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Tuesday, 6 May 2003
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
4. Resources
7. NZERN News
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 5
Canterbury
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutahi Trust Meeting
Education & Publicity Working Group. 7 to 8.30pm
Tanya Jenkins Phone 9804800
Monday 5
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 6
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 6
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
Wednesday 7
Canterbury
Addington Bush Society AGM
Normally 1st Wed in May
All welcome.
8pm at 7 Poulson St, Addington. Followed by supper.
Euan Hefford (03) 338-7646
Wednesday 7
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
1st & 3rd Wednesday
7.30-9.30pm
Contact Julia 938-5102
Thursday 8
Canterbury
Forest & Bird (North Canterbury) Meeting
WEA 59 Gloucester St 7.30pm
"A marine park for fiordland". Speaker Sue Maturin.
Thursday 8
Canterbury
Guardians of the Styx River (Christchurch)
2rd Thursday except December, January General Meeting
Meet 7.30pm Papanui Service Centre. Admission free.
Contacts John Knox (Chair) (03) 379 9904 Matthew Turnbull (Secretary) (03) 332 7290
Thursday 8
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 8
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 8
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
2nd & 4th Thursday
7-9pm. Meet at Merrins house.
Ph 971-1770
Friday 9
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 10
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 10
Nelson - Marlborough
Wakefield Bush Restoration Society
2nd Saturday
10am -12 noon
Helen Campbell ph/fax (03) 541-9410 maccam@ts.co.nz
Sunday 11
Canterbury
Forest & Bird (North Canterbury) Trip
Ellangowan Scenic Reserve, Banks Peninsula. Contact Euganie Sage 366-6317
Sunday 11
Bay of Plenty
Forest & Bird (Rotorua) Trip
Te Ngae Kahikatea Forest Trip. Rod Stace 07 3628523
Sunday 11
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 13
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 13
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 13
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 15
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 16
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 17
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 17
Canterbury
NZERN Canterbury Restoration Field Day
All Welcome.
Field day in afternoon at Geraldine - South Canterbury. Talk by Brian Patrick at Geraldine Cinema 7.30pm. Ines Stager (06) 693-9283
Saturday 17
Southland
Tautuku Working Bee
Saturday and Sunday Visit and help out at Lenz Reserve.
Tautuku Working Day, pot luck tea and day discovering the Catlins on the Sunday. Accommodation at Tautuku free for helpers. Book with Barbara Boyde (2160353)
Barbara Boyde (03) 2160353
Saturday 17
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 18
Auckland
Motutapu Restoration Trust - workday
9.00am Ferry from Downtown Auclkand, return 4.20pm . Bring own lunch, water, gloves, suitable clothing to cover arms and legs for weeding days. (Weeding and Nursery days are not suitable for children under the age of 13 years.)
Planting
Belinda Vernon 09 522-0919, Bridget Winstone 09 524-5072
Sunday 18
Nelson - Marlborough
Nelson Botanical Society Trip
Whangamoa river mouth. Leader Shannel Courtney 03 546-9922
(more calendar items at http://www.bush.org.nz/calendar/
3. NOTICEBOARD
364. from Mardi Neumann of Canterbury...
2003 YHA Young Conservationist Awards
Entry Information & Form
The 2003 YHA Young Conservationist Awards, a joint project between the Youth Hostel Association New Zealand (YHA NZ) and the Department of Conservation (DOC) is a perfect opportunity for teachers to use current student-centred projects in conservation to fulfil the key dimensions of environmental education.
This year YHA New Zealand and Department of Conservation (DOC) are looking for innovative projects that include a hands-on/action component related to some aspect of conservation.
If you know of, are involved in or are planning a project that might be eligible, let us know! Projects can be located anywhere - at school, on a marae, by a river, on the coast, in a local reserve, or in entrants' own backyards.
