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
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Monday, 7 April 2003
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
4. Resources
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 7
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 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)
Tuesday 8
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 8
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
Thursday 10
Canterbury
Guardians of the Styx River (Christchurch)
2rd Thursday except December, January General Meeting
Meet 7.30pm Papanui Service Centre. Admission free.
A discussion on the role and objectives of NZ Landcare Trust, examples of work being done by the Trust. The Styx Project and how we may work together. Speaker: Shelley Washington, Central South Island Regional Co-ordinator of the NZ Landcare Trust.
Contacts John Knox (Chair) (03) 379 9904 Matthew Turnbull (Secretary) (03) 332 7290
Thursday 10
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 10
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
Thursday 10
Waikato
Waikato Forest & Bird Meeting
Chartwell Rooms, Hamilton Gardens, Cobham Drive , Hamilton.
7.30pm AGM & 7.40pm Talk- Kakapo Recovery. Don Merton. 6.30 Meal. Donation. $10 - Book with Colleen Brimblecombe 07 855 5626 or Philip Hart 07 856 7992 prhart@waikato.ac.nz Everyone is welcome. Stay for supper too.
Thursday 10
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
2nd & 4th Thursday
7-9pm. Meet at Merrins house.
Ph 971-1770
Friday 11
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 12
Southland
Forest & Bird (Southland) Trip
All trips are free, a donation to cover car pooling is appreciated. Trips leave from Southland Museum, Invercargill unless otherwise stated.
Manapouri explored. Help out at the Home Creek Restoration Wetland with Edith Jones then boat trip on Lake Manapouri. Book with Ruth Dalley (032496664) Leave Southland Museum 9.a.m.
Saturday 12
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 12
Nelson - Marlborough
Wakefield Bush Restoration Society
2nd Saturday
10am -12 noon
Helen Campbell ph/fax (03) 541-9410 maccam@ts.co.nz
Sunday 13
New Zealand
Bush Telly Crew on location
Motukarara Nursery
Sunday 13
Canterbury
Canterbury Conservation Day - Motukarara Nursery
Motukarara Conservation Nursery, Waihora Domain off SH 75, on the way to Akaroa. Come along for an informative and fun day. There will be workshops; activites, native plant sales, displays, foodstalls. There will be free entrance and parking, eftpos available.
10am-4pm "Down by the Sea". Canterbury Coastline: guest speakers and workshops will cover subjects such as marine mammals and seabirds, coastal forest protection and enhancement, tsunami and sand dune rehabilitation.
phone 03 329-7846 jsantos@doc.govt.nz
Sunday 13
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 13
Auckland
Friends of Motuihe Working Bee
2nd Sunday
Travel Fullers from Auckland at 10am $15. Meet Volunteer Hut. Bring own lunch & water, good shoes, gloves, secatures
info@motuihe.org.nz
and next week ...
Tuesday 15
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 15
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Wednesday 16
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
1st & 3rd Wednesday
7.30-9.30pm
Contact Julia 938-5102
Thursday 17
Wellington
Forest & Bird (Wellington) Meeting
7.30pm. Turnbull House, Bowen St.
Gordon Purdie 4795548
Thursday 17
Nelson - Marlborough
Forest & Bird Marlborough Meeting
Illustrated talk on flora of South Marlborough by prominent Nelson based ecologist Philip Simpson. Blenheim School Hall.
Margaret Peace 5705612
Thursday 17
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 17
Nelson - Marlborough
Nelson Botanical Society Trip
Easter Camp, Karamea. Cathy Jones 03 546-9499
Friday 18
Canterbury
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday)
10am-noon. Autumn weeding. Meet at 7 Poulson St. All welcome
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
Friday 18
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip
1st Saturday
Field trip Te Maunga and Mt Ross, Aorangi Forest Park.
Friday 18
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 19
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 19
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
Monday 21
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 22
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 22
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
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
Thursday 24
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 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
Thursday 24
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
2nd & 4th Thursday
7-9pm. Meet at Merrins house.
Ph 971-1770
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
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 26
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232
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
Canterbury
Forest & Bird (North Canterbury) Trip
The Monument Reserve, Port Hills. Contact Lois Griffiths 342-9800
Sunday 27
Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110
Sunday 27
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 27
Wellington
Otari Wilton's Bush Trust - Walk
2pm. $3, meet at the Otari-Wilton's bush Information Centre, Te Marae o Tane.
Blue trail treats
04 499 1400
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
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
4. RESOURCES
ICM for Motueka River Catchment
Site about the research programme focussed on the Motueka River catchment and its influence on Tasman Bay. Includes riparian research, water quality and fish information and so on.
http://icm.landcareresearch.co.nz
ICUN - Invasive Species Specialist Group
ISSG aims to reduce threats to natural ecosystems and the native species they contain by increasing awareness of invasive alien species, and of ways to prevent, control or eradicate them.
www.issg.org
Insects of New Zealand
A few New Zealand insects and their stories
www.insectsnz.com/
Intenational Union Conservation of Nature (ICUN)
Main global organisation on habitat and species protection. The IUCN site has the full text of the Convention on Biological Diversity. Other international news is also available.
www.iucn.org
International Centre For Nature Conservation
www.lincoln.ac.nz/nature
International Earth Day
April 22 is International Earth Day which involves tens of thousands of events all around the world, all sending the same message - this turf is precious, perishable, and belongs to all of us. To find out what you can do go to:
www.earthday.net/
Island Press
On-line bookstore
www.islandpress.org
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
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, 14 April 2003
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
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