Dunedin’s Mayor invites you to this community picnic and presentation of prizes for the Let’s Grow Native Garden Competition winners. Dress as your favourite flora or fauna!

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Golf courses provide some of the most valuable green spaces in many cities. Play some golf, listen to tui and bellbirds and find out what the Port Chalmers Golf Club is doing to encourage, promote and preserve native flora and fauna. Beginners welcome. Spare golf equipment available. Pre-registration is essential.

Orienteering involves a map, a compass, a course – and speed. Dunedin Orienteering plans to host an event which combines these elements and celebrates Dunedin’s biodiversity.

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For those who make crafts and those who just love to buy them - Dunkley's Great New Zealand Craft Shows are New Zealand's most popular and exciting craft events. 2010 will be Dunkleys' 28th year of organising New Zealand's largest and most popular craft shows. To date we have held over 365 shows, and attracted more than 3.9 million visitors.

Craft sales are in excess of $97 million. Shows are held at locations throughout the country from Whangarei to Invercargill, giving craft-lovers everywhere the chance to meet directly with our nation's most talented craftspeople.

Get involved in Conservation Week and celebrate New Zealand’s unique wildlife, natural areas and historic places. Check out the Conservation Week website for Dunedin events.

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Roll up for the big roll down! The iconic event of the Dunedin Cadbury Chocolate Carnival is back! Watch 30,000 Cadbury Giant Jaffas scramble down Baldwin Street, the steepest street in the world. Stare in awe as they come bouncing toward you, hurtling on their exhilarating high-speed journey.

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Explore the Hereweka Harbour Cone property and learn how it contributes to the Otago Peninsula now and in the future.

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The 2010 festival, themed "food for thought" will stimulate your senses, inspiring discussion on the intersection between food and science. From farm to fork, topics such as food production, nutrition and consumption will be on the menu. Be prepared to be challenged.

Two world renowned experts have been confirmed for the 2010 New Zealand International Science Festival.

In keeping with the theme, the visiting experts have expertise associated with environmental issues and health.

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What better way to celebrate the shortest day of the year and raise awareness of biodiversity? Bring your crocheting and knitting and warm up a tree by dressing it for the cold.

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Join the Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust as members and friends continue their plantings of native trees and shrubs on the Okia Reserve. You will be helping create homes and breeding sites for generations of rare Hoiho.