Kereru is a weekly NZ e-mail for all community participants and organisations about ecological restoration. Relevant notices, events and articles 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/
Monday, 8 December 2003
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Events on this week include
Southland
Saturday 13th
Te Rere Working Bee
Four times a year
Your chance to help hoiho at Forest and Bird's Te Rere Reserve. Depart 8.30am Southland Museum. http://www.converge.org.nz/fbsth
Visit to Te Rere Penguin Colony in the Catlins for a penguin count and work bee – Leader Brian Rance (2131161). Leave Southland Museum, Invercargill 8.30am. Contact: Brian Rance, Invercargill (03) 213 1161
for more events in December
http://www.members.bush.org.nz/nz/month.cfm?Year=2003&Month=12
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Native Gardens Award 2004
The Christchurch City Council and the Canterbury Horticultural Society established the Native Garden Awards for gardens that represent and display New Zealand native plants and habitats in Christchurch. If you have got a garden with native plants - all styles are welcome - wild to formal cottage garden; and pure to mixed arrangements. Entries close 31 January 2004...
http://www.ccc.govt.nz/Community/Awards/NativeGardens/
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Waimahea Lagoon reserve
Four years ago it was a jungle of blackberry and boxthorn, but the Waimeha restoration work party of keen local people led by Pam Sinclair and helped by KCDC have cleared it, sprayed the worst of the weeds and replanted with plants native to the area. ...
http://www.members.bush.org.nz/article/index.cfm?NavItemID=528&ArticleID=670
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General Restoration Forum
Hello to everybody at NZERN, I have just discovered this group and web site. Some people have put in a lot of time and effort and expertise to building the site! The planting guide in particular looks fantastic. Do you know the "Plants for a Future" organization in the UK (www.pfaf.org I think)? They have a similar plant database with many New Zealand natives included, lots of features, it may be worth checking out.
I must find out my precise soil type to use the database. I have 4 acres of river terrace in the Manawatu, there is a 20cm layer of top soil over several hundred metres of Tokomaru clay ....
http://www.members.bush.org.nz/forum/messages.cfm?forumId=46&messageId=442&NavItemID=17
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NZERN is currently running a survey toget your feedback on the website. What improvements would you like...
http://www.markettruths.co.nz/surveys/nzern/
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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, 15 December 2003
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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A big thank you to Landcare Research for web site hosting www.LandcareResearch.co.nz
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Kereru is published by the New Zealand Ecological Restoration Network Inc.
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