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
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Monday, 15 July 2002
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 15
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Meeting
3rd Monday
7.30pm. Victoria University, Wellington. Room K301, 3rd floor, New Kirk
Building, Kelburn Parade.
Graeme Jane: Some aspects of the botany of the Bay of Plenty.
Tuesday 16
Otago
Forest & Bird (Dunedin) Monthly Meeting
3rd Tuesday
7.45pm Kakapo/Takahe Room, Otago Museum. Entry via Museum Carpark,
Cumberland St
Jennifer & Peter Bannister (Botany Dept.): The Distribution of Ramalina
Lichens in N. Z.
Ken Mason 03 476 7100
Tuesday 16
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 16
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 17
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 17
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 17
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 17
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 17
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 18
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 18
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 18
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 19
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 20
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 20
Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Working Party
3rd Saturday of every month.
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 21
Canterbury
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday)
2nd Winter Public Planting Day. 10am-noon. Meet 7 Poulson St, Addington.
Infill species.
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Sunday 21
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 21
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Sunday 21
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
and next week...
Monday 22
Wellington
Matiu/Somes Working Party
2nd & 4th Monday
Meet 10.30am Day's Bay Ferry. Return 4.30pm.
Alex Kettles (04) 569-6208 or Stan Butcher (04) 567-7271
Tuesday 23
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 23
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 23
Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Meeting
Tuesday after Third Saturday.
Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Place: Travis Wetland Education Centre Beach Road.
Helen Braithwaite (03) 328 9958
Tuesday 23
Wellington
Waimeha Lagoon Working Party
2nd & 4th Tuesday from May till October
3pm till 5pm. Meet at Charles Fleming memorial rock, Eruini St, Waikanae
Pam Sinclair (04) 293 1790
Wednesday 24
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 24
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 24
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 24
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 24
Wellington
Upper Hutt Forest & Bird Branch Meeting
4th Wednesday
7.30pm. Wallaceville Research Centre Seminar Room, Wards St, Upper Hutt
Barry Wards (04) 970 4266
Wednesday 24
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 25
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 25
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 25
Canterbury
Mt Vernon Working Party
Thursdays.
1.30 - 4pm. Port Hills Park Trust Board.
Anne Kennedy (03) 337 0364, Dave Bates (03) 332 6233
Thursday 25
Southland
QEII National Trust - Winter Field Day
25th July - meet at Kowhai Reach 1.30pm to hear about reveg work being done.
Then on to Tarigatura to learn about monitoring forest health.
This will be held at Kowhai Reach, starting at 1.30pm, with a look at the
revegetation programme there. Afternoon tea at Taringatura Camp will follow
with discussions on monitoring forest health, with a look at nearby podocarp
forest.
Gay Munro - 4igmunro@thenet.net.nz
Friday 26
Southland
KCC (Riverton)
4th Fridays 3-15pm - 4.45pm (children 5 - 12). Non KCC members 50c. South
Coast Environment Centre.
Robert Guyton (03) 234 8249
Friday 26
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 27
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
Saturday 27
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232
Saturday 27
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 28
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 28
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 28
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Sunday 28
Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110
Sunday 28
Canterbury
Summit Rd Society Outings
4th Sunday
Visits to the Port Hills. 1pm - 4pm. $2 charge per head members, $5 non
members, children free.
To register or enquries Carol (03) 385-2840 or email Carol.H@xtra.co.nz
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
303: From Annabel Riley of Wellington...
WORKING WITH THE MEDIA
Volunteer Centre
Invite to an enlightening session on how to work with the media.
Do you want to know:
* what makes the media tick, how journalist think ?
* how to get the media interested in your story ?
* how to make your upcoming launch/event/function a public relations
success ?
* how the media can make a difference to your organisation ?
YES ???
Then come along to Volunteer Wellington (58 Victoria St) from 9am to noon on
Wednesday August 7 and hear some top journalist and public relations
professionals talk about their jobs and give some insider tips. Please bring
your own pen and paper for notes.
The seminar is free but a gold coin donation to cover the cost of tea,
coffee and biscuits will be appreciated.
Please RSVP to Volunteer Wellington on either
vw@volunteerwellington.irg.nz or phone 499 4570 by 26 July.
Well. Volunteer Centre ph. 499 4570
(Send your notices as you want them to appear from your password protected
areas
more notices at http://www.bush.org.nz/notice/
7. NZERN News
14/07/2002
Website
More major revisions to the website last week with 90% of the previous web
pages now replaced with a much tidier version. This job will be completed
later this week.
Any pictures that were part of articles are currently unavailable. This will
be fixed over next 2 weeks....
14/07/2002
Website
A very big thank you to Manaki Whenua - Landcare Research for providing
NZERN with a 2nd free website. This site will have a capacity of 400Mb and
will be used to store a planned archive of 20,000 image files suitable for
web browsing.
Images like:
Photo reference points of restoration sites.
Documenting the community participation in restoration.
Stock images of native plants and animals.
Thanks again Greg, Greg and Adam for all your help in making this happen....
14/07/2002
NZERN Office
Due to circumstances totally beyond our control, any email sent to the NZERN
National Office on Friday (12th), Saturday (13th) or Sunday (14th) morning
last week never arrived and has been permenantly lost in the uncharted
vacums of cyberspace!!.
You would not have got a "bounce" message iether. If it was important please
send it again
Thank you...
14/07/2002
GIS
The NZERN GIS Team are making great progress getting 500 small maps ready to
go onto the website in late September. Most have had to teach themselves to
use ArcGis 8. A prototype is currently being worked up by Anna Mason and
Ryan Young.
Great work people....
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
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Next Kereru, Monday, 22 July 2002
Regards
Mike Peters
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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.
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