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, 19th November 2007 Welcome to Kereru. CONTENTS
1. New on the website
2. News for NZERN members
3. Calendar
4. How to contact NZERN
1. NEW ON THE WEBSITE
Waikato
Field Day - Waikato Biodiversity Forum
http://www.bush.org.nz/region/waikato.html Canterbury
Article - Quail Island News
http://www.bush.org.nz/region/canterbury.html New Zealand
Bush Telly Trustees
Tax laws for charities changing soon
http://www.bush.org.nz/index.html Bush Telly Radio Trial Broadcast
http://www.bush.org.nz/onair/index.html General Restoration Forum
18 November 2007 NZERN National Conference
http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/general_restoration_forum.html Pipi User Support Forum
Bush Telly Radio
Suggestions for improving the forums
http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/pipi_user_support_forum.html
2. NEWS FOR NZERN MEMBERS
The website is rapidly being improved. Please report any errors found on the website to the Pipi User Support Forum so corrections can be made. Forums
You can also use the General Restoration Forum to report on your project, talk about restoration, put up notices, suggest useful links to other websites. If you have questions about weeds, pests, growng natives or your restoration project, thats the place to ask. You can also help others by sharing your experiences. If you are an NZERN member using the password accessable website, please use the Pipi User Support Forum to get help using its features, report bugs, make suggestions, and request new features. Offers of help are greatly welcomed. Just say this on the Pipi User Support Forum. Membership
Currently, several thousand individual's are in the process of joining, renewing their membership or unsubscribing. Once this web based process has settled down, more features will be rolled out for all members to use. For the moment, everyone can login, change their password, edit their personal details and use the public and private forums. All 265 groups whose memberships have been temporarily frozen will then be able to reactivate their accounts and begin to use the free resources provided for groups. There are also over 100 groups waiting to be able to join. All groups who are members of NZERN also require at last one human being who belongs to that group to also join NZERN as an individual member so they can act on the groups behalf. Bush Telly Radio
The radio station has a trial broadcast over the internet which you can listen to and help improve by giving feedback on the forums. News will be placed on the website, on the forums and in Kereru as things develop. Any questions, just use the forums. 19/11/2007
NZERN Help Desk
3. 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 19 November 2007 Auckland
Friends of Oakley (Te Auaunga) Creek Meeting
3rd Monday.
7.30pm. Akarana Dog Obedience Society Club Rooms, Phyllis Reserve, Springleigh Avenue, Mt Albert.
Contact: info@oakleycreek.org.nz
Tuesday 20 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 20 November 2007
Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Meeting
Tuesday after Third Saturday..
Time: 6.00pm - 7.30pm. Place: Travis Wetland Education Centre, Beach Road.
Contact: Denise Ford (03) 981-3805
Wednesday 21 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 21 November 2007
Waikato
Waikato Ornithological Society Meeting
3rd Wednesday.
7.30pm, DoC Area Office, 5 Northway St (off Te Rapa Rd), Hamilton City.
Contact: Martin Day (07) 827-3047
Wednesday 21 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 21 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 22 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 22 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
Friday 23 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 23 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 24 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 25 November 2007
Auckland
Ark in the Park
4th 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 25 November 2007
Auckland
Mutukaroa [Hamlins Hill] Park Care
Last Sunday.
1.30pm. Meet at the main entrance Great South Road [40 metres north from Sylvia Park Rd] Mt Wellington, Auckland.
Contact: Kit Howden 629 4694 or 021 0411667
Sunday 25 November 2007
Canterbury
Charlesworth Wetland Reserve Planting Day
Last Sunday.
10 am till 12 noon. Charlesworth Reserve. The work will involve infill planting of coastal bush species along the bund and weeding around existing plantings.
Contact: Victoria Keene 027 542 7490
Sunday 25 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 25 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 more calendar at
http://www.bush.org.nz/whatson/calendar.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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