Kereru is a weekly NZ e-mail for all community participants and
organisations about ecological restoration. Help bring back our natives.
Kereru is available at
http://www.bush.org.nz/kereru/
Monday, 10th
September 2007
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
1. NZERN News
2. Calendar
3. How to contact NZERN
1. NZERN NEWS
The look and ease of use of the
members discussion forums and mailing list has been finalised. Thanks to
those who have helped with the testing and written feedback last week.
The on-line Help Desks are now being completed with testing underway this
week by a range of members chosen at random. The Help Desks are a way for a
team of unpaid volunteers any where in the world to efficiently provide a
high level of service to all members in a sustainable way. A Help Desk can
be accessed by all members via secure web pages on the internet.
2.
CALENDAR
(This is a partial listing while the events database is currently
being updated)
more calendar at
http://www.bush.org.nz/whatson/calendar.html
This week
Tuesday 11
September 2007
Auckland
South Auckland Ornithological Society Meeting
2nd Tuesday (Feb - Nov).
7.45pm Papakura Croquet Clubrooms, 5 Chapel St,
Papakura.
Contact: David Lawrie (09) 238-8407
Tuesday 11 September
2007
Canterbury
Summit Rd Society - Ohinetahi Work Party
Tuesdays.
9am - 3pm. Maintain Society Reserve above Governors Bay
Contact: Mike White
Ph 03 312 1551
Tuesday 11 September 2007
New Zealand
NZERN Monthly
Committee Meeting
Second Tuesday (except January).
6.30pm.
Contact:
National Secretary Simon Johnson ph: (03) 355-8150 E-mail:
simonj-hrs@clear.net.nz
Tuesday 11 September 2007
Southland
Forest
& Bird (Southland) Meeting
Venue for talks SIT Tay Street, Room B1/11
commencing at 7.30pm except the AGM which will start at 7.00pm.
Water
Matters? - a precious resource, a dynamic ecosystem - a Southland
perspective - Eric Edwards DOC Freshwater Ecologist.
Contact: Barbara Boyd
(03) 216 0353
Tuesday 11 September 2007
Wellington
Trelissick
Park, Ngaio Gorge Working Party
2nd Tuesday.
Workbee.
Contact: Frances
Lee (479-2600)
Wednesday 12 September 2007
Auckland
Tahuna Torea
Reserve Park Care
Wednesday.
Volunteers required for park care tasks
including releasing [weeding] and tree planting. End of West Tamaki Road,
Glendowie. 9.30am.
Contact: Ph. David Bowden, Parks Volunteer Coordinator
on 09 3792020
Wednesday 12 September 2007
Wellington
Manawa Karioi
Working Bee
Wednesdays.
10am - 3.30pm. Tools & lunch provided
Contact:
Morgan Cox, phone 383 9987, or Sally Bowman, phone 934 7041
Wednesday
12 September 2007
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday.
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Contact: Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 13 September 2007
Northland
Northland Ornithological Society
2nd Thursday.
Evening meeting
Contact: Dave Crockett (09) 435-0954
Thursday 13 September 2007
Southland
Southland Ornithogical Society Evening Meetings
2nd Thursday.
(In conjunction with Field Club) 7.30pm.
Contact: Phil Rhodes (03) 213-1228
or Lloyd Esler (03) 213-0404
Thursday 13 September 2007
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday.
8.30am - noon at Riwai Street for
planting and release work.
Contact: John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027, Judy
Petterson grandjudy@paradise.net.nz
Thursday 13 September 2007
Wellington
Otari-Wilton's Bush Trust
Thursday.
Workbee. Meet: 8.30am
Information Centre / Te Marae o Tane, 160 Wilton Road, Wilton.
Contact: Ph:
Jonathan Kennett or Bronwen Wall 472 5891, e-mail: jonathan@kennett.co.nz
Thursday 13 September 2007
Wellington
Wairarapa Ornithological
Society Meeting
2nd Thursday (except January).
7.30pm. Venue alternating
between Masterton and Greytown
Contact: Barbara Lovatt (06) 304-9948
Friday 14 September 2007
Southland
Southland Community Nursery Work Day
Fridays.
Propagate your own native plants for free. Open Fridays, phone
the evening before
Contact: Chris Rance (03) 213-1161 or email
rances@ihug.co.nz http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rances/
Friday 14
September 2007
Waikato
Hamilton Junior Naturalists Club
Fridays.
7 -
8.30 pm down at the Gardens in the Wintec Horticultural Centre.
Contact:
Dave Matthews (07) 846-4013 (home) or (07) 850-8458 (work)
Saturday 15
September 2007
Auckland
Ark in the Park
3rd Saturday.
