2025 Year in Review
Seaweek, New Zealand’s national week celebrating the sea, took place this year from March 1 to 9! There were over 100 events nationwide, organised by local organisations, libraries, businesses and schools, coordinated nationally by the Sir Peter Blake Marine…
2026 Planning Survey Results
Thank you to everyone who completed our Seaweek 2026 Planning Survey, it is always wonderful to hear your ideas on how to make Seaweek bigger and better each year! We had great representation across nearly all regions. Overall, respondents preferred our website,…
Celebrating Conservation Week at MERC
Our Conservation Week event was the second in-person event and 4th overall event in our Ngā Kōrero III Series supported by the New Zealand Commission for UNESCO to help increase Ocean Literacy Across Aotearoa New Zealand. It was an incredible opportunity for learning…
Ngā Kōrero III Series
Bringing Ocean Literacy to life Ocean Literacy generally means understanding the ocean’s influence on us as well as our influence on the ocean. The Ocean Literacy Framework includes 7 Ocean Literacy Principles that are key to understanding our…
World Ocean Day, 8 June 2025
A Day of International Celebrations of our Ocean World Ocean Day 2025 was the second year of a multi-year action theme: Catalyzing Action for Our Ocean & Climate. The UN World Oceans Day theme was Wonder: Sustaining What Sustains Us. This day provided…
Celebrations and Clean-ups for Seaweek
Coming together to celebrate and take care of our beautiful Moana strengthens connections to the sea and builds community bonds. Seaweek 2025 included fantastic festivals, clean-ups, and social events that brought people together through sharing knowledge, passion,…