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.
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Monday, 23 September 2002
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 23
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 24
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 24
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 24
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 25
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 25
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 25
Wellington
Kapiti Forest & Bird Monthly Meeting
Last Wednesday except December and January
David Gregorie 04-904-2183
Wednesday 25
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 25
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 25
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 25
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 26
Wellington
Forest & Bird Home Nursery Group Seed Gathering Trips & Working Bees
9am-12noon. Trelissick and Huntleigh Park. Bring gloves and plastic bags and
your morning tea. Ring Gary 938 6751 or Julia 938 5102
Thursday 26
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 26
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 26
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 27
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 27
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 28
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232
Saturday 28
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 29
Wellington
Forest & Bird Home Nursery Group Seed Gathering Trips & Working Bees
9am. Little blue penguin colony at Greta Point, go to the back of the NIWA
building. Bring gloves, spade, grubber and something to drink
Sunday 29
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 29
Canterbury
Habitat Restoration Day - a celebration of ecological restoration in
Canterbury
10am-4pm Riccarton Bush. Displays, speakers, training, workshops. Contact
Ryan Young (03)354-4416 ryanayoung@hotmail.com
For information: Christchurch Environment Centre (03) 379-2257
Sunday 29
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Sunday 29
Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110
Sunday 29
Wellington
NIWA Little Blue Penguin Colony - Planting Day
9am. Please call Julia White 938 5102 or meet behind the NIWA building, 301
Evans Bay, Greta Point
and next week...
Tuesday 1
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 1
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 1
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 1
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
Tuesday 1
Wellington
Waimeha Lagoon Working Party
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Meet at Charles Fleming memorial rock, Eruini St, Waikanae
3-5pm
Wednesday 2
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 2
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 2
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 2
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 2
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 3
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 3
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 3
Wellington
Lower Hutt Forest & Bird Branch Meeting
1st Thursday 7.30pm. Tramping Club Hall, Birch St, Lower Hutt.
Thursday 3
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 3
Canterbury
On Location - Department of Conservation
Canterbury Museum 4pm. DoC Weed Surveillance Officer, Helen Braithwaite,
talks about the change in emphasis from weed control to species that affect
our native vegetation, focusing on the huge role that "garden escapes" play
in our biodiversity.
Art Daniel 366 5000
Friday 4
Otago
Forest & Bird (Dunedin) Field Trip
October 4-6. Weekend Trip. Eyre Mountains. Rare land snails,mohua, falcon
and rock wren. Friday and Saturday nights at Mossburn Motor Camp. Essential
to contact leader Kevin Lloyd by Mon 30 Sept. Kelvin Lloyd 473 9566
Friday 4
Otago
Otago Botanical Society Meeting
AGM at 7.30pm. Talk by Alan Mark.
Friday 4
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 5
Canterbury
Kakahu Bush Working Group
First Saturday, except January
Meet at the Lime Kiln on Hall Road near Geraldine, 9:30 am (morning session)
and/or 1:30 pm (afternoon session). Hands-on activities to help restoration
of Kakahu Bush.
John Talbot 03 614 7433 jtalbot@es.co.nz
Saturday 5
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 5
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip
1st Saturday
Strathmore relevations.
Sunday 6
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 6
Wellington
Forest & Bird Home Nursery Group Seed Gathering Trips & Working Bees
(all day) Te Kopahau Valley. Bring a cellphone with you. Please ring Gary if
you intend going on this trip, or if you prefer to go on your own. Gary will
give you instructions on what he wants collected. I won't be going on this
trip, but I am happy to collect you at the Owhiro Bay quarry and transport
you back to your cars .
Sunday 6
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 6
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Sunday 6
Bay of Plenty
Rotorua Botanical Society Field trip
Lower Kaituna Wildlife Management Reserve. Leader: Graeme Jane.
Sunday 6
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)
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
285. From Ryan Young of Canterbury...
Canterbury Habitat Restoration Day
Riccarton Bush
Sunday 29 September 2002, 10am to 3pm
Gold coin donation
Bring information about your restoration project (displays, contact info,
work days, regular events, etc), and meet others working on similar projects
in Canterbury. Display drop off time - after 9am
Find out where lots of information is, how to get and use it.
Listen to and ask questions of experts talking about plants, animals,
insects, pests etc while walking through the reserve and nursery.
Program
10am. Welcome (Scout Den)
John Moore, Riccarton Bush Park Ranger. "How this Wetland Forest remnant has
survived".
