Inspired by Kiri Danielle, who has now dedicated her life to cleaning up New Zealand, Mr Sio said the old messages of being a tidy Kiwi simply were not working.
"The massive amounts of effort and education placed on littering are just not working. We have to retrain people's mindset - the mindset to pick up rubbish, even if it is one piece.
"It does make a difference to pick up that one piece up."
Mr Sio and his group picked up rubbish from Takitimu Dr for about an hour, he said.
The Kiwi Daddys Bay of Plenty Facebook group was set up for Kiwi dads to have a yarn about life.
"I belong to Kiwi Daddys brotherhood, we have 60,000 members worldwide. In the Bay we have the core group of 600 members.
Tyrone Ronald Matoka and Jojo Kalolo, two Kiwi fathers in Sydney, started the page for Kiwi fathers to talk to each other and express what they were going through, Mr Sio said.
"In the group a man is able to tell his story without ridicule and judgement - it's huge."
The Bay group had been running since May, he said.
Mr Sio said the event was the first of many the group planned to help host.
"Through social media we will constantly champion other causes like suicide, homelessness and clean earth day."
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