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organisations about ecological restoration. Help bring back our natives.
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Monday, 14th May
2007
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
1. Calendar
2. NZERN News
3.
How to contact NZERN
1. CALENDAR
(This is a partial listing while the
events database is currently being updated)
This week
Monday 14 May
2007
New Zealand
ERIS Trust Meeting
Three monthly.
Phone conference.
5.30pm
Tuesday 15 May 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 15 May 2007
Otago
Forest & Bird (Dunedin) Monthly Meeting
3rd Tuesday.
7.45pm
Kakapo/Takahe Room, Otago Museum. Entry via Museum Carpark, Cumberland St
John Barkla, Department of Conservation. Conservation programmes for Otago s
threatened plants.
Contact: Ken Mason 03 476 7100
Tuesday 15 May 2007
New Zealand
NZERN Monthly Committee Meeting
Second Tuesday (except
January).
7.15pm.
Contact: National Secretary Simon Johnson ph: (03)
355-8150 E-mail: simonj-hrs@clear.net.nz
Wednesday 16 May 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 16 May 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 16 May 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 17 May 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 17 May 2007
Wellington
Otari-Wiltons 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
Saturday 19 May 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 19 May 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.
Scandrett Park, Walkworth.
This is one of the newer ARC Parks. Cost: $24. Bookings: Lou Kokich 376 4072
Saturday 19 May 2007
Canterbury
Lake Alexandrina Conservation
Trust Working Bee
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 and sensible
shoes. These days are always great fun, so see you there!
9am. We will have
a sausage sizzle to follow when you can meet new people and have a good
chat.
Contact: Mary Wallace
Saturday 19 May 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 19 May 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 20 May
2007
Auckland
Forest & Bird (Central Auckland) Monthly Meeting
3rd
Sunday (March -November).
2.30pm. Parnell Community Centre, 545 Parnell
Road
Speaker: Simon Fordham - Birds of Australia (and AGM). Simon is a keen
photographer, and this presentation of the amazingly diverse and colourful
birdlife of Australia should be one to mark in your calendar well in
advance.
Contact: Isabel Still ph 528-3986
Sunday 20 May 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 20 May 2007
Canterbury
Addington Bush
Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday).
10am. Weeding
Contact: Mike Peters
(03) 338 5451
Sunday 20 May 2007
Canterbury
Halswell Quarry Park
Planting Day
Halswell Quarry Park Visitor Centre, Kennedys Bush Road,
Halswell.
1-3pm.
Contact: Adam Willetts 027 4592 891
Sunday 20 May
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.
and next week...
Monday 21
May 2007
Auckland
Friends of Oakley (Te Auaunga) Creek Meeting
3rd
Monday.
7.30pm. Akarana Dog Obedience Society Club Rooms, Phyllis Reserve,
Springleigh Avenue, Mt Albert.
Contact: info@oakleycreek.org.nz
Monday
21 May 2007
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Meeting
3rd
Monday.
7.30pm. Victoria University, Wellington. Lecture Theatre 101,
ground floor, Murphy Building, west side of Kelburn Parade. Enter building
about 20 m down Kelburn Pde from pedestrian overbridge.
Members evening.
Please share your slides and photographic displays taken on BotSoc trips.
Tuesday 22 May 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 22 May 2007
Wellington
Tawa Bush Reserves - Working Bee
4th Tuesday.
1.30pm. 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
Weeding and clearing to make room for
further tree plantings during the winter. Please meet at Wilf Mexted
Reserve, top of Collins Avenue. Recommended to bring - boots, gloves, spade
or grubber, and clothing appropriate to the weather.
Contact: Norm
Robertson 04-232 6359
Wednesday 23 May 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 23 May 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
23 May 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 24 May 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 24 May 2007
Wellington
Otari-Wiltons 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
Saturday 26 May 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 (Families $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 26 May 2007
Wellington
Silverstream
Care Group
Last Saturday.
9am ? 12pm. Please meet on Eastern Hutt Road,
look out for the Take Care flag. Wear sturdy footwear and layers of warm
clothing. If you can, bring your own gloves and tools. Usually we will have
some spare tools if you just want to turn up. Morning tea is provided.
Saturday 26 May 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 27 May 2007
Auckland
Ark
in the Park
4th 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 27 May 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 27 May 2007
Auckland
Mutukaroa [Hamlins Hill] Park Care
Last Sunday.
1.30pm. Meet at
the main entrance Great South Road [40 metres north from Sylvia Park Rd] Mt
Wellington, Auckland.
Contact: Kit Howden 629 4694 or 021 0411667
Sunday 27 May 2007
Canterbury
Charlesworth Wetland Reserve Planting Day
Last Sunday.
10 am till 12 noon. Charlesworth Reserve. The work will
involve infill planting of coastal bush species along the bund and weeding
around existing plantings.
Contact: Victoria Keene 027 542 7490
Sunday
27 May 2007
Canterbury
Halswell Quarry Park Planting Day
Halswell
Quarry Park Visitor Centre, Kennedys Bush Road, Halswell.
1-3pm
Contact:
Adam Willetts 027 4592 891
Sunday 27 May 2007
Southland
NZERN
Southland Restoration Field Day
Annual.
Trip to Walden Ponds, Mason Road
and Bushy Point Restoration Project, Otatara. Contact Chris Rance 2131161
for details.
Contact: Chris Rance ph 213-1161 rances@ihug.co.nz
Sunday
27 May 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.
3. NZERN NEWS
13/05/2007
Restoration Directory
The Restoration Directory is a telephone directory
style listing of groups, restoration sites and native plant nurseries
involved in ecological restoration, and has been published since 1999 as a
series of printed regional directories.
The directory is currently being
edited with several thousand new entries or revisions sent in from 2005 to
2007 by NZERN members. This is quite a task, because conflicting revisions
are often sent in from different people and so have to be checked again.
Previously, the Restoration Directory was edited and published once a year
and mailed out to all members. From June 2007, it will be published monthly
with the latest updates, and will be freely available from our website in
PDF format.
Draft versions dated October 2006 are available from
http://www.bush.org.nz/telly/restorationdirectory.html
These draft
versions DO NOT contain the latest revisions and have a number of format
errors, including showing the size of each restoration site in square meters
rather than hectares.
Over several months, new features will be added
including:
- regional maps with a numbered dot showing the locations of
restoration sites
- each restoration site to be able to have a picture or
map.
- agencies (with services available)
- paid yellow pages style
advertising at the back as a fundraiser.
More information on the planned
enhancements are contained in the Restoration Directory Publishing Standard
available from
http://www.bush.org.nz/telly/restorationdirectory.html
Denise Ford from Travis Wetland Trust is doing the computer programming
necessary to enable fully automated publishing.
Biofunds kindly provided
several years funding to help with the massive editing task.
http://www.biodiversity.govt.nz/land/nzbs/pvtland/condition.html
You can
give feedback to Bush Telly on the layout of the Restoration Directory to
http://www.bush.org.nz/telly/contact.html
4. 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/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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