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
http://www.bush.org.nz/kereru/
Monday, 4 November 2002
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
4. Resources
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 4
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 5
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 5
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 5
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 5
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
Tuesday 5
Wellington
Waimeha Lagoon Working Party
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Meet at Charles Fleming memorial rock, Eruini St, Waikanae
4-6pm
Wednesday 6
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 6
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 6
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 6
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 6
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 7
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 7
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 7
Wellington
Lower Hutt Forest & Bird Branch Meeting
1st Thursday 7.30pm. Tramping Club Hall, Birch St, Lower Hutt.
Thursday 7
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 8
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 9
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 9
Nelson - Marlborough
Wakefield Bush Restoration Society
2nd Saturday
10am -12 noon
Helen Campbell ph/fax (03) 541-9410 maccam@ts.co.nz
Sunday 10
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 10
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 10
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Sunday 10
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Second Sunday
9.30am -3.30pm. Tools and lunch provided.
Sally (04) 934 7041
And next week...
Monday 11
Canterbury
Friends of the Avon Heathcote Meeting
2nd Monday
7.30pm, Mount Pleasant Yacht Club.
Tanya Jenkins (03) 332-0099
Monday 11
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
Monday 11
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Monday 11
Canterbury
YMCA Conservation Corps at Addington Bush
Nursery work and maintenance.
Jeff Johnson
Tuesday 12
Manawatu - Wanganui
Forest & Bird Manawatu Monthly Meeting
2nd Tuesday
Guest speaker at monthly meeting. 7.45pm. Meet at the Salvation Army Complex, cnr Church and Princess St, Palmerston North. Supper provided. Sales table. Gold coin to cover hall hire appreciated. Non-members welcome.
Viv Nicholls ph 06 350-9714 (wk)
Tuesday 12
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 12
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 13
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Wednesday 13
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 13
Wellington
Manawa Karioi Working Bee
Wednesdays
10am. Lunch provided
Sally (04) 934 7041
Wednesday 13
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 13
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 14
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Thursdays
Meet at headland, walkway off Cresta Avenue 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Thursday 14
Canterbury
Guardians of the Styx River (Christchurch)
2rd Thursday except December, January General Meeting
Meet 7.30pm Papanui Service Centre.
Contacts John Knox (Chair) (03) 379 9904 Matthew Turnbull (Secretary) (03) 332 7290
Thursday 14
Wellington
Kaitawa Reserve Working Party
Thursday
Meet 8.30am at Riwai Street for planting and release work.
John Mclauchlan 04-904-0027
Thursday 14
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 15
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 16
New Zealand
NZERN National Conference
November 16 & 17. Tapu Te Ranga Marae. Danube St. Island Bay. Wellington
Saturday 16
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 16
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 17
Canterbury
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday)
Summer releasing. Nursery Work. Time: Meet at 11am-1pm, 7 Poulson St. All welcome.
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Sunday 17
Auckland
Friends of Shepherds Park
Sundays
Meet at headland, walkway offf Cresta Avenue. 9.30am
Ces Thomas (09) 483-6601
Sunday 17
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
337: from Chrissie Williams of Canterbury...
Avon River Strategy - Questionnaire
The Christchurch City Council is consulting on a strategy for the Avon River.
Please complete the questionnaire to say how you want the river and its environs to be managed in the future.
see http://www.ccc.govt.nz/avonriver/index.asp
The Avon River as we know it today is a dynamic thread flowing through our city. It supports a variety of flora and fauna,
provides a unique attractive feature within our city, is the centre of a number of recreational pursuits, and also takes away stormwater from our city’s streets.
For these reasons the Avon river catchment which includes the water, the banks and beyond is under constant pressure from a number of sources. We can
enhance the areas around the Avon River, have events on its banks and enjoy its riverbank environment but unless we think about the river as a life
supporting system we could lose the very essence of what makes it special by allowing it to be come severely degraded. A careful balancing act between
aesthetic, ecological and recreational needs must be planned if we are to sustain and improve the health and appearance of the Avon River corridor for
future generations.
