FOW will be doing potting work at Tamahere Gully Care Nursery this Friday 17th October from 9am-12noon. Hope to see you there.
 
Any queries ring 07 855 8296 or email is 2smiths@wave.co.nz.
 
Don't forget morning tea!

How do you want to have your say on Council issues, projects and plans?

Changes to legislation have required all Councils to write a Significance and Engagement Policy, which sets out how we they engage with you on important issues.

If this is an area which interests you, please go to the web address below and have your say - this closes on the 15th of October.

http://www.hamilton.govt.nz/our-council/consultation-and-public-notices/significance-and-engagement/Pages/default.aspx

The new Sustainable Events Calendar is a cooperative venture between four councils – Hamilton City Council, Waikato and Waipa District Councils and the Waikato Regional Council.

The website has been created as a hub for environmental events, acting as a central place for individuals, groups and organisations to inform others, and be informed, of upcoming events.

Events on this calendar site are posted by member organisations. If you have an event you would like to publish, log in and post your event. You can subscribe to get weekly updates of events.

The site is monitored so that posts are consistent with the intent of the website. If you see any posts that you think are contrary to the aim of the site, please email info@sustainableevents.org.nz.

Be sure to check it out regularly at www.sustainableevents.org.nz

Some events in the calendar for this week:

Forest and Bird walk

http://sustainableevents.org.nz/event/forest-and-bird-walk/

TARAWERA TRAIL WALK

Join with members of Rotorua F&B on this walk.

Waikato Community and School Garden Network Meeting

Guest speaker: Robyn Irving. Topic: Exploring the concept of sustainable communities through kai/ food

http://sustainableevents.org.nz/event/waikato-community-and-school-garden-network-meeting/

Junats Rat Monitoring this weekend 11th/12th October

Junats members can participate in rat monitoring this weekend....

http://sustainableevents.org.nz/event/junats-rat-monitoring-this-weekend-11th12th-october/

Rotomanuka Lakes Community Planting Day

This is another Community Planting Day for the Rotomanuka Lakes.

Come along and plant some wetland species alongside the lake.

http://sustainableevents.org.nz/event/rotomanuka-lakes-community-planting-day/

Volunteering Waikato has a wide range of groups that regularly seek
opportunities to volunteer as a team - can your organisation benefit?

WHAT kind of projects can we list?

Any project that a group can do in one day, half a day,
an evening, or just a couple of hours Including:

Internal or external painting, beach or park clean-up, garden makeover
Building, stocktaking,  day trip assistance
conservation,  resource compilation,  rest home visits and actvities,
christmas decorating,  community clean-ups,
Building revamp or setup,  spring cleaning etc

For all your group project enquiries, contact Volunteering Waikato
Rita Sharpe – Community Project Co-ordinator
Phone: 07 838 283207 838 2832 – email: projects@volunteeringwaikato.org.nz

Waikato Environment Centre Annual General Meeting

Come and support your Environment Centre!

AGM on Tuesday 21st October in the Waikato Environment Centre,

242 Peachgrove Road, Hamilton.

5.30pm Drinks and nibbles

6pm SGM followed by AGM

The speaker will be Robert Moore

Robert will be reflecting on his recent Te Araroa 3,000km Walkway Adventure.

Please find attached the invitation with agenda, and a nomination form for trustees.

Please RSVP by the 17th October for catering purposes, and return of nomination forms.

For more information regarding becoming a trustee of the Trust, please contact Ruth Seabright 839 4452 or ruth@envirocentre.org.nz

nomination 2014.doc

Waikato Environment Centre SGM & AGM 2014 Notice.pdf

Matt and Andy have 100 shows to giveaway for FREE...This time the topic is 'ENERGY EFFICIENCY'. If you have some contacts with a school in the Waikato Region please put them in the know and get them to contact Andy Kaye: andy@fullhouseproductions.co.nz or 022 0386 092.  See the attached poster for further details.

Lightbulb.pdf

Kia ora, greetings dear friends

The organizing committee for the Seminar on Waikato Water have decided to postpone the event. We do apologize for this change and we thank you very much for your support and interest.

Only last week we discovered that the Regional Council work on the Healthy Rivers is not able to engage in public forums on this significant programme until they complete their consultations. Early on it was anticipated we would have a speaker to enable us to prepare for involvement in Healthy Rivers.

We will resume with an event on public interest in Waikato Water in the New Year.

For further information contact

betsan@response.org.nz