixed up and re-homed over three-quarters of those.

https://rebicycle.nz/

FFA is all about rehoming unwanted items, for free, with no catch. FreeForAll partners with local community groups, schools, businesses, op shops and the community itself to save household items from landfill and redistribute them to the community. We operate our “rehoming” initiative from a shop, charging a $5 door fee to cover the operation’s expenses, and a website that allows members nationwide to list unwanted goods to share and rehome with over 17,000 users.

https://www.freeforall.co.nz/

A staggering 45% of fresh produce never leaves the farm and goes straight into compost or, even worse, landfills because this perfectly edible produce is not 'perfect' when compared to other perfect counterparts in the supermarket. At Perfectly Imperfect we believe that there is no such thing as perfect food, only tasty food. Our goal is to save the 122,000 tonnes of food going to waste each year in NZ by bringing new value to these "ugly" goodies. Our Mystery Boxes allow you to enjoy some of this rescued food yourself, while also supporting our initiatives to get this food to those that really need it.

New Zealand has 400,000 hectares of Small Scale Pine Tree Blocks with no long term regenerative vision. Offshore pension funds and large multinationals own the other 70% (1.1 million hectares) and are currently offering small block holders a 50% discount on their asset price (land + wood) due to the need for them to invest for 2 cycles. $20 per week from 100,000 kiwis will enable us to buy back over $16 Billion of Small Scale New Zealand Pine Tree Blocks over the next 10 years whilst providing a market leading return for our future investors and regenerating our land in the process.

https://www.regeneratenz.com/

The H-Lock wall addresses the problem of commercial waste generated by businesses changing their working environments. It provides an option that designs waste out of the building project over its whole lifetime. It does this by front footing it and designing-out waste at the beginning of an interior fit-out project. The H-Lock® wall system is a pre-finished (no need for plaster and paint) demountable partition that offers a true alternative to plasterboard walls. We have sourced all our material from within New Zealand and are working with NZ partners to manufacture our components.

http://www.ecoshift.co.nz/

We are building a circular economy by turning composite packaging waste into low carbon products that re-enter the local supply chain. We provide a take back scheme for our products to help eliminate waste. Our core business is to provide a closed loop solution for composite packaging (such as milk cartons, ingredients bags, coffee cups and soft plastics) by diverting it from waste and turning it into low carbon products that are commonly used in the building industry. We turn that waste into high performing building products that can be remanufactured into new products.

https://www.saveboard.nz/

Our solution helps the construction industry begin the journey to reducing the amount of material they send to landfill. We have easily identifiable 'Tradie' bags to support our construction customers to separate their waste on site. We have designed the bags and their holding frames to ensure they take up much less space on building sites that steel skip bins. The bags are easy to put into the frames and, once filled, can be removed and set aside for pick up. Not having to sort the material at our facility means we can reduce the cost of the recycling process for our customers.

https://marsdenwaste.co.nz/

We deconstruct residential houses and reuse the saved materials. The price is the same as demolition, but with more sustainable outcomes. We have saved between 8 and 28 tonnes of material per house. We employ people from refugee backgrounds, who struggle to find employment, to reuse valuable materials. We are a company with three goals. TANGATA: people, creating employment opportunities for people from refugee backgrounds. PLANET: preventing landfill waste and repurposing deconstructed materials: AROHA: our shareholders are all charities

http://begana.co.nz/

We make consciously considered homeware and workwear. We encourage businesses to focus on the longevity of their workwear and believe a garment’s longevity can be drastically increased through simply actions like repair, adding layers of beauty and care that then create authentic stories for the business or brand. We offer products that have an end game in mind. Businesses can return, repair, repeat with our garments, until the end of their life where we shred and recycle the materials into felted material, or composted.

https://www.mavisandosborn.com/

Sustinnoworx is a social enterprise project as a new pathway for unemployed people to harness their skills, abilities and resourcefulness to become entrepreneurs investing in small businesses. As part of our 2022 Textile Waste Campaign, we are seeking a partnership with a fashion brand that has local production. We would like to initiate a model to upcycle its production waste, starting with a limited-edition range of clothing and accessories made from one season’s offcuts.

https://www.sustinnoworx.co.nz/

Sustinnoworx is a social enterprise project as a new pathway for unemployed people to harness their skills, abilities and resourcefulness to become entrepreneurs investing in small businesses. As part of our 2022 Textile Waste Campaign, we are seeking a partnership with a fashion brand that has local production. We would like to initiate a model to upcycle its production waste, starting with a limited-edition range of clothing and accessories made from one season’s offcuts.

