What's on this week
• September 18, 2015
42,000 people around New Zealand will be helping to clean the country over the coming week. Photo: Supplied.
Keep NZ Beautiful - Clean Up Week
Businesses, schools and communities around the country are uniting this week to ‘restore, help and protect our environment’.
September 14-20 is Keep New Zealand Beautiful’s (KNZB) Clean Up Week. More than 42,000 people have signed up so far for 480 volunteer-led events.
Anyone can get involved by signing up or creating an event on the KNZB website. Bags, gloves and yellow stickers will be sent out to your group.
The yellow stickers are part of the deal that KNZB has with local councils, Envirowaste and Waste Management to collect all yellow-stickered rubbish bags free of charge during the week.
Project mananger Joanne Powell said the aim of the week is not only to help keep New Zealand clean, but also for participants to take pride in their community.
With the Clean Up Week established in 2009, Mrs Powell said KNZB is “really proud” of the increase of participants, up from 38,000 last year.
What: Clean Up Week events around the country.
When: Monday 14 September – Sunday 20 September.
Price: Free.
Artspace
Artspace’s latest exhibiton The Shadow of the Dome of Pleasure is curatorial assistant Henry Davidson’s culmination of his year-long contract with the gallery.
With Mr Davidson keen to do a video show, the exhibition features local and international artists, including a work specifically created for the event by local artist Juliet Carpenter.
Juliet Carpenter, Ingénue, 2015. Photo: Samuel Hartnett, courtesy of the artist and Artspace.
The space has been transformed by the two other local artists, Bilijana Popovic and Alexander Laurie, into a darkened, labyrinth-type maze that leads visitors in a specific direction while engaging with the works.
What: Level 1/300 Karangahape Rd
When: Fri 04 September - 10 October; Hours Mon – Fri 10am – 6pm, Sat 11am – 4pm
Price: Free
Airwheel
From Saturday 19 September, Airwheel New Zealand are running weekend group coaching sessions in Orakei and Devonport to give Aucklanders an opportunity to try this unusual transportation method.
Taster sessions are being held to teach people how to ride a new form of transport. Photo: Airwheel Facebook page.
Similar to an electronic unicycle, the self-stabilising Airwheel is simple to use. Pushing your toes down takes the Airwheel forward, while weight on the heel is used to stop the Airwheel or go backwards.
These ‘taster sessions’ will include a safety briefing, trying the Airwheel and one-on-one coaching under the eye of Airwheel professionals. Two-wheel or one-wheel options are available.
Owner and trainer David Blake said since their launch at the Big Boys Toys lifestyle show in October last year, there has been a “fantastic” response to the Airwheel.
Mr Blake said he has had people from ages four to 76 give the Airwheel a try, and despite appearances “it’s easier to use than it looks”.
What: Airwheel taster sessions at either Orakei Marina or Devonport Pier.
When: Weekends, Saturday, September 19-Sunday, October 4.
Price: $40 per one hour session (AUT students who attend the Devonport sessions will receive a 10 per cent discount with proof of ID)