The Mother of All Clean-Ups is an annual event focused on cleaning up Christchurch’s beaches, streams and rivers.

What could be a better preparation for Mother’s Day than a huge clean-up?

So it is for the river. That means on the Saturday before Mother’s Day, we all get together to clean up along the banks of the river and the estuary.

In 2023, the Mother of all Clean Ups is on…

Saturday, 13 May

10.00 – 12.00noon

Want to help ?

If you are not already part of a group clearing up in your local area and you wish to help clean up Christchurch’s waterways from carelessly discarded rubbish, below are four ways you can join in...

EITHER join in with Forest and Bird North Canterbury who are organising a clean up along the lower reaches of the river.

Meet at the car park off Ferrymead Park Drive (just before the entrance to the Golf Club) at 9.30am. Follow the signposts from Bridle Path Road, Ferrymead. No need to book, just be there.

Please wear sturdy footwear or gumboots and bring garden gloves.

Any queries, contact Joy Talbot joytalbotnz@outlook.nz

OR just turn up to the New Brighton Library at 9.30am on Saturday 13 May to help clean up the New Brighton Beach with the Sustainable Coastlines NZ group.

OR Just turn up to Lyttelton – Naval Point and join a Whaka-Ora Healthy Harbours group at 10.00am

OR Just turn up at Linwood Windsurf Park and join the Estuary Trust and Conservation Volunteers NZ. Meet at Windsports Carpark cnr Linwood Ave and Humphreys Drive at 10.00am. Note that this site is NOT suitable for children as we will be walking along the road edge..