https://www.sustinnoworx.co.nz/

Turtle Footwear makes high quality, robust and comfortable safety footwear with competitive pricing that covers many different industries catering for the diverse Kiwi workforce. We only source leather from tanneries that are approved by the Leather Working Group, to ensure that all aspects of our supply chain are upholding our own organisation’s values. Our aim is to be as circular as possible, through the conscious reuse of the materials we use in our footwear. When you purchase a pair of TurtleBoots you have the option to send back your old boots to Turtle Footwear for recycling.

https://turtleboots.co.nz/

CupCycling with Swappa APP is a reusable cup system, offering the same convenience as single use. CupCycling can significantly reduce a café's waste from single-use cups and save the business money. A managed fleet of reusable cups and monthly reporting shows each café just how effective CupCycling is in their business. CupCycling with Swappa APP is a fully circular model. Our New Zealand made reusable cups can be used by café customers, returned, cleaned and reused over and over. Our IdealCups have been designed to withstand the rigors of continual reuse in a busy café environment.

https://cupcycling.nz/

Alsco provides industrial laundry and uniform services, serviced first aid kits, washroom services and much more. Our business model is built around leasing. Our emphasis is on the performance of our products over time, so life cycle of materials is maximised, usage optimised, cost minimised, and ideally at the end of life all materials are reused. Alsco is a proud partner in the Textile Reuse Programme and Circular Cotton, dedicated to reducing the environmental impacts of clothing and textiles being sent to landfill.

https://www.alsco.co.nz/

DISHrupt™ provides onsite solutions to events, through the provision of reusable dishes and cups. In its first year, DISHrupt™ displaced the use of 50,000 disposables by providing reusable dishes. we are now bringing our initiative to more events! By hiring DISHrupt™ for your event, not only will you be helping in the fight against disposable servewear, you will also help spread awareness of the awful environmental impact of single-use items. Your donations will go back into making positive social and environmental impacts our community.

http://sustainablequeenstown.org.nz/dishrupt/

Food businesses and growers can register with Gizzy Kai Rescue to donate (regular or casual) surplus, short dated, damaged or not so perfect food and produce. Food can be collected or delivered to our site. We then check, sort and distribute across the 16 community groups who give it to individuals and families experiencing food insecurity. GKR has rescued and redistributed over 200 tonnes of food.

https://www.gizzykairescue.org/

New Zealand Food Network prevents good food from going to landfill and redirects it to communities who need it most. Throughout New Zealand, there are hundreds of food rescue organisations, iwi and charities working overtime to address this growing need – as well as many generous food producers wishing to donate bulk product to make a positive difference in our communities .New Zealand Food Network was setup as an efficient and comprehensive solution that can connect this supply and demand.

https://www.nzfoodnetwork.org.nz/

New Zealand Food Network prevents good food from going to landfill and redirects it to communities who need it most. Throughout New Zealand, there are hundreds of food rescue organisations, iwi and charities working overtime to address this growing need – as well as many generous food producers wishing to donate bulk product to make a positive difference in our communities .New Zealand Food Network was setup as an efficient and comprehensive solution that can connect this supply and demand.

https://www.nzfoodnetwork.org.nz/

New Zealand Food Network prevents good food from going to landfill and redirects it to communities who need it most. Throughout New Zealand, there are hundreds of food rescue organisations, iwi and charities working overtime to address this growing need – as well as many generous food producers wishing to donate bulk product to make a positive difference in our communities .New Zealand Food Network was setup as an efficient and comprehensive solution that can connect this supply and demand.

https://www.nzfoodnetwork.org.nz/

We are a boutique Auckland caterer on a mission to deliver creative, vibrant and nourishing food, whilst holding the environment at the forefront of our minds throughout the entire process from sourcing to serving. We specialise in plant-based, zero-waste event catering for 10 - 200 people. Our zero-waste policy means that we send no waste to landfills around Aotearoa. From sourcing to serving we are careful to ensure no landfill waste is generated. We value composting and recycling of all plastics and other items and supply reusable service ware.

https://thesustainablefoodco.co.nz/

Kōkako was established as one of New Zealand’s first organic Fairtrade coffee roasters and we now supply perfectly roasted coffee and drinking chocolate to thousands of homes and 70 cafes across Aotearoa. By sourcing certified climate-neutral, Fairtrade, organic coffee you are choosing to support a restorative supply chain that affects the lives of many people and prioritises the health of the soil and surrounding environment.

