Wao is a collective dedicated to a regenerative future.

Delivering climate action events and educational programmes that inspire, educate and enable communities to live in balance within a thriving, diverse ecosystem.

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When a pebble is dropped, a ripple is spread.

Wao is a community non-profit set up to educate, inspire and enable New Zealand communities to move towards a regenerative future. Our programmes and events are focused on mainstreaming sustainability and fostering diversity - not just in the Southern Lakes but across the entire country.

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First Timer’s Guide to the Wao Summit 2024

Celebrate Nature: A Family Festival of Fun, Music, and Conservation

Level Up Your Business: Embrace Sustainability and Security at the Queenstown Sessions

2050: Who Will We Be and How Will We Feed Ourselves?

So much food but nothing on the table?

Better Building in New Zealand: A Matter of Public Health and Sustainability

Running a Waste-Free Wao Summit: Sustainable Practices in Action

Global Expertise in Our Backyard: Wao Summit’s Climate & Biodiversity Day

Our Shifting World; A Focus On Migration

Purpose-driven business, the new normal, get used to it.

Addressing emotional impacts of climate uncertainty.

Pioneering sustainable construction.

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Wao Climate Action Initiative

We are actively seeking not-for-profit organisations and social enterprises to join the next intake of our Climate Action Reduction Programme. Are you interested? Register your interest to get involved.