Growers & Makers Market
2025-05-31 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-07-05 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-11-01 10:00 - 14:00, 2025-12-20 10:00 - 14:00 (Pacific/Auckland) | Claris Conference Centre

Bird Aversion Training - Free
2025-11-02 09:00 - 15:00
Bird Avoidance Training is taking place on Aotea this Weekend on Sunday 2nd November in Okiwi, Okupu, Medlands and Tryphena. Bird Avoidance Training can minimise the threat of dogs injuring or killing native birds. Like people, some dogs learn faster than others…
You can teach an old dog new tricks – but it may take a little longer, so even if your
dog has had training before, we encourage you to put them through again this session.
Details: Sunday 2nd November
9 – 10 AM at Okiwi Airstrip
10.30-11.30 PM at Okupu Beach
12-1.30 PM at Medlands Campground
2 – 3 PM at Sunken Rock Sailing Club, Puriri Bay

Garden Tour 2025
2025-11-29 09:00 - 17:00 | Claris Sports Club, 19 Whangaparapara Road, Claris, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Welcome to the Aotea Great Barrier Island Garden Tour Adventure
In 2025, the Totara, Kauri, Rewa and Nikau Garden Tours will be on Saturday Welcome to the Aotea Great Barrier Island Garden Tour Adventure
In 2025, the Totara, Kauri, Rewa and Nikau Garden Tours will be on Saturday 29th of November.
Bookings are open! Check out the details here
This is a unique opportunity to view a variety of residential gardens on the Island. The guided tours will enable you to visit charming cottage gardens, to see spectacular coastal panoramas and experience the hidden native flora and birdlife. The ticket includes tour transportation, a scrumptious Morning Tea and a charming Devonshire Afternoon Tea.
The Garden Tour is a major fundraiser for the Great Barrier Island Community Health Trust, enabling it to purchase equipment for use on the Island. The event involves many 100’s of hours of community volunteer time and energy and the participant feedback has been outstanding. It has become a very popular event, national and international celebrities who have participated in the past tours, quote that it is ‘a must-do event’ for every keen adventurous gardener.
Our Guest Speaker in 2024 Jules Moore comments:
It was supposed to be a chance to share my experience as a gardener, landscaper and horticulturist for over 4 decades. Culminating in achieving a gold medal at the Singapore International Garden show in 2024.Instead, I was introduced to the resilience of your community, the mana of respect your community has for its bountiful nature. You harness the natural resources around you to enrich your physical and mental health. You really garden from the heart. Each garden encapsulated the soul of the gardener.
I came away with such an appreciation for the ethos you all work within. Each person I spoke to had a personal story to tell and the garden was at the heart of it. Gardening is good for the soul and your community is made up of so many beautiful souls that on reflection I came away wishing I was a part of your community.

Santa Parade Market
2025-12-06 10:00 - 14:00 | Claris Conference Centre
Please contact clarisclub@xtra.co.nz for stall bookings

Afterglow Festival 2026
2026-01-24 14:00 - 2026-01-25 00:00 | Claris Sports Club, 19 Whangaparapara Road, Claris, Great Barrier Island, New Zealand
Coming to Aotea, Great Barrier Island in 2026…..
✨ Afterglow! ✨
A brand new family friendly music festival bringing some of Aotearoa’s finest musical talent to the beautiful motu (island).
🎶 Saturday 24th January 2026 🎶
LINE UP:
Tiki Tanne
DJ Axis + MC Tiki
Black Comet
Lost Tribe Aotearoa
Floorplay
ADZ
Neski
Row-Z
Tickets on sale now from www.afterglowfestival.nz