https://www.kokako.co.nz/

We sell certified home compostable coffee pods. Our capsules can be thrown in food waste, compost or worm bins, and don’t need to be taken apart at home before processing or be broken down by specially designed machinery at waste management plants. Our premium whole beans are organic and our farmers are directly paid. Our coffee pods and coffee beans are made following circular economy methodologies. We re-use sugarcane pulp for the packaging of the pods and work directly with farmers. You can return used pods and packaging to us for composting and recycling.

https://homecompostablecoffee.com/

We’re partnering with growers, manufacturers, retailers and charitable food redistributors to help solve their surplus food challenges. Taking edible, surplus food from zero to hero. Creating delicious upcycled ingredients and tasty treats. Our secret ingredient rescued bread flour gives surplus bread a new and long life becoming the hero ingredient of baking mixes, cookies, cakes, cracker, muffins and more. Fruit, vegetables and even gin botanicals have been given a lot of love and a new lease of life starring in a whole new category of upcycled food.

https://www.rescued.co.nz/

We partner with 60+ food recipient organisations from the Nelson Tasman region that distribute food to individuals and families in need. Kai Rescue runs on the energy and dedication of a fantastic team of volunteers who help us to collect, sort and pack the food. Reducing food waste helps lower your greenhouse gas emissions, including emissions in the food production process, as well as emissions from the decomposition of food waste in landfill. Kai goes to individuals and families in need.

https://www.nec.org.nz/kai-rescue

Woolpack thermal packaging is predominantly used in, but not limited to, temperature-sensitive food, seafood, and pharmaceutical industries. We convert waste wool, unsuitable for the textile industry and ordinarily destined for landfill, into a renewable resource. Our products embody the circular economy principles from production to disposal. Every component of Woolpack can be either composted, biodegraded, or easily recycled. Its low carbon footprint and high thermal performance stabilises temperature variation during transport, decreasing spoilages.

https://planetprotectorpackaging.com/

With more than 500 packaging options available, we specialise in rigid plastic packaging solutions for industries like honey, nutraceuticals, fast moving consumer goods and healthcare, to name a few. We design and manufacture products made from recyclable, recycled and plant-based plastics. All the resins used by Pharmapac are 100% recyclable, recycled or plant based.

https://www.pharmapac.co.nz/

Remove single use pallet wrap for good with our innovative product. Green Spider Reusable Pallet Wraps are made with durable polyester mesh, high grade velcro straps and industrial elastic. All materials can be serviced and repaired after years of services. On average a single wrap will last 1000 uses before needing the velcro refurbished. By removing single use plastic pallet wrap from your business and switching to a reusable solution, this will reduce your waste, increase your cash flow, and improve your efficiency.

https://www.nicholdd.co.nz/product/greenspider-pallet-wraps-nz

Provides a digital platform to connect people in communities worldwide to swap and share homegrown food and associated items, and educates and inspires people to grow more food at home.

www.magicbeansapp.com

Future Whenua Initiative is an umbrella organisation which provides governance, funding, recruitment and incubation to early stage, impact driven, rural projects in our area. Consolidating several projects under the same business entity allows us to reduce administrative inefficiencies and get more bang for our impact bucks. The projects we are involved in have potential for disruptive and transformational positive change. They are structured into 3 categories: ecological, technological and sociological.

https://futurewhenua.co.nz/

Our mission is to accelerate the transition to a regenerative, organic and just food system. Implementing Regenerative Organic farming methodologies in our farm and gardens. Educating by providing the know-how to gardeners in every sector: private households, community groups and commercial operations. Advocating for Regenerative Organic practices as part of averting the climate, biodiversity and soil crises. Communicating by publishing Regenerative Organic related content across various media.

https://www.pakarakafarm.co.nz/

We are proud to be both the commercial operator and kaitiaki of the Waitomo Glowworm Caves, Ruakuri Cave and Aranui Cave. These caves are a precious taonga to the Ruapuha Uekaha Hapū and Aotearoa New Zealand. As kaitiaki of a unique cave and karst landscape, our care is world-leading and consists of planting and fencing to exclude life stock, partnering with DOC to assist pest eradication and benefit biodiversity, helping manuhiri reduce their carbon footprint, eliminating single-use plastics, and educating manuhiri on all of the above to make their visit to Aotearoa memorable.