STUDY AREA - While recognising that the Avon River is a dynamic system flowing from Avonhead to the estuary, the focus of this study is from the
Antigua Boatsheds to Fitzgerald Avenue
or to go directly to the questionnaire:
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/avonriver/AvonRiverquestionnaire.pdf
Contact
Suzanne Weld
Parks and Waterways Unit
Ph 941 8490
338: from Steve Windels of United States of America...
The Wildlife Society's Restoration Working Group
Hello, NZERN:
I am the newsletter editor for The Wildlife Society's Restoration Working Group, an organization formed within our parent society (TWS) to facilitate communication between members interested in ecological restoration. I think it would be fantastic if folks from your network submitted newsletter articles, book reviews, etc for publication in our online newsletter. Our
membership is currently mostly within the U.S. so any new geographic viewpoints in restoration would be a great addition. Please check out our web site at http://www.tws-west.org/restoration for examples of previous
newsletters.
I look forward to communicating with members of your organization more in the future.
Sincerely,
Steve Windels
Newsletter Editor
Chair-elect, Restoration Working Group
(Send your notices as you want them to appear from your password protected areas
more notices at http://www.bush.org.nz/notice/
4. RESOURCES
Field Guide to New Zealand Seabirds
By Brian Parkinson.
New Holland Publishers (2000)
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
By Barrie D Heather & Hush A Robertson.
Viking (1996)
Handbook of Australian, New Zealand & Antartic Birds.
6 Vols. Oxford.
A Field Guide to New Zealand Birds
By Geoff Moon.
Reed (1992)
Birds of New Zealand. Locality Guide
By Stuart Chambers
Arun Books (1989)
Checklist of the Birds of New Zealand and the Ross Dependancy, Antartica
3rd Ed. Ornithological Society of NZ (1990)
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
3/11/2002
BirdGuide
The bird database is currently being checked for accuracy. It will then be uploaded to the website. It includes 350 birds found in NZ, both native and introduced including extinct since human occupation of NZ. BirdGuide will enable groups to create mutiple species lists. Eg:
What would have been here
Whats here now
Proposed reintroductions
The names given will be latin, common and Maori. The names will link to a basic fact sheet about each bird species with further links to other very useful ornithological websites like Birdlife International, BirdNet, plus reading material. Harry Boufal is keen to add other material over time including funstuff for kids.
The whole setup has been future proofed to enable datasharing (eg bird sightings reporting) being passed on to DoC, Ornithological Society of NZ, Landcare Research etc as their systems are developed....
3/11/2002
Kereru
Kereru will be mailed each fortnight for the next wee while. This is because the silly season is approaching and a major effort is going on to get work done on the BirdGuide, PlanterGuide and Plant Propagation databases. This affects all editions of Kereru. Any material sent thru for inclusion will still go onto the website noticeboard etc....
3/11/2002
NZERN Branches
Mike Peters has been elected as NZERN Rep for Christchurch City. Ryan Young has been elected by the Central Branch Committee as Branch Secretary.
Commercial Native Plant nurseries are currently choosing a rep as well for that branch (more info from Paul Michael at Fernfactor 03-344-0297).
Nominations are called for Branch President and Treasurer.
A meeting will be called for late November in Christchurch. Agenda items include:
Suggestions for the Motukarara Open Day program
Publishing the Canterbury Restoration Directory....
3/11/2002
AGM
Nominations are called for National President, Secretary, Treasurer, Editor and Returning Officer. The election will take place at the National AGM on Sunday 17th. Voting is by delegates from the 3 branches....
3/11/2002
Pipi Update
Site Manager has been upgraded.
Site Manager is used to edit info about a restoration site/s by the owner from the password area.
There are now 4 forms & matching web pages. Many fields have been renamed or laid out differently following suggestions from Denise Ford (Travis Wetland Trust).
+ Management
+ History
+ Restoration Directory
+ Location
Travis Wetland is a good example of its use.
http://www.bush.org.nz/site/50.html
This will need further upgrading early next year for GIS components, weed reporting and EcoTrack (site monitoring)....
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, 18 November 2002
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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