Just a couple of days before the big February quake in 2011, Zak Cassells led a group of volunteers on a clean-up of a loop of the Ōpāwaho Heathcote River. This small local initiative grew over time into the annual Mother of All Clean-Ups – an enormous clean-up of the main urban waterways of Christchurch held annually on the day before Mothers Day.
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2025 Events
23
February
2025
Farmers' Market stall
15
March
2025
EstuaryFest (Mini)
Mt Pleasant Community Centre
13
April
2025
Walking Festival
Historic Ōpāwaho Towpath – details
21
April
2025
Walking Festival
Reserves on the Awa – details
27
April
2025
Walking Festival
Headwater Springs – details
10
May
2025
Mother-of-All-Clean-Ups
26
June
2025
AGM
28
September
2025
World Rivers Day
7
November
2025
Gathering of the Groups
23
November
2025