Celebrate World Wetlands Day with us at Matuku Link!
📅Saturday, 13th February 2027 | 10am – 3pm
Get ready for a day of discovery, excitement, and free family fun at the World Wetlands Day Festival 2027 at Matuku Link, 111 Bethells Road, Te Henga!
With free family activities every hour including guided tours on bugs, birds, eels, and plants, and local conservation groups to chat to, you will have plenty to do all day. While you are here, look for our local pāteke (brown teal), spot a secretive spotless crake (pūweto), and keep an eye out for our cryptic namesake, the matuku-hūrepo (Australasian bittern). See how much Matuku Link has changed since its beginnings in 2016, with over eight thousand volunteer hours spent annually improving the place, building accessible boardwalks, and a Wetland Education Centre. Enjoy homemade treats, BBQ (vegan and non-vegan), drinks including fresh coffee, all available for purchase.
Stallholders in 2027 include Auckland Zoo, Birds New Zealand, Forest & Bird Waitākere, Arataki Visitor Centre, The Entomological Society, Mountains to Sea, Kauri Rescue, Auckland Council Biodiversity, Pest Free Waitākere Ranges Alliance (PFWRA), Muriwai Environment Trust and many others.
There will be an all-day market with gifts, food, art, information, and entertainment. We would love you to join us on this special day. All talks are free and everyone is welcome.
See you there for a fun filled day for the whole whanau!
Annalily & trustees Chad Wilkie, Dale Bainbridge, John Fawcett, John Staniland and John Sumich and all our volunteers.
Images by our amazing volunteer photographer Stefan Marks
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