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, 7th May
2007
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
1. Calendar
2. Noticeboard
3.
NZERN News
4. How to contact NZERN
1. CALENDAR
(This is a partial
listing while the events database is currently being updated)
Tuesday 8
May 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.
AGM meeting and illustrated talk - Takahe - the last 50
years. Rediscovery of the takahe in 1948 with Joan and Rex Watson and takahe
management today - Jane Maxwell DOC Te Anau
Contact: Barbara Boyd (03) 216
0353
Wednesday 9 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
Saturday 12 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 12 May 2007
Southland
Tautuku Working
Bee
Saturday and Sunday Visit and help out at Lenz Reserve.
Weekend 12-13
May 2007 - Tautuku Work weekend in the Catlins. Book free accommodation with
Tony Bretherick 2186137.
Contact: Barbara Boyde (03) 2160353
Saturday
12 May 2007
Wellington
Restoration Day - A celebration of restoration
in the Wellington Region
A chance to share skills, experience and catch up
with what is happening in Wellington.
Restoring lowland forests:
Tauherenikau Racecourse just out of Featherston. 8.30am - 4pm. Keynote
speaker: Dr Geoff Park. To register, please email caregroups@gw.govt.nz
Saturday 12 May 2007
Canterbury
Meurky Walk
Walk around the hidden
native spots of Christchurch with Dr Colin Meurk. All Welcome. Bring lunch,
drink and gold coins for shared shuttles back to our cars.
Meet 9am on
Chattertons Rd at the entrance to the Canterbury Clay Target Club - about
2km west of Orana Park entrance.
Contact: Colin Meurk (phone 321 9740),
meurkc@landcareresearch.co.nz
Sunday 13 May 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 13 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
Monday 14 May 2007
New
Zealand
ERIS Trust Meeting
Three monthly.
8pm. Phone conference.
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 Otagos 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
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
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
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).
2. NOTICEBOARD
from Barry Wards of Wellington ...
You are invited to:
New Zeland Ecological Restoration Network - Wellington Region
Restoration
Day 2007
Restoring Lowland Forests
Celebrating ecological restoration in
the Wellington Region
Saturday 12 May 2007, 9am - 4pm
Tauherenikau
Racecourse, SH2, 3km from Featherston
Admission Free, Lunch provided
Bring along someone new and go into the draw to win a $100 book voucher
donated by Touchwood Books
Programme
8.30am Set up group displays
9.00am Registration and workshop confirmation
9.20am Introduction
9.30am
Keynote address: Dr Geoff Park
10.30am Morning tea
11am Wairarapa Roundup
speaker (15 min each)
11.45am Activities and talks session 1
12.45pm Lunch
1.30pm Activities and talks session 2
2.30pm Activities and talks session
3
3.30pm Afternoon tea
3.45pm Closing speeches & thanks
4.00pm Finish
Talks
A. Life after Death restoring Pukaha (Mt Bruce)
Tony Silbery,
Ranger (Restoration), Pukaha, Mt Bruce
Intensive pest control at Pukaha /
Mount Bruce has breathed new life back into the forest by taking away the
pressure of most introduced mammals. The forest is now home to new
populations of kaka, kiwi, and kokako, along with rejuvenated populations of
other forest birds. The forest itself is also thriving with flowers and
fruit in a profusion not seen for many years.
B. Mistletoe hunting in
forest remnants
Harvey Phillips, Biosecurity Officer, Greater Wellington
Regional Council
Find out more about our fascinating native mistletoe
species, how to identify them, where they occur, their likely habitat and
what plant species they usually grow on. Also good websites and who to
contact when you find them.
C. Rarities to weeds: what have you got on
your property?
Pat Enright, local expert
This talk will discuss the flora
of the Wairarapa, the variety in the different ecological districts, taipo
vegetation, wetland vegetation, weeds in general and some in particular. If
time permits it will also cover how to go about getting permission and
surveying a site. It takes at least a year and several visits to thoroughly
cover a site properly, and this may contrast with sites that are surveyed
once and a decision made on that survey as to its ecological value.
D.
Museum pieces or living treasures? Threatened flora & fauna of Wairarapas
forest remnants
John Sawyer, Plant Ecologist, Department of Conservation
This talk/workshop will describe some of the most important elements of the
flora and fauna of the Wairarapa and conservation measures required to
ensure their survival. From the newly described endemic Tararua matipo
(Myrsine umbricola) to nationally threatened plants such as the woodrose
(Dactylanthus taylori) and all 8 species of mistletoe (such as Alepis
flavida, Peraxilla tetrapetala, Korthalsella clavata and Tupeia antarctica)
- the Wairarapa is full of botanical treasures. The importance of the animal
life of the Wairarapa cannot be overstated with many species, such as the
short tailed bat and the kereru, playing vital roles. Other threatened
wildlife include the spotted skink, the katipo spider and the endemic
Notoreus moth. Are all these natural treasures becoming isolated museum
pieces destined for extinction? Some of the many actions necessary to
protect the Wairarapa's plant and animal life will be described such as
maintaining linkages between forest remnants and preventing the spread of
exotic pest plants and animals.
