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/
Sunday, 23 March 2003
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
4. Resources
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 24
Canterbury
Seminar series on Avon River in the Central City
A free seminar series on the Avon River in the Central City will be held over three nights at 7pm at Our City on the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. There is also a display on the Avon River in the Central City
Understanding Rivers, instream wildlife
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
Canterbury
Seminar series on Avon River in the Central City
A free seminar series on the Avon River in the Central City will be held over three nights at 7pm at Our City on the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. There is also a display on the Avon River in the Central City
Landscape ecology and trees
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
Canterbury
Seminar series on Avon River in the Central City
A free seminar series on the Avon River in the Central City will be held over three nights at 7pm at Our City on the corner of Worcester Boulevard and Oxford Terrace. There is also a display on the Avon River in the Central City
Heritage
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
Canterbury
Otamahua/Quail Restoration Trust Work Day
Normally Last Sunday
Ferry departs Lyttelton B Jetty 9.30am. return 1.30 or 4.40pm. Bring lunch and drink.
Alison 328-8350
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
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
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
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
Wellington
Forest & Bird (Lower Hutt) 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
Friday 4
Canterbury
Canterbury Botanical Society Meeting
1st Friday
7.30pm Room 5A, Canterbury University.
Friday 4
Southland
QEII National Trust/NZERN
Field Day looking at Pest Plant problems and solutions. Venue - Southland Community Nursery and Rance Covenant, 185 Grant Road, Otatara Contact Gay Munro (2395827 email 4igmunro@thenet.net.nz )
1pm - 4pm
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
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 5
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip
1st Saturday
Field trip Eastern Hutt Hills.
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
Northland
Forest & Bird Far North
New members welcome.
Arethusa Working Bee, Mary Horsford, 09 409 4829
Sunday 6
Bay of Plenty
Rotorua Botanical Society Field trip
Mamaku Plateau Forest and Wetland. Willie Shaw and Sarah Beadel. Contact Chris Ecroyd 07 3479067
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/
4. RESOURCES
Ecology in Northland
www.northland.ac.nz/nrc/ecology.htm
Guardians of Fiordland Fisheries & Marine Environment
www.fiordland-guardians.org.nz
Guardians of Patuatahanui Inlet
www.converge.org.nz/gopi/index.html
H.E.L.P. Waihi
www.ew.govt.nz/educationprogrammes/farmersandlandcare/caregroups/waihi.htm
Hatepe Streamcare Group
www.ew.govt.nz/educationprogrammes/farmersandlandcare/caregroups/hatepe.htm
Hawkes Bay Regional Council
www.hbrc.govt.nz
Hieracium Management Information Module
A community designed support system to help land managers reduce orminimise the spread of Hieracium Spp. in the South Island high country of New Zealand.
www.tussocks.net.nz/hmp/index.html
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
23/03/2003
NZERN Branches
An NZERN Southland Newsletter has been printed and is being mailed to the local network this week. Its also available on the web at http://www.bush.org.nz/region/southland.html
and as a word download at
http://www.bush.org.nz/download/6.html
Local reps Chris Rance & Gay Munro intend to produce this newsletter twice a year to help keep the local network in touch.
23/03/2003
Pipi Update
Multi language capability has been added to Pipi as part of the new web forums being set up. Various languages have been catered for including English, Maori, Italian, French, German. More languages will follow in the future. If you can help with translation for your language, can you please contact the office. You will be sent a list of 100 words to translate.
23/03/2003
NZERN Office
The NZERN Office is closed this week and will reopen Friday 28th March.
23/03/2003
Website
Do you have a bit of bush or wetland you are looking out for?
Are you a farmer ? ... involved in a community project ? ... maybe your hapu has a natural area you want to see in a better state ? ...do you look after a council reserve as part of your job? ... Maybe a crib on Stewart Island?
If you want to be able to edit publicly available information about your restoration site and you havn't done so yet, please contact the office by email or phone. We need to get your details and the name of the restoration site. You can then be given editing rights. (You must already have a valid user password).
23/03/2003
Website
Future planning is under-way to make Pipi easier for you the users. The web site and password area is to be modified to make it easier for people with different needs.
1. Who have difficulty seeing the words and so turn fonts sizes up much larger.
2. Who use a text reader that uses the computer speakers to read out loud what's on the web site.
3. Have difficulty with some colour combinations.
4. Other challenges.
A potential solution to this is to have alternate web site versions available. You, the user would choose how you wanted the information presented and you could change your choice at anytime. This could also cater for people using different browsers including a cell phone to browse the web and others who have a fast internet connection and want all the bells and whistles.
So speak up - we need your suggestions.
Your ideas will get included into the Pipi 4 upgrade.
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, 31 March 2003
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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