Kereru is a weekly NZ e-mail for all community participants and organisations about ecological restoration. Relevant notices are very welcome, please contact us. Help bring back our natives. Kereru is available at http://www.bush.org.nz/kereru/ Tuesday, 30 July 2002 Welcome to Kereru. CONTENTS 2. Calendar 7. NZERN News 8. How to contact NZERN 2. CALENDAR This week... Tuesday 30 Wellington Greendale Working Party Tuesdays 8.30am at reserve for planting and release work. Phil Palmer 04-298-2952 Tuesday 30 Canterbury Sign of Kiwi to Sign of Bellbird Working Party Tuesdays 9am-3pm, Summit Rd Society. "West Enders" (Ohinetahi gang and Kiwi gang) Leaves from 11a Colombo St. Gordon Kirk (03) 332 7134 Wednesday 31 Canterbury Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9 Wednesdays Local and Global Issues 8:30pm Wednesday 31 Auckland Kaipataki Project Working Bees Every Wednesday to Sunday 9am-12pm. Includes releasing, weeding, mulching, nursery work, planting preparation, planting etc. Edwina or Renee KERP (09) 482-1172 Wednesday 31 Wellington Kapiti Forest & Bird Monthly Meeting Last Wednesday except December and January David Gregorie 04-904-2183 Wednesday 31 Wellington Manawa Karioi Working Bee Wednesdays 10am. Lunch provided Sally (04) 934 7041 Wednesday 31 Manawatu - Wanganui Potting up seedlings at Oxenham Bush Wednesdays Volunteers required to pot up native seedlings for Oxenham Bush, 708 Kahuterawa Road, Palmertson North. Hugh Oxenham ph 06 357-0014 Wednesday 31 Wellington Wellington Home Nursery Wednesday Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm Gary James (04) 938-6751 AUGUST Thursday 1 Auckland Friends of Shepherds Park Thursdays Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601 Thursday 1 Wellington Kaitawa Reserve Working Party Thursday Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work. John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027 Thursday 1 Wellington Lower Hutt Forest & Bird Branch Meeting 1st Thursday 7.30pm. Tramping Club Hall, Birch St, Lower Hutt. Thursday 1 Canterbury Mt Vernon Working Party Thursdays. 1.30 - 4pm. Port Hills Park Trust Board. Anne Kennedy (03) 337 0364, Dave Bates (03) 332 6233 Friday 2 New Zealand Bush Telly Crew on location Canterbury University - Botanical Society Meeting Friday 2 Southland Working Day at Southland Community Nursery Fridays Help with native plant nursery work - potting, seed sowing, weeding, moving plants. Phone Thursday night before coming (2131161) Phone Chris Thursday evening 213 1161 Saturday 3 Canterbury Kakahu Bush Working Group 1st Saturday of each month Meet at the Lime Kiln on Hall Road near Geraldine, 9:30 am (morning session) and/or 1:30 pm (afternoon session). John Talbot 03 614 7433 jtalbot@es.co.nz Saturday 3 Manawatu - Wanganui Potting up seedlings at Oxenham Bush Saturdays Volunteers required to pot up native seedlings for Oxenham Bush, 708 Kahuterawa Road, Palmertson North. Hugh Oxenham ph 06 357-0014 Saturday 3 Wellington Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip 1st Saturday Private forest, Western Hutt hills. Sunday 4 Waikato Barrett Bush Working Party First Sunday 9am - 12 noon. Work involves weeding, planting and releasing. Bring tools. Mairi Jay mairij@waikato.ac.nz or Bunny Mortimer (07) 847 5847 Sunday 4 Auckland Friends of Shepherds Park Sundays Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601 Sunday 4 Auckland Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party Every Weekend Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany John Hogan (09) 415-9336 Sunday 4 Canterbury Otamahua/Quail Island Planting Days Help plant 4,800 trees. Ferry departs Lyttelton B Jetty 9.30am. return 12.30 or 3.40pm. Transport free for volunteers. Bring a spade, grubber, if you have one, garden gloves, lunch and a cup. Hot water, tea and coffee will be available Anna Paltridge at 384-3592 or anna_paltridge@hotmail.com Sunday 4 Bay of Plenty Rotorua Botanical Society Field trip Okataina Scenic Reserve. Leader: Barbara Swale. Sunday 4 Wellington Trelissick Park, Ngaio Gorge Working Party First Sunday Meet at Trelissick Crescent, Ngaio at 1.30pm. Bring gardening gloves, poppers, spade, mattock etc. Frances Lee (479-2600) and next week... Monday 5 New Zealand Conservation Week 1st week in August A week long series of events to promote conservation. Celebrated sice 1969. Department of Conservation Monday 5 Wellington Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve 1st & 2nd Monday Work party 9am. Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232 Tuesday 6 Canterbury Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Irregular dates 9am Information Centre. Guided walk. New developments on the Gondwana display. Angus Allan Chch Bot. Gardens Info Centre 364-7590 Tuesday 6 Wellington Greendale Working Party Tuesdays 8.30am at reserve for planting and release work. Phil Palmer 04-298-2952 Tuesday 6 Canterbury NZERN Monthly Committee Meeting First Tuesday (except January) 7.15pm National Secretary Simon Johnson ph: (03) 355-8150 E-mail: simonj-hrs@clear.net.nz Tuesday 6 Canterbury Sign of Kiwi to Sign of Bellbird Working Party Tuesdays 9am-3pm, Summit Rd Society. "West Enders" (Ohinetahi gang and Kiwi gang) Leaves from 11a Colombo St. Gordon Kirk (03) 332 7134 Tuesday 6 Otago STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting First Tuesday of every month Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm. Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311 Tuesday 6 Wellington Te Marua Bush Working Bee Wellington BotSoc. Meet 9am at Upper Hutt Station carpark, or 9.30am at Te Marua Bush. Sue Millar (04) 526 7440 Wednesday 7 Canterbury Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9 Wednesdays Local and Global Issues 8:30pm Wednesday 7 Auckland Kaipataki Project Working Bees Every Wednesday to Sunday 9am-12pm. Includes releasing, weeding, mulching, nursery work, planting preparation, planting etc. Edwina or Renee KERP (09) 482-1172 Wednesday 7 Wellington Manawa Karioi Working Bee Wednesdays 10am. Lunch provided Sally (04) 934 7041 Wednesday 7 New Zealand NZ GIS Day A day for New Zealand GIS awareness. www.gisday.com Wednesday 7 Manawatu - Wanganui Potting up seedlings at Oxenham Bush Wednesdays Volunteers required to pot up native seedlings for Oxenham Bush, 708 Kahuterawa Road, Palmertson North. Hugh Oxenham ph 06 357-0014 Wednesday 7 Wellington Wellington Home Nursery Wednesday Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm Gary James (04) 938-6751 Thursday 8 Auckland Friends of Shepherds Park Thursdays Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601 Thursday 8 Canterbury Guardians of the Styx River (Christchurch) 2rd Thursday except December, January General Meeting Meet 7.30pm Papanui Service Centre. Contacts John Knox (Chair) (03) 379 9904 Matthew Turnbull (Secretary) (03) 332 7290 Thursday 8 Wellington Kaitawa Reserve Working Party Thursday Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work. John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027 Thursday 8 Canterbury Mt Vernon Working Party Thursdays. 1.30 - 4pm. Port Hills Park Trust Board. Anne Kennedy (03) 337 0364, Dave Bates (03) 332 6233 Friday 9 Southland Working Day at Southland Community Nursery Fridays Help with native plant nursery work - potting, seed sowing, weeding, moving plants. Phone Thursday night before coming (2131161) Phone Chris Thursday evening 213 1161 Saturday 10 Canterbury Otamahua/Quail Island Planting Days Help plant 4,800 trees. Ferry departs Lyttelton B Jetty 9.30am. return 12.30 or 3.40pm. Transport free for volunteers. Bring a spade, grubber, if you have one, garden gloves, lunch and a cup. Hot water, tea and coffee will be available Family Day and BBQ Anna Paltridge at 384-3592 or anna_paltridge@hotmail.com Saturday 10 Manawatu - Wanganui Potting up seedlings at Oxenham Bush Saturdays Volunteers required to pot up native seedlings for Oxenham Bush, 708 Kahuterawa Road, Palmertson North. Hugh Oxenham ph 06 357-0014 Sunday 11 Canterbury Clarevale Reserve Working Party 2nd and 4th Sundays 10am, Native Habitats. Go to Clarevale Rd off Burwood Rd. Plans to help restore 1.25ha of gorse and willows into tall native forest. The project runs in conjunction with a scientific study. Bring work clothes, lunch, gloves and spade or grubber. Phone or email first. Dave Evans 366 0628 or Dave.Evans@alliedtelesyn.co.nz Sunday 11 Auckland Friends of Shepherds Park Sundays Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601 Sunday 11 Auckland Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party Every Weekend Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany John Hogan (09) 415-9336 Sunday 11 Wellington Manawa Karioi Working Bee Second Sunday 9.30am -3.30pm. Tools and lunch provided. Sally (04) 934 7041 (more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/ 7. NZERN News 28/07/2002 GIS Web pages have now been created for the first lot of maps to be displayed in September. A demonstration by Anna and a team meeting will be held at the NZERN office on Wednesday July 31 at 6pm for 1 hour http://www.bush.org.nz/pipi/ ... 28/07/2002 Bush Telly The crew is currently filming interesting speakers and gathering stock footage for future program production needs. http://www.bush.org.nz/telly/ ... For more nzern news http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/ 8. CONTACT 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/join/ - become a member or affiliate member of NZERN. Lets you subscribe to Kereru, add articles to the web site, etc. * http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/ - your NZERN Regional Rep. How to contact him or her. * http://www.bush.org.nz/organisation/ - list of groups. Help with a restoration project in your area! * http://www.bush.org.nz/site/ - list of restoration sites in New Zealand. Explains how to add sites to the list. * http://www.bush.org.nz/planterguide/ - look up suitable plants for your area. Newsletter Inserts Brochures etc. relevant to restoration can be distributed on behalf of other organisations as inserts in the quarterly print newsletter. See http://www.bush.org.nz/telegraph/ for details. Addresses Postal: NZERN, PO Box 9000, Christchurch, New Zealand Email: office@bush.org.nz -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Next Kereru, Monday, 5 August 2002 Regards Mike Peters -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS A big thank you to the folks at Converge (www.converge.org.nz) and Plain Communications (www.plain.co.nz) for providing the list server for kereru, and also to the following organisations and sites for web site hosting: Landcare Research (www.Landcare.cri.nz); Converge; Enviroweb; freecfm.com. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kereru is published by the New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network Inc. SUBSCRIBE/UNSUBSCRIBE Please use your personal password protected page on the web site to subscribe/unsubscribe. 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