Categories
There are 4 award categories:
* Click on each icon to find out about each species*
Tui Award - Primary Individual Award
Wheke Award - Primary Group Award
Harakeke Award - Secondary Individual Award
Tuatara Award - Secondary Group Award
Each category is named after a native animal or plant with a significant relationship to conservation and New Zealand's biodiversity.
Entries
The YHA Young Conservationist Awards are open to any school, youth or marae-based group under the age of 18. It is very important that you (students) do the work including the entry outline brief. We understand that some adult input may be necessary but essentially we want to know what you are doing. If there is adult input it must be specified in the project brief. In the case of research projects, it is important to show how the research can be or has been applied to benefit the environment. Click here to read about some examples of previous entries. Entry forms for 2003 can be downloaded at the base of this page.
What we need from you?
Well, we are glad you asked! We receive lots of entries and to make it easier for our judges we request entrants to provide a clearly written outline of the project no longer than six (6) pages long, explaining:
The aims of the project
The people involved
What was done
What was achieved
How they see the project developing in the future.
The project outline can include relevant photos, illustrations and other supporting material e.g. video, however if students have a display board - please send through photographs only. YHA NZ and DOC will keep the original entry outline brief for our records. Only additional supporting material (e.g. video) will be returned to entrants.
We would like to be fair to all entrants, which means that if a project has won a YHA Young Conservationist Award Prize in the past, it will not be eligible for an award in this year's competition. However if previous winners have started any new projects we would love to see them!
Hint: The judges are especially interested in on-going projects that show a large degree of voluntary effort by young people, and a long-term commitment to the issue.
Timeline
Entries will close at 5pm on 19 September 2003. This will give you two terms to complete your entry. Winners will be announced on 10 October 2003 and it is hoped all presentation of prizes will be complete by the end of October.
What's in it for entrants?
All entrants under the age of 18 receive a certificate and a free one-year membership to YHA New Zealand. YHA and DOC believe it is important to congratulate and recognise everyone who is making an effort for the good of their environment. And we know that many YHA NZ and DOC staff would be interested in hearing about what is happening in your area.
Prize winners will receive:
Group Awards:
$1000 cash to support your ongoing conservation project (or a future project)
Individual Awards:
Senior
Eco-Trip for 2 to Australia*
(for winner & their parent/guardian)
Primary/Intermediate
Eco-Trip for 2 within New Zealand*
(for winner & their parent/guardian).
*See terms and conditions on entry form.
Please send entries to:
The 2003 YHA Young Conservationist Awards
PO Box 436
CHRISTCHURCH
For more information please contact:
Mardi Neumann
Community Programme Coordinator
YHA New Zealand
P O Box 436
Christchurch
Freephone 0800 278299
Email: Mardi.Neumann@yha.org.nz
Pam Crisp
Education Coordinator
Department of Conservation
P O Box 10420
Wellington
Phone: 04 471 3116
Email: pdcrisp@doc.govt.nz
2003 ENTRY FORM
Download an entry form from http://www.stayyha.com/downloads/2003%20YCA%20Entry%20Form.pdf in PDF format. To view the PDF documents you will need the Adobe Acrobat Reader installed.
Forms may also be collected directly from YHAs or from any Department of Conservation office or visit www.doc.govt.nz
365. from Sigrid Shayer of Auckland...
The Tree Council's Auckland Region Tree Services Guide and Directory 2003/2004 edition
(5th edition since 1993)
WHY YOU SHOULD ADVERTISE
Purpose of Directory
The purpose of the 36 page directory (A5) is to provide a guide and directory to tree services in the Auckland region, as well as educational information on the importance and value of trees, and urban trees in particular. The booklet aims to have something of interest for a variety of people and occasions, as well as providing a user friendly networking tool for the industry. 4 editions have been published since 1993, the last edition being 1999/2000.
4,000 copies of the new edition will be published by the end of May 2003. This edition will not only be updated, but will also have a new design and the editorial content will be revamped.
The directory is a good vehicle to let interested customers and members of the public know about your service. They will all have an interest in trees, and many will either now, or in the future, be wanting to know who they can turn to for a range of tree related tasks.