https://www.waitomo.com/discover

The ReCreators is a Social Enterprise based in Auckland, which promotes upcycling by learning to do it yourself (DIY) through our community workshops, through purchasing pre-made products or by collaborating on a custom circular design. We are a diverse and inclusive collective of upcycling creatives - tutoring, designing and manufacturing. We offer various upcycling workshops for children, adults and corporates, as well as an online store. The materials we use are either discarded or offcuts that would otherwise be destined for landfill.

https://therecreators.co.nz/

The vision of Motuihe Restoration Trust is that Motuihe Island will be a natural environment of indigenous flora and fauna together with identified significant Maori and European historic sites, offering a quality recreational, environmental and educational experience to visitors. Visitors to the island will be able to see native birds in their natural habitat, close to white sandy beaches. They will be encouraged to walk around the island and learn about conservation issues and the heritage of the Hauraki Gulf.

https://www.motuihe.org.nz/the-trust/

Solid makes sustainable oral care products in Tītahi Bay, Porirua. Our mission is to stop the 16 million toothpaste tubes Kiwis send to landfill every year. Our toothpaste, tablets, and powders are vegan, cruelty free and palm oil free. We run a bottle reuse programme where our glass bottles and jars can be returned to us and reused. We are proud to have saved 30,000 toothpaste tubes from going to landfill so far.

https://solidoralcare.co.nz/

Hyperfine® merino wool medical textiles born and designed in Lake Tekapo, New Zealand - the world's first merino wool adhesive bandage. Antimicrobial, Antibacterial, Hypoallergenic. Sterile, Single use, Superior. Breathable, Biodegradable, Beautiful.
https://www.woolaid.com/

The Trees That Count marketplace provides a place for all New Zealanders to fund or gift native trees. This support is matched with planters throughout the country who are restoring, and growing wildlife corridors or pockets of native forest, turning small projects into mighty ones.
https://www.treesthatcount.co.nz/

Medsalv exists to reduce the emissions of the entire healthcare sector. Medsalv refurbishes used single-use medical devices from hospitals. We take items that would otherwise end up in landfill, clean and test them. We then sell them back to hospitals at a fraction of the original cost. This reduces hospitals’ waste, emissions and saves the hospitals money.
https://www.medsalv.com/

A community hub to keep community up to date with events, news, views, invitations, helpful and interesting resources and articles about Regenerative Agriculture, with emphasis on our local context.
https://www.venture.org.nz/sector-development/food/exploring-regenerative-agriculture/

Wild for Taranaki is the region’s biodiversity trust supporting more than 45 groups and organisations working to protect and enhance the unique native plants, animals and ecosystems within Taranaki. Our purpose is to support and coordinate members for better efficiency, grow funding for the sector, and lead the region in a connected vision of thriving Taranaki biodiversity. At Wild for Taranaki we have oversight of what’s happening in the environmental and conservation sector and we’re part of the Department of Conservation Hubs network.
https://wildfortaranaki.nz/

Res.Awesome is a business working towards creative, connected and innovative resource recovery in Dunedin City. We work to support businesses, schools and communities to reduce their waste through workshops, waste auditing, and zero waste management as well as creating a "Dunedin Resource Recovery" database. To remove disposable tableware for events, we are have funraised and organised the ReWash Trailer that can service our Dunedin city and community events to sterilise our service ware on the go.
https://www.resawesome.nz/

Supported by Waste Minimisation Fund

The social supermarket, focused on providing food support with dignity, by allowing people who are experiencing food insecurity to choose what they need for themselves in a supermarket-style environment – rather than providing people with a pre-filled food parcel that might not meet their specific needs. Whanau will be asked to provide a small koha (donation), or whatever they can afford. This method offers a more dignified experience for the shopper, allowing them the opportunity to contribute towards their own groceries.
https://www.thebbmprogram.com/bbm-tokoroa-social-supermarket/

Auckland’s original food rescue charity. We recover surplus food from growers, manufacturers and retailers and re-distribute this glorious, nutritious food to those who need it most. Every day our trucks are out on the road rescuing surplus quality food from growers, manufacturers, retailers, distributors and wholesalers. This rescued food is delivered to our Hub in Avondale where it is lovingly hand-sorted and packed at our table by volunteers for our recipients to pick up the next day. Serving over 40+ community groups across Auckland.

