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, 17 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 17
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 18
Otago
Forest & Bird (Dunedin) Monthly Meeting
3rd Tuesday
7.45pm Kakapo/Takahe Room, Otago Museum. Entry via Museum Carpark, Cumberland St
Ken Mason 03 476 7100
Tuesday 18
Bay of Plenty
Forest & Bird (Rotorua) Meeting
7.30pm. Staffroom, Rotorua Girls High School.
New Technologies for Control of Ground Predators: Evening Talk 7.30pm.
Chris Ecroyd 07 3479067
Tuesday 18
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 18
Canterbury
NZERN Presentation - Site Visit
Tour of Addington Bush Project by foot. Presentation to Project Management Institute (PMI) members on project management after the fact for a far strung network. Speaker Mike Peters.
Tuesday 18
Canterbury
Summit Road Society AGM
Members and friends of the Port Hills welcome.
7.30pm. St Matthews Church Hall, Cranford St. Speaker: Bob Parker - Banks Penninsula District Council policy for the protection of outstanding landscapes of Lyttelton Harbour basin.
Tuesday 18
Canterbury
Travis Wetland Trust Meeting
Tuesday after Third Saturday.
Time: 5.30pm - 7.30pm. Place: Travis Wetland Education Centre, Beach Road.
Helen Braithwaite (03) 328 9958
Tuesday 18
Wellington
Waimeha Lagoon Working Party
1st & 3rd Tuesday
Meet at Charles Fleming memorial rock, Eruini St, Waikanae
Wednesday 19
Waikato
Waikato Ornithological Society meeting
Third Wednesday
7.30pm, DoC London St, Hamilton City.
Paul Cuming (07) 829 8215
Wednesday 19
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 20
Wellington
Forest & Bird (Wellington) Meeting
7.30pm. Turnbull House, Bowen St.
The case for 1080 - Geoff Keey
Gordon Purdie 4795548
Thursday 20
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 21
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 22
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 22
Canterbury
Meurky Walk
Walk around the hidden native spots of Christchurch with Dr Colin Meurk. Contact North Canterbury Forest & Bird for meeting details. All Welcome. Bring lunch, drink and gold coins for shared shuttles back to our cars
Heather McNaughtan (phone 351 4249) heather.june@paradise.net.nz
Saturday 22
Canterbury
Operation No Green Needles
Practical Weed Control. Removing wilding pines. Transport provided along with supervision and hand tools. Participants should bring a cut lunch, thermos, and suitable outdoor clothing and footwear. Ends with BBQ.
A day in Waimakariri Basin. Contact Rob Gerard 365-3828
Saturday 22
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232
Saturday 22
International
World Water Day
March 22
A day in which people across the world join forces to fight for clean and safe drinking water
Sunday 23
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 23
Northland
Forest & Bird Far North
New members welcome.
Arethusa Working Bee, Liz Meek 09 408 7818
Sunday 23
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
Sunday 23
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip
1st Saturday
Field trip Huntleigh Park forest remnant.
and next week...
Monday 24
Canterbury
YMCA Conservation Corps at Addington Bush
Weeding & nursery work.
Jeff Johnson
Tuesday 25
Manawatu - Wanganui
Farewell to the Birds
Manawatu Estuary Trust Inc.
10am
Tuesday 25
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 25
Manawatu - Wanganui
Wanganui Ornithological Society Mtg
Fourth Tuesday
Davis Lecture Theatre, Wanganui Regional Museum, Watt St.
Wednesday 26
Wellington
Kapiti Forest & Bird Monthly Meeting
Last Wednesday except December and January
David Gregorie 04-904-2183
Wednesday 26
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 26
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
Wednesday
Nursery potting up and seed propagation. Evening session 7.30pm till 9.30pm
Gary James (04) 938-6751
Thursday 27
Auckland
Friends of the Whau - Meeting
Last Thursday
7.30pm staff room Kelston Boys High School, Kelston. Visitors Welcome
J. Weaver (09) 820-8575
Thursday 27
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 28
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 28
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 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 30
Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110
Sunday 30
Waikato
Waikato Forest & Bird Trip
Walter Scott Reserve, Ngutunui. Meet at the reserve at 10.00. Billy tea and sausages for lunch. Please contact Philip or Dave if you want to come, so we know how many to cater for. Travel can be arranged if you need it. Please share cars, parking is limited. Contact Philip Hart 07 856 7992 prhart@waikato.ac.nz or Dave Lee 07 843 6880
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
from Chris Rance of Southland...
358. Comming up in Southland
QEII National Trust/NZERN Field Day
April Friday 4
Field Day looking at Pest Plant problems and solutions.
1pm - 4pm
Venue - Southland Community Nursery and Rance Covenant, 185 Grant Road, Otatara
Contact Gay Munro
phone 2395827
email 4igmunro@thenet.net.nz
NZERN Southland Restoration Field Day
June Saturday 7
8.30am - 5pm. Bus trip around 7 restoration sites in Southland The trip will take people to:
* Riverton Estuary Care Group's Te Wai Korari wetland
* Nightcaps McGreggor Park
* Te Waiau Mahika Kai Trust's Te Koawa Turoa O Takitimu (Jericho) on the Waiau River for lunch
* Southland Fish and Game Council's Redcliffe Wetland
* the Waiau Trust's Home Creek Wetland, through Te Anau and on to
* Men of the Trees Milligan Park at Dipton.
Contact Southland Reps Chris Rance
phone 213-1161
email rances@es.co.nz
Gay Munro
phone 239-5827
email 4igmunro@thenet.net.nz
from Ryan Young of Canterbury...
357. NZERN Central Branch Committee Meeting
Date:
Sunday 30th March
Venue:
Quail Island/Otamahua.
Ferry departs 9:30am Jetty B, Lyttelton. Bring Lunch and Drink.
Please contact Ryan to confirm ferry bookings
ryan.young@xtra.co.nz
352-7896
(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
Questia
The worlds largest on-line library. This is the biodiversity section. 347 books available. subscription service.
http://www.questia.com/Index.jsp?CRID=biodiversity&OFFID=se1
Ramsar
Ramsar Convention provides international protection of wetlands.
www.ramsar.org
Restoration Ecology
www.xmission.com/~cadams/
River Action Focus Team (RAFT)
www.ew.govt.nz/educationprogrammes/farmersandlandcare/caregroups/RAFT.htm
NZ Penguins
www.penguin.net.nz
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
017/03/2003
NZERN Office
The office will be closed next week from Monday 14th - Thurday 27th
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, 24 March 2003
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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