Kereru is a weekly NZ e-mail for all community participants and organisations about ecological restoration. Relevant notices are very welcome, please logon to Pipi to add your information. Help bring back our natives.
Kereru is available at
http://www.bush.org.nz/kereru/
Tuesday, 20 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 19
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Monday 19
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Meeting
3rd Monday
7.30pm. Victoria University, Wellington. Room K301, 3rd floor, New Kirk Building, Kelburn Parade.
Restoration and community partnerships. Mike Oates, speaker
Tuesday 20
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 20
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Tuesday 20
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 21
Canterbury
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutahi Trust Meeting
Board meeting. 7 to 9.00pm
Tanya Jenkins Phone 9804800
Wednesday 21
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
1st & 3rd Wednesday
7.30-9.30pm
Contact Julia 938-5102
Thursday 22
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 22
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
2nd & 4th Thursday
7-9pm. Meet at Merrins house.
Ph 971-1770
Friday 23
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 23
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 24
Canterbury
Amberley Beach Working Party
Every Saturday morning 9am - midday
Weeding, planting, track construction etc. Phone during week for details.
Greg 033147402 or Warren 033147571
Saturday 24
Manawatu - Wanganui
Forest & Bird Manawatu Trip
Work party at Kitchener Park, Feilding. Half a day of weeding Tradescantia. Bring some plastic bags. Chris 06 323 6876
Saturday 24
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 24
New Zealand
NZERN National Council Meeting
4pm. Phone conference link to branches.
Saturday 24
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve Lower Hutt Forest & Bird
4th Saturday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston (04) 589-9232
Sunday 25
Canterbury
Clarevale Reserve Working Party
2nd and 4th Sundays
10am, Native Habitats. At Clarevale St 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, gumboots, gloves and spade or clippers. Phone or email first.
Dave Evans 366 0628 or Dave.Evans@alliedtelesyn.co.nz
Sunday 25
Wellington
Makara Park Work Party
Just turn-up at the carpark, 10am on the day, and we'll have you working in no time. All work parties start from the carpark on South Karori Road at 10am. No experience necessary and everyone is welcome. Tools and a light lunch are provided.
Patch up Koru and Sally Alley Tracks
Kennett Bros, ph/fax 499-6376 wk
Sunday 25
Otago
MEES working Party
Last Sunday of Month.
Meet 10.30am at Long Beach
Colin Rutherford (03) 482-1110
Sunday 25
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
and next week...
Monday 26
Canterbury
YMCA Conservation Corps at Addington Bush
Planting
Jeff Johnson
Tuesday 27
Canterbury
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutahi Trust Meeting
Research & Monitoring Working Group. 7 to 8.30pm
Tanya Jenkins Phone 9804800
Tuesday 27
Wellington
Greendale Working Party
Tuesdays
8.30am at reserve for planting and release work.
Phil Palmer 04-298-2952
Wednesday 28
Wellington
Kapiti Forest & Bird Monthly Meeting
Last Wednesday except December and January
David Gregorie 04-904-2183
Wednesday 28
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 29
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 29
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 30
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 31
Canterbury
Amberley Beach Working Party
Every Saturday morning 9am - midday
Weeding, planting, track construction etc. Phone during week for details.
Greg 033147402 or Warren 033147571
Saturday 31
Auckland
Kauri Grove Reserve and Three Streams Arboretum Working Party
Every Weekend
Walkway construction and revegetation in Albany
John Hogan (09) 415-9336
Saturday 31
Canterbury
Otamahua/Quail Restoration Trust Work Day
Normally Last Sunday
Ferry departs Lyttelton B Jetty 9.30am & 12.30pm. Return 12.40 & 3.40pm. Bring lunch & drink, Stanley knife if possible.
Note - This is saturday.
Alison 328-8350
Sunday 1
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 1
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)
3. NOTICEBOARD
374. from David Blair of Otago...
Tavora Reserve Habitat Restoration Work & Field Day
HABITAT RESTORATION WORK & FIELD DAY
Venue: Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Tavora Reserve
Sunday 8 June 2003 from 11am
We are having a planting day - please join us, and help restore Tavora Reserve.
This is a day for the whole family - children are very welcome.
After the planting, join us for a guided walk around the cliff top-track in the reserve.
This is an opportunity to learn more about
* Planting penguin habitat
* Planting to protect and enhance the creek and wetland
* Restoration of dunes, including removal of exotic marram grass and the return of rare coastal species. The dune site has some of New Zealand's most threatened plants
Bring a spade if you can, gloves, warm clothes and lunch. Hot water provided.
No cancellation - the weather at Tavora is always bearable.
Directions
From Dunedin: Drive north through Waikouaiti on SH1 and on 7km to Goodwood Corner. Turn right onto Goodwood Road, and after 5km turn right into Bobby's Head Road. The car park is directly ahead.
From Palmerston: Take Goodwood Road for approx 7km and turn left into Bobby's Head Road.
Enquiries to Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust phone 03 479 0011
Email: yept@clear.net.nz
372. from Ryan Young of Canterbury...
The Canterbury Botanical Society’s 50th anniversary symposium
7 June
University of Canterbury
The symposium, entitled Conserving Native Plants for the 22nd Century, will include speakers who are active in conservation as scientists, managers, or advocates. For more information contact Peter Wardle, Symposium Secretary, Canterbury Botanical Society, Phone 03 980 9724, P.O. Box 8212, Riccarton, Christchurch, wardlep@paradise.net.nz
more notices at http://www.bush.org.nz/notice/
4. RESOURCESSirtrack
http://sirtrack.landcare.cri.nz
Society for Ecological Restoration (SER)
International organisation of professional restorationists.
http://ser.org
Southland Community Nursery
Successful community run native plant nursery.
http://homepages.ihug.co.nz/~rances/
Southland Forest and Bird
Te Rere Penguin Reserve, F&B programme of trips, working bees and talks.
www.converge.org.nz/fbsth/
Species 2000
Indexing the worlds's known species. Information drawn from the appropriate global species database (GSD).
www.species2000.org
St Mary the Virgin
www.chch.anglican.org.nz/addington/
Summit Road Society
www.summitroadsociety.org.nz
Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi
Official web site
www.123.co.nz/tiri/
Sustainable Wellington Net
http://sustainable.wellington.net.nz
More resources at http://www.bush.org.nz/resource/
7. NZERN News
18/05/2003
Pipi Update
The "Contacts" form that is part of "Publicity Manager" has been upgraded for groups to use. It has been made much faster and easier to use.
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, 26 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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