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, 26th November 2007 Welcome to Kereru. CONTENTS
1. New on the website
2. News for NZERN members
3. Restoration calendar
4. How to contact NZERN
1. NEW ON THE WEBSITE
Waikato
Article - Waikato Biodiversity Forum Newsletter November 2007 Number 17
Article - King Country Summer Nature Programme for 2008
http://www.bush.org.nz/region/waikato.html Canterbury
Press Release - Where have all the 1L Milk cartons gone?
http://www.bush.org.nz/region/canterbury.html New Zealand
Notice - Biodiversity Condition and Advice Funds has opened
Conference - Dunes Restoration Trust 2008 Annual Conference
http://www.bush.org.nz/index.html Advanced Search
http://www.bush.org.nz/search/index.html General Restoration Forum
Christchurch Nursery growing pots to give away
http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/general_restoration_forum.html
2. NEWS FOR NZERN MEMBERS
The website is rapidly being improved. Please use the Pipi User Support Forum to report any errors found on the website so corrections can be made. Searching
Most pages on the website have keywords written at the bottom and you can search using those keywords. There is a simple keyword search box on the top of each web page. A link to advanced search is also available from the top of each web page. Any questions or suggestions, just use the forums. 25/11/2007
NZERN Help Desk
3. RESTORATION 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 26 November 2007 Canterbury
Canterbury Ornithogical Society Meeting
Last Monday.
Spreydon Bowling Club, Domain Terrace, Christchurch. Park vehicles in the parks down the drive, and walk past the tennis courts to the club pavilion.
Contact: Jan Walker (03) 322-7187
Tuesday 27 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 27 November 2007
Manawatu - Wanganui
Wanganui Ornithological Society Meeting
4th Tuesday.
Evening. Davis Lecture Theatre, Wanganui Regional Museum, Watt St.
Contact: Tom Teasdale (06) 343-9992
Tuesday 27 November 2007
Wellington
Tawa Bush Reserves - Working Bee
4th Tuesday.
1.30pm. 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: Norm Robertson 04-232 6359
Wednesday 28 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 09 379 2020
Wednesday 28 November 2007
New Zealand
Bush Telly Trust - Board Meeting
3 Monthly
Mike Peters 03 980-0902 Wednesday 28 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 28 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 29 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 29 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 30 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 30 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 1 December 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 2 December 2007
Auckland
Friends of Oakley (Te Auaunga) Creek Work Day
1st Sunday.
Planting, weeding, clean-ups etc. 10aam-12noon.
Contact: info@oakleycreek.org.nz
Sunday 2 December 2007
Auckland
Maungawhau [Mt Eden] Batger Restoration Project
1st Sunday.
1.30pm. Join the group restoring the forest, planting, maintaining tracks and caring for Maungawhau /Mt Eden. Also work in the Community Nursery and be involved in the future of this national heritage park. Meet Batger Rd, Mt Eden, Auckland.[Off Mt Eden Rd.]
Contact: Kit Howden 629 4694 or 021 0411667
Sunday 2 December 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.
Nursery/weedbusting
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 2 December 2007
Waikato
Barrett Bush Working Party
1st Sunday.
9am - 12 noon. 1km west of Koromatua School. Work involves weeding, planting and releasing. Bring gloves, a spade and something for morning tea.
Contact: Bunny Mortimer (07) 849-8004
Sunday 2 December 2007
Waikato
Ecosourcing Waikato - Nursery Day
1st Sunday.
Pricking out/potting up session. 3pm. Held at the Waikato Tree Trust nursery site at McMikens orchard just past Newstead on Morrinsville Rd.
Contact: Wayne Bennett (07) 824-7167
Sunday 2 December 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 2 December 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 2 December 2007
Wellington
Trelissick Park, Ngaio Gorge Working Party
1st Sunday.
Workbee
Contact: Frances Lee (04) 479-2600
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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