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.
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Wednesday, 28 May 2003
Welcome to Kereru.
CONTENTS
2. Calendar
3. Noticeboard
4. Resources
8. How to contact NZERN
2. CALENDAR
This week...
Monday 26
Canterbury
YMCA Conservation Corps at Addington Bush
Planting, removing pampas grass, digging foundations for BBQ.
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
Canterbury
Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Irregular dates
10.00am. Meet at BG Library for morning tea with the Staff 10.15am Guided Walk - Hot and Steamy Tropical house with Chris Thompson and Francis Austin, (BG Conservatory Staff members)
Chch Bot. Gardens Info Centre 364-7590
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
Addington Bush Working Party
(Normally 3rd Sunday)
8am Garage sale at 7 Poulson St, Addington, Christchurch. Proceeds to NZERN.
Contact: Mike Peters (03) 338 5451
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)
and next week...
Monday 2
Canterbury
Avon-Heathcote Estuary Ihutahi Trust Meeting
Education & Publicity Working Group. 7 to 8.30pm
Tanya Jenkins Phone 9804800
Monday 2
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
Monday 2
Wellington
Pauatahanui Wetlands Reserve
1st & 3rd Monday
Work party 9am.
Ron Freeston, (04) 589-9232
Tuesday 3
Otago
STOP, Save the Otago Peninsula meeting
First Tuesday of every month
Broad Bay Plunket rooms 7.30pm.
Helen Clarke (03) 478 0311
Wednesday 4
Wellington
Wellington Home Nursery
1st & 3rd Wednesday
7.30-9.30pm
Contact Julia 938-5102
Thursday 5
New Zealand
Arbour Day
June 5th of every Year
Annual Planting Day
Thursday 5
Southland
DoC - Southland Winter Program
7.30pm, Fiordland (DOC) Visitor Centre, Lakefront Drive, Te Anau. Clare Veltman: "Detective work in the forest". A public talk as part of the winter programme. How do we uncover what introduced animal pests get up to in the forest? How do we measure the benefits of controlling them? Adults $4, children free. Contact: cshrubshall@doc.govt.nz
Thursday 5
Wellington
Forest & Bird (Lower Hutt) Branch Meeting
1st Thursday 7.30pm. Tramping Club Hall, Birch St, Lower Hutt.
Friday 6
Canterbury
Canterbury Botanical Society Meeting
1st Friday
7.30pm Room 5A, Canterbury University.
Saturday 7
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 7
New Zealand
Bush Telly Crew on location
Canterbury University - Botanical Society 50th anniversary symposium
Saturday 7
Southland
NZERN Southland Restoration Field Day
Annual
Contact Southland Reps Chris Rance (213-1161 email rances@es.co.nz) or Gay Munro (239-5827 email 4igmunro@thenet.net.nz)
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.
Saturday 7
Wellington
Wellington Botanical Society Field Trip
1st Saturday
Field trip Moonshine Road -private forest.
Sunday 8
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 8
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
Sunday 8
Canterbury
Friends of the Christchurch Botanic Gardens
Irregular dates
2.00pm at Canterbury Horticultural Society. 57 Riccarton Ave. Three short presentations on recent research from Lincoln University. Pavla Honzickova: "Using pink pine tree rings to reconstruct past climates". Cynthia Roberts: "Forests of Rangatira (South East) Island, Chatham Islands and the relationship with burrow nesting seabirds". Hannah Buckley: "Pitcher plant communities of North America". Contribution $2 includes afternoon tea.
Chch Bot. Gardens Info Centre 364-7590
Sunday 8
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.
Planting around the Trickle Falls track.
Kennett Bros, ph/fax 499-6376 wk
Sunday 8
Otago
Yellow-eyed Penguin Trust Work Day
Planting in habitats. YEPT Ph 03 479 0011, Fax 03 479 0019. Email yept@clear.net.nz
Tavora
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. RESOURCES
Nelson Environment Centre
http://environmentcentre.nelson.org.nz
New Zealand Biodiversity
A joint agency biodiversity web site.
www.biodiversity.govt.nz
New Zealand Biodiversity Strategy
These pages have been designed to explain actions being taken to implement the convention on biological diversity within New Zealand, and is largely focused on domestic implementation.
www.doc.govt.nz/Conservation/The-New-Zealand-Biodiversity-Strategy/index.asp
New Zealand Ecological Society
www.nzes.org.nz
New Zealand Landcare Trust
www.landcare.org.nz
New Zealand National Parks and Conservation Founda
The NZ National Parks and Conservation Foundation is an independent charitable trust established to promote and support the conservation and protection of New Zealand's natural heritage.
www.nationalparks.org.nz
New Zealand Native Forests Restoration Trust
www.nznfrt.org.nz
New Zealand Plant Names Database
Searchable database of plant species held at the Herbarium at Manaki Whenua Landcare Research. The Herbarium Keeper, Landcare Research, Lincoln
http://nzflora.landcare.cri.nz/plantnames/
Nga Uru Ora Kapiti Project
www.kapitibush.org.nz
Ngai Tahu
www.ngaitahu.iwi.nz
Ngaio Progressive Association
www.ngaio.org.nz
Northland Regional Council
www.nrc.govt.nz
NVS National Vegetation Survey Databank
The National Vegetation Survey Databank (NVS - 'Nivs') is a physical archive and computer databank containing records from approximately 45,000 vegetation survey plots--including data from over 12,000 permanent plot
www.landcare.cri.nz/science/nvs/
NZ Association for Environmental Education (NZAE)
www.canterbury.cyberplace.org.nz/environment/nzenved.html
NZ Birds
Narena@nzbirds.com (03) 385-1553
www.nzbirds.com
NZ Farm Forestry Association
A Network of Successful Tree Growers
www.nzffa.org
NZ Fungi
A page by Clive Shirley with NZ fungi links.
www.fungi.co.nz
NZ Herald Online
www.nzherald.co.nz
NZ Native Freshwater Fish Society.
New Zealand Native Freshwater Fish Society.
www.nzfreshwater.f2s.com/index_main.html
NZ Native Orchid Group
The New Zealand Native Orchid Group is made of members throughout New Zealand and abroad who are united in the common purpose of their strong interest in the native orchids of New Zealand.
www.anos.org.au/groups/newzealand/nznogframe.html
NZ Ornithological Soc
Ornithological Society of New Zealand
www.osnz.org.nz
NZ Penguins
NZ Penguins
www.penguin.net.nz
NZ Trust for Conservation Volunteers
Help to improve and protect your environment. John Hogan email: conservol@clear.net.nz
www.conservationvolunteers.org.nz
NZERN
The New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network
www.bush.org.nz/nzern/
NZFUNGI - New Zealand Fungi
A gateway to a wealth of information on fungi in New Zealand. From the databases of Landcare Research.
http://nzfungi.landcare.cri.nz
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.
* 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, 2 June 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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