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, 2nd July
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)
more calendar at
http://www.bush.org.nz/whatson/calendar.html
This week
Monday 2 July
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 2 July 2007
Wellington
Wellington Ornithological
Society Meeting
1st Monday.
Conservation House, Wellington.
Contact: Ian
Armitage (04) 232-7470
Tuesday 3 July 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 3 July 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 3 July 2007
Taranaki
Taranaki Ornithological Society Meeting
First Tuesday (except
January).
7.30pm
Contact: Barry Hartley (06) 757 8644
Wednesday 4
July 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 4
July 2007
Manawatu - Wanganui
Manawatu Ornithological Society Beach
Patrol
1st Wednesday.
and on other beaches at irregular times.
Contact:
Ian Saville (06) 323-1441
Wednesday 4 July 2007
Waikato
Conserv-Vision Conference
The purpose of the conference is to celebrate 20
years of integrated conservation management by the New Zealand Department of
Conservation and to chart options for the future. 4-7 July 2007 at The
University of Waikato
Contact: (07) 858-5209 email: conted@waikato.ac.nz
http://www.waikato.ac.nz/wfass/Conserv-Vision/
Wednesday 4 July 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 4 July 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 5 July 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 5 July 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 6 July 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 6 July
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 7 July
2007
Auckland
Ark in the Park
1st 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 7 July 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 7 July 2007
Wellington
Nga Uruora Kapiti Project
1st Saturday.
Workbee and plant
sales: at Paekakariki School Nursery
Contact: Ph 04 905 6583, email:
nukapiti@hotmail.com, webpage: www.kapitibush.org.nz
Saturday 7 July
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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 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 8 July 2007
Wellington
Nga Uruora Kapiti Project
1st Sunday.
Workbee at Pukerua Bay
School Nursery
Contact: Ph 04 905 6583, email: nukapiti@hotmail.com,
webpage: www.kapitibush.org.nz
Sunday 8 July 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 10 July 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 10 July 2007
Canterbury
Northern Associates - DOC
Meeting
Twice a year.
The agenda will consist of items requested by
associates and a report from the North Canterbury and Waimakariri Area
Managers
5.30pm in the DOC office at 133 Victoria Street.
Contact:
smankelow@doc.govt.nz
Tuesday 10 July 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
10 July 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
Tuesday 10
July 2007
Wellington
Trelissick Park, Ngaio Gorge Working Party
2nd
Tuesday.
Workbee.
Contact: Frances Lee (479-2600)
Wednesday 11 July
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 11 July
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 11 July 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 12 July 2007
Northland
Northland Ornithological
Society
2nd Thursday.
Evening meeting
Contact: Dave Crockett (09)
435-0954
Thursday 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 12 July 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 13
July 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 13 July 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 14 July 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 14 July 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 14 July 2007
Wellington
Owhiro Stream
2nd Saturday.
Workbee
Saturday 14 July 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 15 July 2007
Auckland
Forest & Bird (Central
Auckland) Monthly Meeting
3rd Sunday (March -November).
2.30pm. Parnell
Community Centre, 545 Parnell Road
Speaker: Carol Lockett - Lichens &
Mosses. Carol is a tutor at Unitec and will give us an insight into the
wonderful world of lichens and mosses; not to be missed.
Contact: Isabel
Still ph 528-3986
Sunday 15 July 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 15 July 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 15 July 2007
Marlborough
Marlborough OSNZ - Lake Grassmere Count
3rd Sunday.
Contact:
Mike Bell (03) 577-9818
Sunday 15 July 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. NZERN NEWS
Members
password access to NZERN website
We are currently completing the on-line
help system for members to refer to when using their passwords. You can have
a look at the help system at:
http://www.help.bush.org.nz
This is very
much a work in progress. As you will see, PIPI4 comes in 4 different
editions, to meet the needs of different groups of NZERN members, and each
edition has different features.
Please have a look, you are very welcome to
leave some feedback using the form provided. Passwords will be issued to all
members when the help system is completed. All members will be able to
change information about themselves as well as add new information about
restoration efforts.
In the next kereru, we will bring you more news
about what you can do with your personal password.
more help at
http://www.help.bush.org.nz
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!
How to
contact NZERN
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/contact.html
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