Sat. 28 February – Sun. 8 March 2026
Event plan and fantastic moana links and resources.
We are excited to announce that Prime Port is sponsoring $2000 towards marketing!! This is going to make a huge difference to the productivity of our week and we are super grateful for their support!
Our local focus will be “Connect with our Moana” – exploring what lives in and around our local moana here in Timaru, and encouraging our community to connect with it both recreationally and educationally throughout the nine-day Sea Week.
Sea Week Plans for Timaru
Thank you everyone for your support!!
Saturday 28th Feb – Experience Waka Ama with the support of Waitaha Paddling Club (time TBC)
Sunday 1st March – Beach Yoga and Meditation 7am – 8.30am
Sunday 1st March – Children’s Day (Eco Centre attending advertising Sea Week)
Tuesday 3rd March – Sea Week Eco Talk @ Eco Centre
Wednesday 4th March – Multicultural Aoraki Coffee Group Wellbeing Beach Walk
Saturday 7th March – iNaturalist Bioblitz at Waitarakao Rocky Shore (SC Museum)
Sunday 8th March – Beach Yoga and Meditation 7am – 8.30am
Sunday 8th March – Waitarakao Beach cleanup (ECan)
All week
- Timaru District Libraries displays / story time
- Sea Week activities challenge (Eco Centre)
- Wuhoo Timaru activities
Contact
Alice Brice at the Eco Centre
Email admin@scecocentre.org.nz
Phone 0273228177
Links and Resources
To help in the classroom or for personal use
Sea Week website Resources and ideas. Teaching tools including their Ocean Literacy Educators Guide.
Young Ocean Explorers Schools check out their 21 day challenge and amazing videos / resources.
iNaturalist project for Waitarakao iNaturalist project at Waitarakao / Washdyke Lagoon. Anything you add to iNaturalist (Citizen Science) in this area will be added to this project.
Sustainable Coastlines “We bring people together to reduce plastic pollution and other litter to protect the moana we all love. We inspire change through beach clean-ups, education, and litter data collection.”
Marine Metre Squared Citizen Science Established in 2013 by the New Zealand Marine Studies Centre – University of Otago, the Marine Metre² project was developed to encourage communities to get involved in monitoring and protecting the seashore and the many species that call it home.
NZ Marine Studies Centre Resources The NZ Marine Studies Centre produces a range of resources to support our programmes and research activities. Some of these, such as our marine life database, can be used online. Others may be downloaded. These materials may be reproduced for educational purposes, but please ensure you say where they have come from. We also have a selection of books and other publications for purchase.
Earth Sciences New Zealand NIWA’s educational resources and scientific data are tools for young people to learn about science.
Mahika Kai – Let’s go on a kai moana hunt! How could you pretend you’re hunting for kai (food) at the CPlay playground?
Our local Kai Moana Story Wuhoo Timaru brings you local resources and information
Marine Stewardship Council Explore ocean-themed education resources aligned with the New Zealand curriculum suitable for Years 7-10, including ocean lesson plans, videos, fact sheets, games, and activities.
Biosecurity Education Modules Help our Year 5-8 learners in Aotearoa understand the role they play in protecting our coastlines, while gaining important knowledge and skills from the education for sustainability (EfS) pedagogy and supporting the key competencies and overall vision as stated in the New Zealand Curriculum.
DOC Protecting our Marine World Links to the New Zealand Curriculum at levels 1-4, but can be adapted for use at various levels. The unit is based on an integrated, inquiry learning process. It contains teaching and learning material to support a unit of work that is grounded in Environmental Education for Sustainability (EEfS) / Conservation education themes, and incorporates aspects of Te Ao Māori (a Māori worldview).
Project Jonah Includes a range of free downloadable activities and short videos for teaching about marine mammals.