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, 3 March 2003
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
4. Resources
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 3
Auckland
North Shore City Eco-fest
Celebrating our environment together.
3-9 March.
04 486 8600
Monday 3
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Monday 3
Wellington
Wellington Ornithological Society Meeting
1st Monday
DoC offices, Wellington Public Library, 7.45pm.
Stuart Nicholson (04) 934-5840
Tuesday 4
Auckland
Auckland Ornithological Society
First Tuesday (Except January)
7.45pm Kohia Teachers' Centre, 74 Epsom Ave, Mt Eden.
Tuesday 4
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 4
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
Tuesday 4
Taranaki
Taranaki Ornithological Society Meeting
First Tuesday except January
7.30pm
Barry Hartley (06) 757 8644
Tuesday 4
Wellington
Waimeha Lagoon Working Party
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Meet at Charles Fleming memorial rock, Eruini St, Waikanae
Wednesday 5
Canterbury
Earthwise - Plains FM 96.9
Wednesdays
Local and Global Issues 8:30pm
Meet 2 interesting NZ women, both passionate about conservation. Jenny Jones of DoC's National Wildlife Breeding Centre at Mount Bruce, in the Wairarapa tells about the Centre's on-going efforts to save our most endangered birds. Heather MacFarlane, a farmer just south of Kaikoura, tells about the award-winning Conway Coastal Landcare Group, farmers who have worked together to protect native bush on their land and established a popular walking track, at the same time.
Wednesday 5
Manawatu - Wanganui
Manawatu Ornithological Soc Beach Patrol
First Wednesday
and on other beaches at irregular times.
Wednesday 5
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 6
Wellington
Lower Hutt Forest & Bird Branch Meeting
1st Thursday 7.30pm. Tramping Club Hall, Birch St, Lower Hutt.
Thursday 6
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 7
Canterbury
Canterbury Botanical Society Meeting
1st Friday
8pm Room 5A, Canterbury University.
Friday 7
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 8
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)
Saturday 8
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 8
Nelson - Marlborough
Wakefield Bush Restoration Society
2nd Saturday
10am -12 noon
Helen Campbell ph/fax (03) 541-9410 maccam@ts.co.nz
Sunday 9
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 9
Wellington
Manawa Karioi
Open Day - Island Bay Project Bird Song. Manawa Karioi - creating a coastal rainforest forest. Tapu te Ranga marae - end of Danube street. Meet in carpark. 1.30 -3pm. Tour around marae & planting site. Discussion related to biodiversity and habitat creation. Morgan Cox & Sally Bowman ph 934-7041 cell ph 027 4169 190
Sunday 9
New Zealand
Seaweek
9 to 18 March
Seaweek is an annual event celebrated every March since 1992.
and next week...
Monday 10
Canterbury
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Trust Meeting
7 - 8.30 pm. Woolston WM Club in Hargood Street - Linwood Upstairs room. Speakers; Dr Martin Single - snr lecturer in Geology at Canty University and Andrew Crossland - bird expert.
Tanya Jenkins Phone 9804800
Tuesday 11
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 11
Northland
Northland Ornithological Society
Second Tuesday
David Crocket (09) 435-0954
Tuesday 11
New Zealand
NZERN Monthly Committee Meeting
Second Tuesday (except January)
7.15pm. National Secretary Simon Johnson ph: (03) 355-8150 E-mail: simonj-hrs@clear.net.nz
Tuesday 11
Auckland
Sth Auckland Ornithological Society Mtg
Second Tuesday (Feb - Nov)
7.45pm Papakura Croquet Clubrooms, 5 Chapel St, Papakura.
Wednesday 12
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 13
Canterbury
Forest & Bird (North Canterbury) program
WEA 59 Gloucester St 7.30pm
"High Country Heritage". Speaker Dr Andy Dennis.
Thursday 13
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 13
Southland
Southland Ornithogical Society Evening Meetings
2nd Thursday
(In conjunction with Field Club) Otatara Community Centre, Dunns Rd, Otatara. 7.30pm.
Phil Rhodes (03) 217 2757 or Lloyd Esler (03) 213-0404
Friday 14
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 15
Northland
Forest & Bird Far North
New members welcome.
Matthews Reserve Possum Control, Ian Wilson 09 401 9056
Saturday 15
Manawatu - Wanganui
Forest & Bird Manawatu Trip
Kopane Bush. Visit a local piece of bush on the Manawatu Plains. Meet before 9am at PNCC carpark, Church St opp. Post Office. Alan Hawkins 06 323 0583
Saturday 15
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 15
Southland
Southland Forest & Bird Trip
Green Hills. Meet Southland Museum 10am Learn about organic honey, native bush and permaculture. Barbara Boyde 03-216-0353.
Saturday 15
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 16
Canterbury
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday)
11am-1pm. Nursery Work. Meet at 7 Poulson St. All welcome
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Sunday 16
Canterbury
Forest & Bird -North Canterbury Trip
Korowai/Torlesse Conservation Park. Day walk. Contact Euganie Sage 366 6317
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
from Murray Dawson of Canterbury...
Conference on Urban Biodiversity
22-24 October 2003 Greening the City: Bringing Biodiversity Back into the Urban Environment. Conference of the Royal NZ Institute of Horticulture (in association with the CCC, ECan, Landcare Research and PGG). Held at Chateau on the Park, Christchurch.
The important role of cities as a repository for biodiversity is increasingly recognised within New Zealand and overseas, along with the need to focus on sustainable development, triple bottom-line accounting, and the function of green environments in maintaining community health and cohesion. In New Zealand, recent reports by the Parliamentary Commission for the Environment and the Ministry of the Environment have drawn attention to these issues. The conference will be based on these and other themes, with an emphasis on practical outcomes.