Meet: Cascades
Rangers' workshop behind the Rangers' house, Cascades Kauri Park
Contact:
John Sumich 818 5267 cjnk@xtra.co.nz or Karen Colgan 837 0443
mcolgan@netaccess.co.nz
Saturday 15 September 2007
Auckland
Forest
& Bird (Central Auckland) Trip
Unless otherwise stated the bus will leave
from the lower Albert Street bus stop at 9.00 am. Trips heading south also
pick up at Harp of Erin. Trips heading north also pick up at Point
Chevalier. Please book with the person named for the trip you wish to go on,
and advise where you will be boarding the bus. You should be suitably clad
and shod for the area and conditions expected.
Rain Forest Express. Ride
WaterCare's historic bush tramline in the heart of the Waitakeres. Cost:
$29.00 (includes train ride) - payable on booking please. Bookings: Isabel
Still 528 3986.
Saturday 15 September 2007
Canterbury
Lake
Alexandrina Conservation Trust Working Bee
3rd Saturday.
9.30am Lake
Alexandrina outlet. There is plenty of work to do to improve the lake
surrounds by clearing briar and wilding pines, so come along and bring your
friends, leather gloves, lopping shears or secateurs and sensible shoes.
These days are always great fun, so see you there!
South end and include
DoC chainsaw assessment
Contact: Mary Wallace
Saturday 15 September
2007
Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Working Party
3rd Saturday.
Time: 9am - 12 noon Place: Meet at the Travis Wetland Educaton Centre, end
of Beach Road. The workdays are an opportunity to learn about wetland
ecology and restoration. Stay as long as you wish. Gumboots are recommended.
Contact: Joe Greenaway (03) 383 2073
Saturday 15 September 2007
Waikato
Jubilee Bush Care Group
3rd Saturday.
9am. Weedbusting
tradescantia and ongoing maintenance. Bring a rake, stout footwear,
gardening gloves, and stay for a barbecue and juice afterwards.
Contact:
Katherine at the Environment Centre (07) 839-4452
Saturday 15 September
2007
Wellington
Southern Environmental Association
Saturdays.
2 -
6pm. Workbee for SEA forest / coastal restoration project. Potting up,
weeding and planting. Meet at the SEA native plant nursery, Lower Murchison
Street, Island Bay, Wellington. (on the western side of the park, accessed
by entering the park opposite 21 Murchison Street). All help is welcomed,
even for a short time. Tools and afternoon tea provided
Contact: June Epsom
(04) 384 5175
Sunday 16 September 2007
Auckland
Motutapu
Restoration Trust - Work Day
1st, 3rd and 5th Sunday of each month, except
where the Sunday coincides with a long weekend..
The Motutapu Restoration
Trust holds regular volunteer work days where you can help in the
conservation work on the island.
Nursery/weedbusting
Contact: Please
register by email (admin@motutapu.org.nz) or by phone 09-524-5072 or
09-522-0919 if you plan to join us (we need to have an indication of numbers
for our planning).
Sunday 16 September 2007
Canterbury
Addington
Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday).
10am spring weed control
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Sunday 16 September 2007
Canterbury
Clarevale Reserve Working Party
Sundays.
1 - 4pm, Clarevale
Reserve, Travis Country Drive. Native Habitats restoring and caring for a
corner of Travis Wetland in association with a study of the re-establishment
of kahikatea forest. Please bring gumboots, work clothes and gloves if you
have them. Other tools provided.
Contact: Contact Dave Evans beforehand as
times and days are flexible and may vary. ph 366 0628,
dave.evans@alliedtelesyn.co.nz
Sunday 16 September 2007
Marlborough
Marlborough OSNZ - Lake Grassmere Count
3rd Sunday.
Contact: Mike Bell
(03) 577-9818
Sunday 16 September 2007
Wellington
Common Ground
Sundays.
11 a.m. - 3 p.m. Ground clearance, gorse cutting, seaweed
collection, building compost heaps and plots, composting, pruning. BYO
tools. All welcome, rain or shine. Meet at Home of Compassion, Island Bay,
behind Aubert Childcare Centre.
Contact: Donna Byrne
donna.byrne@paradise.net.nz.
more calendar at
http://www.bush.org.nz/whatson/calendar.html
3. HOW TO CONTACT NZERN
NZERN's main on-line resource is at www.bush.org.nz. Please encourage people
to use this and let us know how they would like to see it developed. People
without easy access to a computer can still use this resource at most public
libraries.
Useful Pages
* http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/ - about NZERN.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/whatson/ - what is on in your area, how to
volunteer.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/toolbox/ - look up suitable native
plants for your area.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/directory/ - list of groups,
nurseries and restoration sites. Help with a restoration project in your
area!
* http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/ - forums
*
http://www.help.bush.org.nz - how the members only website works
How to
contact NZERN
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/contact.html
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