Supported by Waste Minimisation Fund
https://fairfood.org.nz/

The Kai Collective Project is a Food Hub that provides local groups and community leaders with food, which they distribute directly to people and whānau in their communities. We operate in Maungakiekie-Tāmaki and the surrounding areas.The Kai Collective Project does food support a little differently. We are a collective of local groups and grassroots leaders who have come together as a collective and created a shared pool of resources and support to address food security needs across our communities.
https://www.facebook.com/KaiCollectiveProject

The Kaupapa of Rotorua Whakaora is "Connecting food to the community." Rotorua Whakaora is a food rescue partner with Countdown Rotorua and other food outlets. They collect food daily for distribution within the Rotorua region and at the free shop in Rotorua.
https://www.facebook.com/groups/Lovesouprotorua/

Our team collect food that is good enough to eat but not good enough to redistribute to local community organisations for use. Our team sorts, repackages and tailors it to the specific needs of each organisation. Food can come from a variety of sources including markets, supermarkets, distributors, cafes and manufacturers. We also have a fruit picking team that picks fruit from orchards or local homes. Donors benefit by saving on waste disposal costs, and are recognised for being environmentally and socially responsible.
https://goodneighbour.co.nz/food-rescue/

Kairos Free Store is a non-profit charitable organisation and we are part of the Free Store Movement Aotearoa. Our designated volunteers collect leftover food from local eateries once or twice a week by mutual agreement. Anyone who needs,can come to Kairos Free Store and take home some items to supplement their grocery budget and diet
https://www.kairosfoodrescue.org.nz/

We work collaboratively with local food retailers and community organisations to re-direct surplus perishable food that would otherwise have been destined for landfill or animal feed to those in the community who most need it. Our focus is on the Waimakariri and Hurunui Districts; with the majority of our food donors and recipient organisations located in Rangiora, Kaiapoi, Oxford and Amberley. We rescued over 800 kg of food
https://www.satisfyfoodrescue.org.nz/

Food Rescue Northland aims to redistribute quality surplus food from food retailers to community groups who support people in need. It will provide community groups with a wide range of healthy and nutritious food. The food will be provided free of charge which allows community groups to focus their limited resources on providing valuable services. It will also reduce food waste by stopping quality food from being thrown out
https://foodrescuenorthland.nz/

Love Soup collects, sorts and distributes good food to assist communities, whanau and people in need around Auckland, the Waikato and Tokoroa regions. We treat our guests with the dignity and love that we would a guest in our own home; and give people opportunities to serve in various areas, providing community meals, school lunches, care packages for homeless.
https://www.lovesoup.org.nz/

Waiheke Resource Trust collects produce that can’t be sold due to industry regulations. This is sent to high-needs households through community outreach partnerships. Rescued food items are also placed in a free community fridge and pantry outside the WRT’s Sustainability Centre. A weekly cooked lunch provided by the Kai Conscious Cafe at WRT’s Sustainability Centre invites the community to enjoy a meal made with rescued food for a koha / donation. Between 50-110 people attend and Kai Conscious ideas are shared and discussed. Food scraps are composted.
https://www.wrt.org.nz/projects/kai-conscious/

GoEco food rescue, Kaivolution, rescues and redistributes perfectly edible food from supermarkets, orchards and food producers. Instead of the food going to landfill, it feeds people in our region and reduces carbon emissions. In 2022, we rescued 433,275.755kg of food, including bread, produce, dairy, meat and grocery. To make sure the food is distributed far and wide into the community, we partner with local charitable organisations, and with Community Centres to operate ‘Free-Stores’ which make this food available to those who need it.
https://goeco.org.nz/portfolio/kaivolution/

We are a non-profit food rescue and freestore, located in Waipukurau. We rescue surplus food and redistribute it to people within the Central Hawke’s Bay community. There is food that is good enough to eat but no longer good enough to sell which we collect, sort & share with everyone. As well as donating food, we encourage our community to share their knowledge, skills and surplus fruit/veges/plants with our community. Our fantastic team of volunteers help redistribute food to all people and families without exception or discrimination.
https://www.thefoodbasketchb.com/

On The House is a community group to create a space for the community to interact, build relationships, and serve free surplus food to those in need. We were inspired by The Free Store in Wellington and are part of a Free Store Movement growing in New Zealand. We are volunteer-based. These dedicated individuals collect food that would otherwise go to waste and help to redistribute these items to anybody willing to patiently line up. We are all about less waste and more taste!
https://onthehouse.org.nz/