10.15am. Walking-talking tour through Riccarton Bush
Dr Colin Meurk and friends. The natural history and restoration of the Bush
outlined and discussed as everyone moves slowly through it. Knowledgable
guests with special skills and experience working with plants, animals,
insects, soils, hydrology, pests (plant and animal), legal protection
options, maintenance techniques, propagation methods and nursery set up, etc
will join the walk and add observations and helpful hints to general
restoration discussion.
12am. BBQ provided (Scout Den)
Meet people, look over displays and posters, buy plant identification books,
etc.
1 to 2.30pm. Pest control (Bush)
Helen Braithwaite (DoC), Dave Hunter (Target Pest). Setting traps in the
reserve; Identifying weeds and discuss control options.
2.30 to 3pm. Roundup (Scout Den).
Miles Giller (QEII Trust). Legal protection options
Regional Roundup (3min each). Everyone invited to talk about their project,
present information, etc.
Election of Christchurch City NZERN Rep.
Close. Next years meeting at Quail Island.
contact Ryan Young
Acting organiser - NZERN Central Branch
home phone: (03) 354-4416 email: ryanayoung@hotmail.com
326. From Colin Meurk of Canterbury...
We need bellbird sightings - and you can help!
We would be very grateful if you could send us, at Landcare Research, any
observations of bellbirds in north Canterbury between now and July 2003.
This will help us to understand the patterns of bird survival, dispersal and
breeding and thereby how better to sustainably manage their expansion across
Christchurch and the surrounding plains. Ideally we would like records of
birds, the number, their behaviour, location, habitat, date of observation,
colour bands observed on legs, and the sequence of colours on each leg. But
even just a positive sighting or hearing of a bellbird call, its location
and date will be useful.
You can enter information directly on the hotlink
http://www.landcareresearch.co.nz/research/biodiversity/bellbird , or it can
be sent to: bellbird@landcareresearch.co.nz .
Many thanks
Colin Meurk and Heather North
Landcare Research - Manaaki Whenua
PO Box 69
Lincoln 8152
321. From Annabel Riley of Wellington...
NIWA Little Blue Penguin Colony - Planting Day
Date: Sunday 29th September
Time: 9am
Bookings: Please call Julia White 938 5102 or meet behind the NIWA building,
301 Evans Bay, Greta Point
325. From Emily King of Wellington...
Fantastic Opportunity
Translocation of Mohua/yellowhead, Marlborough Sounds - Volunteers Required
I am looking for volunteer field assistants to help me with my Masters of
Conservation Science research over the summer. For my thesis I am studying a
translocation of mohua or yellowhead to Nukuwaiata, a predator free offshore
island in the Marlborough Sounds.
The work will involve intense monitoring of the birds. I require Volunteers
who have some birding experience, first-aid and are fit, as the island is
very steep. I am also looking for people who are level headed and able to
cope in an isolated situation.
I will be working on the island in two-week stints and need two field
assistants per trip. There will be approx 8 trips, so I need about 16
people. The trips will start at the beginning of November and will Continue
through to the end of Feb (Nov 5-19, Nov 19-Dec 3, Dec 3-20, Dec 31-Jan 14,
Jan 14-28, Jan 28-Feb 11, Feb 11-Feb 25, Feb 25-Mar 11, give or take a
couple of days). If you are able to come out for a fortnight or longer that
would be great.
If you are interested or know someone who would be please send me an
e-mail to davidk@paradise.net.nz
Cheers
Emily King
Master of Conservation Science
Victoria University of Wellington
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7. NZERN News
21/09/2002
NZERN Office
The office was successfully shifted to a new temparary location over the
last 2 weeks. This urgently required due to the increasing numbers of
volunteers wanting to help with the national services that NZERN is
providing to the conservation movement....
21/09/2002
Plant Fact Sheets
Edith Jones has completed and handed over the plant propagation database for
putting on the web. Edith spent 400 hours over the last year editing a
massive amount of information about propagating native plants. A number of
other volunteers from around NZ contributed information and comments. This
project began 5 years ago.
The next step is to create a series of web pages using this information to
help nursery propagators.
Thank you Edith and all those who helped!...
21/09/2002
Pipi Update
The development plan for Pipi has now been put back by 1 month. Recent
upgrades include revising the way articles and notices are displayed....
21/09/2002
Bush Telly
Editing of the training videos has begun. Currently an jazzy opening segment
is being created that can be used on every video.
The Bush Telly crew will be filming the Restoration Day at Riccarton Bush
this Sunday....
21/09/2002
Kereru
The was no Kereru last week due to the shifting of equipment for the
office....
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, 30 September 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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