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http://www.bush.org.nz/kereru/

Monday, 21 October 2002

Welcome to Kereru.

CONTENTS
2. Calendar
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN


2. CALENDAR

This week...

Monday 21

Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Meeting
3rd Monday
7.30pm. Victoria University, Wellington. Room K301, 3rd floor, New Kirk Building, Kelburn Parade.

Tuesday 22

Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952

Tuesday 22

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 22

Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Meeting
Tuesday after Third Saturday.
Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Place: Travis Wetland Education Centre, Beach Road.
AGM. Two guest speakers talking about native fish and pest fish. Refreshments provided.
Helen Braithwaite (03) 328 9958

Tuesday 22

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 23

Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm

Wednesday 23

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 23

Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041

Wednesday 23

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 23

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 23

Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751

Thursday 24

Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601

Thursday 24

Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027

Thursday 24

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 25

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 25

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 26

Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232

Saturday 26

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 27

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 27

Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601

Sunday 27

Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336

Sunday 27

Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110

Sunday 27

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

and next week...

Monday 28

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 29

Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952

Tuesday 29

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 30

Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm

Wednesday 30

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 30

Wellington
Kapiti Forest & Bird Monthly Meeting
Last Wednesday except December and January
David Gregorie 04-904-2183

Wednesday 30

Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041

Wednesday 30

Canterbury
Northern Canterbury Environment NGO/DOC Liason Meeting
Normally a Wednesday of every third month.
5th floor conference room. DOC Office, 133 Victoria St, Christchurch.
5.30pm. The meeting topic will be weeds. Some of the conservancy office weed surveillance staff will be in attendance to talk about their current weed campaigns and priorities for weed work in Canterbury.
Annette Hamblett (03) 371-3743

Wednesday 30

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 30

Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751

Thursday 31

Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601

Thursday 31

Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027

Thursday 31

Canterbury
Mt Vernon Working Party
Thursdays.
1.30 - 4pm. Port Hills Park Trust Board.
Anne Kennedy (03) 337 0364, Dave Bates (03) 332 6233

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/

7. NZERN News

20/10/2002
Website
Upgrades last week include:

Listing your name in a public address book and setting up a email mailing list.

To list your name at

www.bush.org.nz/person/

1. Log on with your user name and password.
2. Go to "My Profile" > "Personal Details".
3. Select "yes" to the question "List me in website address book:".
4. Click "Update".

Your name is now listed in the public address book and it links to your personal web page for more publicly available information.

Any group can now set up an email list and people can subscribe/unsubscribe to it. Mail is archived. These lists can be public or private, as can the mail archive. For more information please contact the NZERN Help Desk....


20/10/2002
BirdGuide
The "BirdGuide" database was handed over in the weekend by Scientist Harry Boufal. Harry has been working on this project for the last 12 months. The information will end up on the website and will link to other publicly available information. Eg: that held at the Birdlife International website.

Future enhancements will include the ability of Pipi Users to report bird sightings. Bird lists will be able to be associated with restoration sites. The data held will also be able to be presented in maps. All this information will be available to be shared with whoever can use it.

Harry hopes to add photos, sounds and short video clips for each bird species.

Harry will be the administrator of "BirdGuide".

thank you Harry!...


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, 28 October 2002

Regards
Mike Peters

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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