On The House is a community group to create a space for the community to interact, build relationships, and serve free surplus food to those in need. We were inspired by The Free Store in Wellington and are part of a Free Store Movement growing in New Zealand. We are volunteer-based. These dedicated individuals collect food that would otherwise go to waste and help to redistribute these items to anybody willing to patiently line up. We are all about less waste and more taste!
https://onthehouse.org.nz/

A charity who works in food rescue and food distribution. We have a large warehouse in Tokoroa, where we have food delivered to us, that we sort, and prepared for many redistribution to many community organisations. Halo Charitable Trust provides food to community groups supporting those in need, our vulnerable families and elderly. Presently Halo Charitable Trust has a contract as part of the food secure communities network with Ministry of Social Development. This covers the South Waikato region from Tirau, Putaruru, Tokoroa to other small places. We also operate in Taupo.
https://www.halocharitabletrust.org.nz

Halo Charitable Trust is a charity who works in food rescue and food distribution. We have a large warehouse in Tokoroa, where we have food delivered to us, that we sort, and prepared for many redistribution to many community organisations. Halo Charitable Trust provides food to community groups supporting those in need, our vulnerable families and elderly. We have food rescue contracts with Progressive Enterprises.
https://www.halocharitabletrust.org.nz/

Halo Charitable Trust is a charity who works in food rescue and food distribution. We have a large warehouse in Tokoroa, where we have food delivered to us, that we sort, and prepared for many redistribution to many community organisations. Halo Charitable Trust provides food to community groups supporting those in need, our vulnerable families and elderly. We have food rescue contracts with Progressive Enterprises.
https://www.halocharitabletrust.org.nz/

We are Hawkes Bay based food rescue organisation. We collect surplus, unsold, mislabeled and excess food from local hospitality, community gardens and businesses. Our philosophy is to tackle food waste and keep in out of the waste stream where it contributes to greenhouse gases. The food we collect is available to all people with no qualification required to receive it. We serve the community from 5 different venues over 8 different service hours every week. The team is comprised of committed volunteers with a shared passion for reducing waste and helping the community.
https://www.nourishedfornil.org/

We are Hawkes Bay based food rescue organisation. We collect surplus, unsold, mislabeled and excess food from local hospitality, community gardens and businesses. Our philosophy is to tackle food waste and keep in out of the waste stream where it contributes to greenhouse gases. The food we collect is available to all people with no qualification required to receive it. We serve the community from 5 different venues over 8 different service hours every week. The team is comprised of committed volunteers with a shared passion for reducing waste and helping the community.

https://www.nourishedfornil.org/

We are Hawkes Bay based food rescue organisation. We collect surplus, unsold, mislabeled and excess food from local hospitality, community gardens and businesses. Our philosophy is to tackle food waste and keep in out of the waste stream where it contributes to greenhouse gases. The food we collect is available to all people with no qualification required to receive it. We serve the community from 5 different venues over 8 different service hours every week. The team is comprised of committed volunteers with a shared passion for reducing waste and helping the community.

https://www.nourishedfornil.org/

We are Hawkes Bay based food rescue organisation. We collect surplus, unsold, mislabeled and excess food from local hospitality, community gardens and businesses. Our philosophy is to tackle food waste and keep in out of the waste stream where it contributes to greenhouse gases. The food we collect is available to all people with no qualification required to receive it. We serve the community from 4 different venues over 8 different service hours every week. The team is comprised of committed volunteers with a shared passion for reducing waste and helping the community.
https://www.nourishedfornil.org/

Just Zilch is a Food Rescue, Free Store & Food Hub. Everything on our shelves, in our warmers, in our fridges and in our freezers is FREE. We rescue food from around 85 local supermarkets, cafes, bakeries, distributors, manufacturers and all round awesome individuals who just pop in! This food is then processed by our amazing team of volunteers and put out in our Free Store for those who determine themselves to be in need. Our Free Store currently serves around 350 people per day with the help of 115 volunteers.
https://justzilch.org.nz/

Waiwaste volunteers are at work in the Wairarapa, rescuing food that is good enough to eat but not good enough to sell, and redistributing it to local community organisations who feed people. We collect from supermarkets, growers, cafes, bakeries, and producers who recognise that they can help their community by handing on food to us. Donors benefit by saving on waste disposal costs and are recognised as being socially and environmentally responsible. They reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the landfill. We also have branches in Carterton and Martinborough.
https://waiwaste.org.nz/