E. Lizards of our region
Richard Romijn,
Environmental Educator, Greater Wellington Regional Council
Come and learn
about the lizards of the Wellington region, past and present. Find out why
some species have become locally extinct and the threats that are faced by
those species still present on the mainland. Learn about local lizard
conservation measures. Participate in activities that will help you to
identify the lizards that you are most likely to find and learn how to
report your findings to the Department of Conservation.
Walks and
Workshops Workshops:
F. Biodiversity monitoring: a regional perspective
with a practical demonstration
Sara Moylan, Biosecurity Officer
(Monitoring), Greater Wellington Regional Council
A regional perspective
with a focus on the Tauherenikau site and a practical demonstration of
monitoring tools. Bird monitoring through bird call identification where
to find bird calls on the internet. Pest animal monitoring including rodents
and possums.
G. Predator control in our Key Native Ecosystems
Murry
Clarke and Steve Playle, Biosecurity Officers (Animals), Greater Wellington
Regional Council
A walk around the bush at the racecourse. Will include a
hands on / have a go demonstration setting up bait stations and predator
traps.
H. Beating weeds: a practical workshop
Wayne Cowan, Biosecurity
Officer (Plants), Greater Wellington Regional Council
A practical
demonstration of weed control equipment and techniques.
I. How to: a
practical plant propagation workshop
Robyn Smith, QE II Trust, Wellington
Regional Rep
How to sow seed, prick out and pot on plants, with tips on
ethical seed collection.
Fieldtrips Fieldtrips:
J. Restoring the bush
at Tauherenikau
Michael Urlich, Biosecurity Officer (Plants) Greater
Wellington Regional Council
A walk and talk through the restoration at
Tauherenikau Bush looking at how it was done and what was learnt from the
successes and failures.
K. Our native freshwater fish
Mike Joy, Lecturer
in Environmental Science and Ecology, Massey University
The ecology of the
fish that live in our region; where they live and why. Their threats and
future.
L. Native forest & wetland restoration at Gretal Lagoons
Neil
Hayes, landowner
In 1990, the Hayes family purchased a major part of the
Taumata Lagoon which is an outstanding oxbow lagoon with a remnant block of
native bush. The bush was logged in 1964, but in 1990 the Hayes family
undertook a major native bush restoration programme and have now planted
nearly 4,000 kahikatea, totara and native flax. Now 7.5 hectares is under a
QEII covenant and has Key Native Ecosystem (KNE) status.
Please bring
sturdy footwear, warm and comfortable clothing / wet weather gear.
NB:
1.
Touchwood books for sale however NO EFTPOS, (cash and credit card only).
2.
Be in the draw to win a $100.00 book voucher if you bring along a friend who
has never
participated in a Restoration Day.
RSVP
To book phone Eloise
Page (GWRC) on (04) 802 0327
email eloise.page@gw.govt.nz
For further
information
Please phone
Jo Fagan (04) 803 0367 or
Paula Loader (04) 801
1027
email Paula.loader@gw.govt.nz
View Programme online
http://www.gw.govt.nz/restoration
Restoration day is organised under the
umbrella of the New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network by Greater
Wellington, the Department of Conservation and this year has been sponsored
by the Queen Elizabeth II Trust, the Centre for Biodiversity and Restoration
Ecology at Victoria University of Wellington, Touchwood books, Vynfields and
the Ron Greenwood Environmental Trust.
4. NZERN NEWS
04/05/2007
Kereru
Kereru returns as the weekly email newsletter sent to all NZERN
members. Kereru is published by Bush Telly. Information will be provided in
coming weeks on how you can add information to the newsletter.
10/05/2007
Joining NZERN
Joining NZERN on-line has been suspended while some quick
improvements are made. This should be working again sometime next week.
5. 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
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Next Kereru, Monday, 14th May 2007
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
Kereru is published by Bush Telly for the New Zealand
Ecological Restoration Network Inc.
--------------------------------------------------------------------------
Kereru 2007-19-nz was rendered and distributed by Pipi (ver.4.02.33) at
10/05/2007 11:23:01
|
