Keep Christchurch Beautiful

06/10/2026

👋🏼🌳🌏It’s that time of year again.
Keep Christchurch Beautiful is calling for nominations.

Do you know a volunteer, community group, or business that has gone above and beyond to keep our city clean, green, and beautiful?

Send in your nominations now for the 2026 Keep Christchurch Beautiful Volunteer Awards. Nominations can be sent via Facebook or Instagram or by email at [email protected]

To nominate someone, simply send us the name and details of the person, community group or business you would like to nominate, along with a paragraph or more explaining why you believe they deserve to receive a Keep Christchurch Beautiful Volunteer Award.

We want to hear about the people and organisations going above and beyond to make our communities cleaner, greener and more beautiful! 🌿

01/10/2026

🌏🌳Last weekend, Keep Christchurch Beautiful teamed up with the University of Canterbury and the Student Volunteer Army for a fantastic community cleanup.

💪🏼With a wonderful turnout, we collected around 120 kilos of litter, and about 30 kilos was able to be recycled, which is great for our city!

🌭After all that hard work, everyone enjoyed some well-earned kai together.

💚We’re really proud of the community spirit on display, and we’re looking forward to more events like this with our incredible partners.

10/09/2026

🗑️ 40kg+ of rubbish. Less than an hour. 💪🌿

The Keep Christchurch Beautiful team teamed up with Christchurch City Council staff for a clean-up at Cross Street — collecting more than 40kg of rubbish, including illegal dumping, in under an hour! 👏

It’s amazing what can be achieved when we get stuck in together. 🤝💚

One street cleaner, one community at a time. 🌿

10/09/2026

🌳🌏Have you been wanting to volunteer in your community or around Ōtautahi Christchurch?! Now is your chance!
Sign up here!
We can’t wait to see you!
In conjunction with the amazing Student Volunteer Army!🌏🌳

10/09/2026

🌿 Young people making a difference! 💚

We love hearing about families getting out into their own communities and doing their bit to keep Christchurch clean, green and beautiful.

The other weekend, Sophia and Amelia, along with their mum Vicky, took on their first clean-up. At first glance, the area looked pretty tidy — but after a closer look, they managed to fill a whole bag with rubbish, as well as collecting some larger pieces of plastic.

And the best part? They had plenty of local residents stopping to say hello, have a chat and show their support. 👏

A huge well done to Sophia and Amelia for getting stuck in! It’s a great reminder that you don’t have to wait for a big organised event to make a difference. Sometimes it starts with a rubbish bag, a pair of gloves and a willingness to help.

Thank you to Vicky for sharing their clean-up with us — we’re looking forward to seeing the girls at some of our community clean-ups in the future! 🌱

If you’ve been out doing your own clean-up, we’d love to hear about it and see what you’ve been up to. Tag Keep Christchurch Beautiful in your photos! 💚

08/09/2026

🌳🌏Have you been wanting to volunteer in your community or around Ōtautahi Christchurch?! Now is your chance!
Sign up here!
We can’t wait to see you!
In conjunction with the amazing Student Volunteer Army!🌏🌳

Be a part of Keep New Zealand Beautiful Clean Up Week by cleaning up the streets and streams around the University. Waders for in the stream and lunch provided.

01/09/2026

💪🏽🌳🌈🚮Last Saturday, Keep Christchurch Beautiful teamed up with incredible volunteers in Linwood Village for a community clean up.

And wow, what a day!
Together, we collected 110 kilos of rubbish and 10 kilos of recycling.
There were some interesting finds too. And yes, we mean needles. So, safety gear and care were super important.
Special thanks to all the volunteers who showed up, dug in,and made a difference.
We appreciate you, and we look forward to the next cleanup.
Let’s keep Christchurch beautiful, together.
🚮🌈🌳💪🏽

26/08/2026

Hi 👁️ the weather is looking great for Saturday's clean up in Linwood Village. If you can spare an hour or more, please come join us. Many hands make light work 😁

04/08/2026

Kia ora team, hope you had opp to enjoy today's snow flurries in Christchurch ❄️ nature's pure beauty reminds us of how things should be. We have one simple mission ... and that is to Keep Christchurch Beautiful 😍 will be posting some events soon, so please come join us 😊

04/06/2026

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