Your advertising enables the directory to be published. The booklet not only provides a friendly networking tool for the industry, it also supports the work of the Tree Council, and helps to stimulate interest in the wider value and importance of trees and thus helps to bolster the vitality of this sector generally. This can only be good for your business.
Directory Content
This updated edition will include:
· Tree Protection Guidelines, tree policies and contact details from all local authorities in the region
· Adverts and listings of commercial and professional services along with voluntary groups and professional organisations
· Editorial articles eg:
o the need for tree protection; the Auckland context; timber and sustainable development; values and functions of trees and their products; arboriculture; the value of an arborist; practical section from seed to death (sowing, planting, pruning, disease, management); community tree advisor scheme; farm forestry; Tane's Tree Trust; urban forestry and urban design in Manukau City; legal issues and advice.
Benefits to advertisers include:
· free copies to encourage interest / take-up
· wide distribution in `fertile' areas across the region
· long shelf life with circulation over 2 years
· supporting public interest and knowledge in the industry generally
· networking tool for the industry
Distribution:
· Tree Council members and their affiliated organisations/NGOs
· Local authorities
· Public libraries
· CABs
· Supportive trade, retail and professional outlets
· Appropriate community, trade and professional events
· Advertising in newsletters
· Training providers
Previous advertisers:
· Arborists / tree surgeons
· Tree nurseries
· Landscape architects
· Equipment specialists
· Training providers
· Garden centres
· Book sellers
· Forestry consultants
· Governmental agencies - Ministry of Forestry, MAF
· Landscape suppliers
· Horticultural products suppliers
· Professional organisations
· Contractors
· Power line providers
· Local authorities
Advertising Rates (held at 1999 prices) - camera ready
listings $100 (40 words max)
1/3 page $300
½ page $400
whole page $700
inside back cover $900
back cover (colour) $2000, including 1/3 page inside
Contact Details
For further information please
contact Sigrid Shayer
12/7 Hayden Street,
Freemans Bay, Auckland
Ph/fax: 09 3611517 or
sigrid@pl.net
366. from Victoria Keene of Christchurch...
Christchurch Environment Centre Relocation
The Christchurch Environment Centre will be closed for relocation to our new premises at 68 Kilmore Street from Friday 9 May.
We will be open again to the public from Tuesday 20 May. If you need to contact us over this time, we will be available by phone and email. Please do leave a message as we will get back to you!
We invite you to visit us at the new location and look forward to seeing you in the near future.
Cheers
Victoria and the CEC team
Christchurch Environment Centre
PO Box 2657
Christchurch
Phone [03] 379 2257
Fax [03] 379 2250
Email info@environment.org.nz
4. RESOURCES
Port Waikato Beachcare Group
www.ew.govt.nz/educationprogrammes/beachcare/portwaikato.htm
Project Crimson
www.projectcrimson.org.nz
Project GEO
Bioluminescent Springtails light up Christchurch, New Zealand. Explore the hidden world of cosmopolitan Collembola, their amazing cuticular geodesic structure and wondrous behavior.
www.byteland.org/bioluminus/geo.html
Protect New Zealand
Basic information here about the biosecurity issues facing New Zealand provided by MAF
www.protectnz.org.nz
Protecting and restoring our natural heritage - a practical guide.
On this page you will find a link to the "Protecting and Restoring Our Natural Heritage" guide on the left hand side menu.
www.doc.govt.nz/Regional-Info/010~Canterbury/
Public Access New Zealand (PANZ)
www.publicaccessnewzealand.org
Queen Elizabeth II National Trust
www.nationaltrust.org.nz
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
04/05/2003
Bush Telly
Wendy Barry has been nominated as a trustee for the Bush Telly Trust. Wendy is the education officer of WWF - World Wide Fund for Nature and is based in Wellington.
