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, 5th November 2007 Welcome to Kereru. CONTENTS
1. NZERN News
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
4. How to contact NZERN
1. NZERN NEWS
Forums
The forums are now ready for all members to login and use.
There are two public viewable forums at http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/
Use the General Restoration Forum to talk about your restoration project and whats going on. Use the Pipi User Forum to get assistance with using Pipi, report bugs and request new features.
NZERN Members login
All members are welcome to login to the members only website and have a look around. To recover your passwords, enter your email address at http://www.bush.org.nz/support/forgotpassword.html to get a password emailed to you. Then login at http://www.bush.org.nz/support/login.html NZERN Southland/Biodiversity Southland Spring Field Day
Restoration in the Lower Mataura - Titiroa to Gore
(more information below) NZERN 2007 National Conference
Sunday, 18 November 2007
(more information below) Field Days Fund
$10,000 of funding from the Biodiversity Advice Fund will enable 10 field days to be organised next year. Thanks DOC. Information will be posted after the conference at
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/branch/activity.html
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 5 November 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 5 November 2007
New Zealand
ERIS Trust Meeting
Three monthly.
Phone conference.
5.30pm
Monday 5 November 2007
Wellington
Wellington Ornithological Society Meeting
1st Monday.
Conservation House, Wellington.
Contact: Ian Armitage (04) 232-7470
Tuesday 6 November 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 6 November 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 6 November 2007
Taranaki
Taranaki Ornithological Society Meeting
First Tuesday (except January).
7.30pm
Contact: Barry Hartley (06) 757 8644
Wednesday 7 November 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 7 November 2007
Manawatu - Wanganui
Manawatu Ornithological Society Beach Patrol
1st Wednesday.
and on other beaches at irregular times.
Contact: Ian Saville (06) 323-1441
Wednesday 7 November 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 7 November 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 8 November 2007
Northland
Northland Ornithological Society
2nd Thursday.
Evening meeting
Contact: Dave Crockett (09) 435-0954
Thursday 8 November 2007
Southland
NZERN/Biodiversity Southland Spring Field Day
Restoration in the Lower Mataura - Titiroa to Gore
8.30am Bus Departs Feldwick Gates, Invercargill.
Morning and afternoon tea will be provided, but please bring your own lunch.
Contact: RSVP to Janet Gregory, 03 208 7883, janet.gregory@landcare.org.nz
or Gay Munro, 239 5827 or g.munro@woosh.co.nz
by Friday 2nd November. Thursday 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 8 November 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 9 November 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 9 November 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 10 November 2007
Southland
Forest & Bird Southland Trip
Caring for special places - visit Dunrobin Red Tussock Covenant near Mossburn.
Leave Museum at 10am or meet at Dunrobin 11am.
Contact: Leader Jenny Campbell (03 2486398)
Saturday 10 November 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 10 November 2007
Wellington
Owhiro Stream
2nd Saturday.
Workbee
Saturday 10 November 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 11 November 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 11 November 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 11 November 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 11 November 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 11 November 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. NOTICEBOARD
... from Gay Munro of Southland NZERN/Biodiversity Southland Spring Field Day - Thursday 8th November. Restoration in the Lower Mataura - Titiroa to Gore 8.30am Bus Departs Feldwick Gates, Invercargill. 9.00am O'Neills Bush, TITIROA
History of the lower Matuara Floodplain, Richard Bowman, Environment Southland.
Management of a Small Forest Remnant, Randall Milne, Environment Southland. 10.30am Morning tea and toilet stop, Wyndham. 11.00am Wyndham Wildlife Refuge.
From willows to natives, Alan Leitch. 12.00pm Tuturau Memorial.
History of Tuturau, Rewi Anglem, Hokonui Runanga.
Dongwha plantings, a forest in the making. The Edendale Nursery story. 12.30pm Mataura Bridge
Mataura River restoration. Celebrating a mataitai. Rewi Anglem, Hokonui Runanga. 1.15pm Hokonui Runanga Marae & Wetland Lunch Stop
Creating a natural wetland, a simple process? Rewi Anglem, Hokonui Runanga. 3.30pm Borthwick's, Waitane.
Biodiversity Southland and funding available through Biodiversity Condition Funds, Janet Gregory, Biodiversity Southland Co-ordinator/Landcare Trust. Our thanks go to Biodiversity Southland & Environment Southland for sponsorship of the bus for this year's trip. Morning and afternoon tea will be provided, but please bring your own lunch. RSVP to Janet Gregory, 03 208 7883, janet.gregory@landcare.org.nz
or Gay Munro, 239 5827 or g.munro@woosh.co.nz
by Friday 2nd November.
... from Mike Peters of Canterbury
NZERN 2007 National Conference
Sunday, 18 November 2007
Meeting at Travis Wetland Education Centre, Beach Rd, Burwood, Christchurch A one day conference has been called to enable NZERN members to get together to discuss where NZERN is headed. It is open to all NZERN members. Priorities for discussion will be decided on the day by participants but will also include:
- Demonstrations of how to use the website
- A review of the suggestions made at the 2007 Restoring the Drylands Conference and the planned 2008 Conference on Rural Restoration.
- Field Days Agenda
8.30am: Set up meeting room
9am: Welcome
9.10am: Discussion
12 noon: Lunch
1pm: Discussion continues
4pm: AGM. Tea and coffee will be provide. Please bring a plate of food for a shared lunch. All members are encouraged to use the forums to raise issues and express opions that they want raised at the conference. As more information comes to hand it will be posted at
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/conference.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/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.bush.org.nz/forum/ - forums
* http://www.help.bush.org.nz - how the members only website works How to contact NZERN
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