The conference will be held in the Garden City of Christchurch, where there is much collective expertise on urban biodiversity. Complementing our local experts will be several world authorities on the Greening of Cities, Landscape Architecture, and Town Planning to act as keynote speakers.
These topics are very timely as the Christchurch City Council puts into place its Biodiversity Strategy, which will be unveiled at the conference.
Keynote speakers include:
*Dr Morgan Williams, Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment, Wellington, New Zealand
*Professor Chris Bains, one of the UK's leading environmental campaigners, and an award-winning author and broadcaster
*Mason Tan, Landscape Architect and Director of Mace Studio, Singapore
Who will attend?
*Local and Regional Councillors
*Town Planners
*Landscape and Building Architects
*Horticulturists
*Educationalists
*Researchers
*Conservation Groups
*Others interested in Urban Biodiversity
For more information see http://www.rnzih.org.nz/pages/conference2003.htm or contact d&amoyle@xtra.co.nz
From Dick Veitch of Auckland...
ISSG Conference Book
The Proceedings of the International Conference on Eradication of Island Invasives, held at the University of Auckland in February 2001, is now available for you to purchase.
This 424 page book titled: “Turning the Tide: The Eradication of Invasive Species”, edited by Dick Veitch and Mick Clout, contains 52 papers from conference presentations and the abstracts from a further 21 of the presentations.
The papers presented to the conference focused on the subject of: “Eradication of invasive species from islands; methods used and the results achieved.” The term ‘eradicating’ included work to remove invasive species where complete eradication was some, or many, years away but the methods used were achieving positive results or providing a significant learning experience. The term ‘island’ included true islands, natural habitat islands, remnant and artificial habitat islands, or new invasions of natural ecosystems where eradication was deemed feasible. Preference was given to papers which provided detail of the techniques used or of the ecosystem response to the work. Significant learning experiences included methods which failed.
The full contents list of the book, and all abstracts as written prior to the conference, can be seen on our web site www.issg.org
This book can be purchased for NZ$55.00 (plus p&p) from Dick Veitch, 48 Manse Road, Papakura, New Zealand. E-mail dveitch@kiwilink.co.nz, phone/fax +64 (0)9 298 5775. Payment in New Zealand dollars must reach this address before 31 March 2003. Mastercard and Visa accepted. Your order must include a postal address. P&p costs per copy are: New Zealand $5.00, Australia NZ$14.00, USA NZ$29.00, UK NZ$32.00, and ask about other countries.
This book may also be purchased from IUCN Publications Services Unit, 219c Huntingdon Road, Cambridge CB3 0DL, United Kingdom, phone +44 1223 277894, fax +44 1223 277175, e-mail books@iucn.org. They should now have stocks. Call or see their web page http://www.iucn.org/bookstore for details.
From Ryan Young of Christchurch...
Talk and slides on Trounson Kauri Park
March 19th
Petanque Club Rooms
Armagh Street Carpark
Hagley Park
From Dwarfs to Giants with Ryan Young who attended the National Bonsai Convention In New Plymouth and Trounson Kauri Park DoC mainland Island as recipient of the Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens Staff Award
ryan.young@xtra.co.nz
(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
Exploring the Kaimai Bush
www.kaimaibush.co.nz
Leanrnz
A virtual field trip program for years 4 - 10 supporting science, social studies and technology teaching real science, real locations, real people real time.
www.learnz.org.nz
Manawa
Coordinating auckland's conservation groups
www.manawa.org.nz
Xcluder
Pest Proof Fencing Comany
www.xcluder.co.nz
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
02/03/2003
Pipi Update
Recently added to Pipi:
On-line accounting system
Project management webtool
PlanterGuide editing area
A newsfeed tool
PlantGrow
Next to be done is the User Forum. This is a rewrite of an existing opensource software package and is expected to take 4 weeks (160 hours). When completed, forums will be attached to PlanterGuide, PlantGrow, BirdGuide etc for people to use. Anyone will be able to view but only people with passwords will be able to post to the forums.
02/03/2003
Field Days
NZERN recently received funding from the Biodiversity Advice Fund to organise or participate in a series of field days around NZ.
A major focus being to teach people how to use PlanterGuide as a tool for working out what to plant where.
The field days will be organised by the local NZERN branches. Other agencies will be very welcome to participate as well with what ever they want to do.
We are also on the look out for events organised by other groups that NZERN can come along to with a stall to provide this training.
02/03/2003
Membership Update
A lot more members have been signing up to the network lately. There are now 571 accounts set up. An increasing trend has been the number of individual/family landowners with a block of bush joining.
60 accounts are for funders or suppliers.
Affiliate members have been joining at the rate of 2-3 per day on average. This is a no cost option for members of groups/families which have an existing membership account with NZERN.
02/03/2003
NZERN Branches
The next National Council meeting has been called for Saturday May 24 at 4pm. It will be run as a phone conference. Each branch needs to take responsibility for the participation by the local committees.
High on the agenda are:
1. 2003-2005 development plan for Pipi.
2. 2003 National Training Conference in Wellington.
Please send other agenda items directly to Simon Johnson.
simonj-hrs@clear.net.nz
If you are from a local group or are an individual member, please contact the local branch if you have things you want done.
http://www.bush.org.nz/nzern/branch/
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.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/plantgrow/ – Useful technical information for growing NZ native plants.
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, 10 March 2003
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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