04/05/2003
Restoration Day
The Wellington Restoration day on Saturday was a great success. 120 attended from a wide range of restoration groups. There was also a good turn out from DoC, Regional Council etc.
The venue was the Otari Wilton's Bowling Club building at Otari Wilton's Bush. There were lots of interesting displays, speakers, a tour and great food.
Thanks especially to DoC and Wellington Regional Council for a lot work to make this annual event possible.
Thanks Otari Wilton's Bush Trust for hosting the event
More information about this event will no doubt be posted on the forums and as an article on the website.
04/05/2003
NZERN Branches
Efforts are underway to bring a lot new blood onto the Northern Branch committee. Because some of the existing people are snowed under with responsibilities (new babies, their own groups, work, etc) Julia White (Wellington Forest & Bird, Wellington Botanical Society) has taken on the job of finding new people. She is approaching groups to find out who they want on.
The idea is that the Wellington based committee will eventually be made up of a President, Secretary, Treasurer, committee members chosen by community groups from different geographic areas, an Iwi rep, Native Plant Nursery Industry rep and a school liason person.
Thanks heaps Julia for doing this!
You can contact Julia at Wellington (04) 938-5102 juliawhite@paradise.net.nz
04/05/2003
Fundraising
The Doc run TFBIS fund has agreed to help pay for the costs of developing some of the useful resources on the NZERN website. The Birdguide, PlanterGuide and native plant propagation modules will all benefit from this very generous grant of $15,000. There is still some paperwork to sign.
Thanks DoC!
04/05/2003
Restoration Directory
30 copies of a draft of the Wellington Restoration Directory were handed out at the Wellington Restoration Day. Thanks everyone who handed back revisions, new listings and especially found spelling mistakes.
Corrections need to be posted to NZERN, PO Box 9000, Christchurch or dropped off to phone Julia White in Wellington (04) 938-5102 juliawhite@paradise.net.nz
The deadline is May 31.
The 2003 edition will be mailed out in July - 400 copies to schools, libraries, community groups, councils, native plant nurseries etc.
Remember its a phone book that people will use for 12 months - so lets all help make it as complete as possible now. Various agencies have also been invited to supply 400 copies of A4 sized resource material that can be included by the printer when collating. Please post direct to the NZERN office - it needs to come dead flat.
06/05/2003
Pipi Update
A 2 year plan is now being prepared for the development of Pipi - the computer program that produces Kereru, drives the NZERN website and publishes the regional Restoration Directories.
A series of meetings, interviews and online forum are being organised across NZ to get the widest possible input from community groups, iwi, farmers, native plant nurseries and schools about their information needs.
- What information do you need to help you carry out your restoration project?
- Do you keep planting, pest control, plant, bird, stream health records?
- Do you need a place to host your website?
- Do you need maps?
- How could the NZERN website and password area be improved?
- Other needs - keeping nursery information - cultural uses of plants - farm shelterbelts - teaching resources.
A second series of workshops in the 4 main centres are to be held for agencies and national organisations who want to discuss sharing data with NZERN via Pipi.
- Pipi will be capable of automatically providing data for other websites - helping to keep them up to date. This will save the owners of these websites a lot of work & cost.
- Many community groups are putting information into Pipi with the intention of having this data passed on to DoC, Regional Councils etc.
- Various crown research agencies and DoC have very useful information for conservation locked up from public access - NZERN wants to pass this on to the community groups directly.
A third highly technical discussion is underway on what changes need to be made to Pipi to make it do all of the above.
The "Pipi 2003-05 Information Plan" and discussions are being organised by the Pipi Steering Committee on behalf of NZERN.
The cost is being covered by DoC via the TFBIS fund. - Thanks DoC!
More information next week about how to register for these events.
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.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/forum/ - a place to share information, get help or help others.
* http://www.bush.org.nz/support/ - go here to learn how to use Pipi to get your message across.
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, 12 April 2003
Regards
Mike Peters
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A big thank you to Landcare Research for web site hosting: Landcare Research (www.Landcare.cri.nz);
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