More FM Queenstown, Wanaka and Central Otago is proud to support Wao Summit 2022 – A Festival for sustaibaility – Celebrating five years of action and education!
Do you want to make a difference?
Are you passionate about sustainability?
Want to learn how to implement and snowball regenerative practice?
Welcome, you’ve come to the right place!!
Celebrating five years of action and education, our six-day Wao
Summit is a 360 degree approach to creating and fostering tangible,
social and environmental change at every level.
Whether you’re new here or been on this ride for a while, we have
kōrero, workshops, films and tours - all designed to help you, help
the planet.
We need to act now to decarbonise our economy, restore and
increase biodiversity and ensure we look after the wellbeing of our
communities along the way.
Simply put, our planet is dying and we need to do something about
it. Like, yesterday.
Join us and get involved. This is your future.
GET INVOLVED AND GRAB YOUR TICKETS HERE
Who is Wao?
He Wāhi Tūhāhā. He Āmua Whakaohooho | A Unique Place. An
Inspiring Future.
Our aim is to educate, inspire and enable New Zealand
communities to accelerate towards a carbon-zero, regenerative
future and beyond.
We are living in a decade of massive change spurred on by the
reality of climate change, a shift in economic paradigms and
measures taken to mitigate the impact of COVID-19. This is going to
bring many challenges and but also opportunities.
To adapt to the new economic and environmental reality, we will
have to change the way that we govern, work and behave. With this
in mind, Wao was set up to help communities through this transition
period. We look to inspire, educate and enable communities to look
towards the opportunities created by this transition and help to
shape a future that looks towards not just a sustainable future, but
one where we give back more than we take.
What is the meaning of Wao?
The forest, with its intrinsic diversity, natural regeneration and
climate regulating abilities.