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Monday, 6th
August 2007
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
1. Calendar
2. How to
contact NZERN
1. 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 6 August
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 6 August 2007
New Zealand
Conservation Week
1st
week in August.
A week long series of events to promote conservation.
Celebrated since 1969.
Contact: Department of Conservation
www.doc.govt.nz
Monday 6 August 2007
New Zealand
ERIS Trust Meeting
Three
monthly.
Phone conference.
5.30pm
Monday 6 August 2007
Wellington
Wellington Ornithological Society Meeting
1st Monday.
Conservation House,
Wellington.
Contact: Ian Armitage (04) 232-7470
Tuesday 7 August 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 7 August 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
7 August 2007
Taranaki
Taranaki Ornithological Society Meeting
First
Tuesday (except January).
7.30pm
Contact: Barry Hartley (06) 757 8644
Wednesday 8 August 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 8 August 2007
Manawatu - Wanganui
Manawatu Ornithological
Society Meeting
2nd Wed - Feb, May, Aug, Nov.
8pm Lido Centre, Park St,
Palmerston North.
Contact: Ian Saville (06) 323-1441
Wednesday 8
August 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 8 August 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 9 August 2007
Northland
Northland Ornithological
Society
2nd Thursday.
Evening meeting
Contact: Dave Crockett (09)
435-0954
Thursday 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 9 August 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 10
August 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 10 August 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 11 August 2007
Auckland
Motuihe Trust
Saturdays on 2nd & 4th weekend..
Planting trees, collecting
seeds, nursery work, general maintenance, weed control.Transport: KawauKat
360 Discovery, Pier 3 at 9.15am. Cost $19.00 return (Family's $50). Depart
Motuihe at 2.30pm and 5.30pm. Purchase tickets at KawauKat Office adjacent
to Pier 3
Contact: For more information, contact: info@motuihe.org.nz 0800
MOTUIHE (0800 668844) www.motuihe.org.nz
Saturday 11 August 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 11 August 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 11 August 2007
Wellington
Owhiro Stream
2nd Saturday.
Workbee
Saturday 11 August 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 12
August 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 12 August 2007
Auckland
Motuihe
Trust
Sundays on 2nd & 4th weekend..
Planting trees, collecting seeds,
nursery work, general maintenance, weed control. Transport: Fullers Ferry,
Pier 1 at 9.15am and Devonport at 9.20am. Cost $15.00. Depart Motuihe at
4.30pm. Purchase tickets from Fullers ticket office
Contact: For more
information, contact: info@motuihe.org.nz 0800 MOTUIHE (0800 668844)
www.motuihe.org.nz
Sunday 12 August 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 12 August 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 12 August 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
Sunday
12 August 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 12 August 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
and next week ...
Tuesday 14 August 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 14 August 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 14 August
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.
Illustrated talk - ?Other options for dealing with waste in an
environmentally friendly way? - Neville Burt, Director of Bokashi NZ Ltd.
www.bokashi.co.nz.
Contact: Barbara Boyd (03) 216 0353
Tuesday 14
August 2007
Wellington
Trelissick Park, Ngaio Gorge Working Party
2nd
Tuesday.
Workbee.
Contact: Frances Lee (479-2600)
Wednesday 15 August
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 15 August
2007
Waikato
Waikato Ornithological Society Meeting
3rd Wednesday.
7.30pm, DoC Area Office, 5 Northway St (off Te Rapa Rd), Hamilton City.
Contact: Martin Day (07) 827-3047
Wednesday 15 August 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 15 August 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
16 August 2007
Auckland
Motuihe Trust
Sundays on 2nd & 4th weekend..
Planting trees, collecting seeds, nursery work, general maintenance, weed
control. Transport: Fullers Ferry, Pier 1 at 9.15am and Devonport at 9.20am.
Cost $15.00. Depart Motuihe at 4.30pm. Purchase tickets from Fullers ticket
office
Contact: For more information, contact: info@motuihe.org.nz 0800
MOTUIHE (0800 668844) www.motuihe.org.nz
Thursday 16 August 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 16 August 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 17 August 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 17 August
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 18
August 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 18 August 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.
Eastern Suburbs Reserves.
Explore some more reserves in this area and enjoy a hot pub lunch! Cost:
$30.00 (includes lunch). Bookings: Sally Hally 528 7506.
Saturday 18
August 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 18 August 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 18 August 2007
Southland
Te
Rere Working Bee
Four times a year.
Your chance to help hoiho at Forest
and Bird's Te Rere Reserve. Depart 8.30am Southland Museum. Transport also
from Dunedin. www.converge.org.nz/fbsth
Te Rere work day. Leaders Tony
Bretherick (2186137) and John Henderson (2131245).
Contact: Brian Rance,
Invercargill (03) 213 1161, Margaret Murrell, Dunedin (03) 454-4966
Saturday 18 August 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 18
August 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 19 August 2007
Auckland
Forest & Bird
(Central Auckland) Monthly Meeting
3rd Sunday (March -November).
2.30pm.
Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road
Speaker: Tim Martin - Kaikoura
Island. Tim is an ecologist and trustee of Kaikaura Island. Come along and
find out the plans for the island.
Contact: Isabel Still ph 528-3986
Sunday 19 August 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.
Planting
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 19 August 2007
Canterbury
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday).
10am.
Planting
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Sunday 19 August 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 19 August 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
Sunday 19 August 2007
Marlborough
Marlborough OSNZ - Lake Grassmere Count
3rd Sunday.
Contact: Mike Bell
(03) 577-9818
Sunday 19 August 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
2. 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!
How to contact NZERN
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/contact.html
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