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
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Monday, 3rd
September 2007
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
1. NZERN News
2. Calendar
3. How to contact NZERN
1. NZERN NEWS
20 people are now helping test
the new NZERN members-only website accessed with their passwords. Some great
suggestions have been received resulting in a lot of improvements to the
ease of use. As a result, progress has been a little slower than expected,
but in the long run will save a lot of time and make it as easy to use as
possible.
Some people want pop-up forms and others want the forms on the
main web pages. Both options are being provided for. Some experimentation
has been done with older members who have poorer eyesite and who like
everything on the screen really big! - We have now got that nailed as well.
Some people have found some of the names for different sections a little
confusing. So some new names have been dreamed up that better describe
purpose (Thanks for all the suggestions). The personal calendar now only
shows the comming events that someone wants to be notified about.
It is
also possible to add lots of clever code to the web pages to achieve these
aims, however this greatly increases the size of the web pages and adversly
affects many of our members with snail pace dial-up who live in rural areas.
Our aim is to make the web pages as small and simple as possible.
Many
more members will get their passwords later this week as testing proceeds.
None of this testing and tweaking will take very long, and everyones help,
patience and written feedback is very much appreciated.
You can get a bit
of an idea of whats what at
http://www.help.bush.org.nz/eng/standard/index.html
Mike
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
Monday 3 September 2007
Nelson
Nelson Ornithological
Society Meeting
Usually 1st Monday.
7.15 pm, upstairs at 50 Halifax
Street, Nelson
Contact: Steve Wood (03) 528-6438
Monday 3 September
2007
Wellington
Wellington Ornithological Society Meeting
1st Monday.
Conservation House, Wellington.
Contact: Ian Armitage (04) 232-7470
Tuesday 4 September 2007
Auckland
Auckland Ornithological Society
1st
Tuesday (except January).
7.45pm Natural Science Building 23, Unitec, Point
Chevalier.
Contact: Suzi Phillips (09) 479-5395
Tuesday 4 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 4 September 2007
Taranaki
Taranaki
Ornithological Society Meeting
First Tuesday (except January).
7.30pm
Contact: Barry Hartley (06) 757 8644
Wednesday 5 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 5 September 2007
Manawatu - Wanganui
Manawatu Ornithological Society Beach Patrol
1st
Wednesday.
and on other beaches at irregular times.
Contact: Ian Saville
(06) 323-1441
Wednesday 5 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 5
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 6 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 6 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
Friday 7 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 7
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 8
September 2007
Canterbury
Otamahua/Quail Island Winter Planting Days
Saturdays & Sundays (Winter).
Ferry departs 'B' jetty Lyttelton at 9.20am,
returns at 3.30pm. The ferry is free for participants, bookings essential.
Please bring spade or grubber, strong footwear, warm clothing with hat,
lunch and a drink.
Maximum of 35 participants.
Contact: Phone Bev & Ian
MacDonald (03) 332-5322 ihmacd@paradise.net.nz
Saturday 8 September
2007
Wellington
Otari-Wilton's Bush Trust
2nd Saturday.
Workbee.
Meet: 9am 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
Saturday 8 September 2007
Wellington
Owhiro
Stream
2nd Saturday.
Workbee
Saturday 8 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 9 September 2007
Auckland
Ark in the Park
2nd Sunday.
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
Sunday 9 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 9 September 2007
Canterbury
Halswell Quarry Park Regular Working Bee
2nd Sunday (except January).
1 -
3 pm. Halswell Quarry Park Visitor Centre, Kennedy's Bush Road, Halswell.
Contact: Adam Willetts 027 4592 891
Sunday 9 September 2007
Canterbury
Otamahua/Quail Island Winter Planting Days
Saturdays & Sundays
(Winter).
Ferry departs 'B' jetty Lyttelton at 9.20am, returns at 3.30pm.
The ferry is free for participants, bookings essential. Please bring spade
or grubber, strong footwear, warm clothing with hat, lunch and a drink.
Family BBQ day - maximum of 95 participants.
Contact: Phone Bev & Ian
MacDonald (03) 332-5322 ihmacd@paradise.net.nz
Sunday 9 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.
Sunday 9 September 2007
Wellington
Tawa Bush Reserves - Working Bee
2nd Sunday.
1.30 pm - 4 pm.
Improve public access tracks in Redwood Bush, tree planting, weeding around
planted trees, pest plant removal. For updates on latest planned activities
please see www.tawabush.wellington.net.nz
Contact: Richard Herbert 04-232
6828
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.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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