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Usually a good event with a game of touch rugby in the bog following planting! Definitely gumboots and old clothes planting day!
We have 3000 native trees to plant at the Great Living Legends Muck In at Lake Areare in 2013. Register now to join us at the event!
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Kauaeranga Valley, Thames, Coromandel
Registration is essential - online at http://www.eco.org.nz/what-we-do/conference/conference-registration.html – register NOW for earlybird rates
Call for Papers and Registration
The Call for Papers and Registration is now open for the January 2014 conference and will remain open until 1st September 2013.
Our theme is ‘Shake up! - Ka huri te ao, Ka huri te whakaaro’. This conference is open to all educators from early childhood to tertiary and across various governmental and NGO providers. We also welcome youth registration as a way of building and strengthening networks. It is a great opportunity to learn, network and refresh ideas. Bring your family and make a holiday to remember either side of the 3 day conference. We look forward to hosting you in our transitional city.
Please visit:http://www.nzaeeconference.co.nz/ or contact the convenor jocelyn.papprill@ecan.govt.nz
Please find attached an invitation to submit abstracts for posters or talks at the 2014 National Wetland Restoration Symposium, Auckland.
We welcome presentations from a range of wetland practitioners and enthusiasts, including landowners, tangata whenua, community groups, students, scientists, engineers, wetland managers, restoration experts, and agency staff.
Feel free to forward this invitation to your contacts.
We look forward to seeing you at the symposium.
Please contact us if you would like a copy of our sponsor and exhibitor packages.
Karen Denyer
Executive Officer
National Wetland Trust
021 031 2716
www.wetlandtrust.org.nz
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Sat 20th July Pukemokemoke working bee
Sat 20th July Bot Soc trip to Okataina
Sun 21st July Forest and Bird trip to Kaniwhaniwha
Wed 24th July Mangaiti AGM
Thurs 25th July Forest and Bird talk - Kermadecs
Sat 27th July Waiwhakareke working morning
Sun 28th Miropiko working morning
Working bee at Pukemokemoke, 1 to 5pm.
We look forward to seeing you at the Reserve...bring a sickle &/or machete for clearing weeds and the summit tracks; don't forget to bring afternoon tea!
Contact Alan Leadley
Ph: 07-8552919 Cell Ph: 0272249622 Email: mualleadley@xtra.co.nz
In the Lake Okataina Scenic Reserve you'll see one some fine stands of warm-temperate podocarp/broadleaf forest on a pumice-infilled basin landform, and commanding views of the Twin Lakes (Rotongata and Rotoatua, volcanic crater lakes formed about 3,500 years ago). The process of encroachment on the margins of two large clearings offers some interesting insights into forest dynamics (and divaricate plants), and there are also exclosure plots that reveal the dramatic effects of deer and wallabies on forest regeneration. All the walks are on gentle terrain; there are no steep grades.
Meet:8:30 am at 1 London Street carpark, CBD
Contact: Chris Lusk, 0278763450, clusk@waikato.ac.nz
Grade: Easy / Medium
Forest and Bird Walk
Kaniwhaniwha - Pirongia.
All welcome. Leave Hamilton 8.30 to meet at Kaniwhaniwha carpark, Limeworks Loop Rd, 9.15am. We'll be walking to the kahikatea (tallest recorded tree in NZ).
Shorter walks are also possible for those not wanting a long walk.
Average grade.
leader Philip Hart 856 7992.
Mangaiti Gully Restoration Trust AGM
Will be in the evening, full details coming on the blogsite
Contact Rex Bushell
Coordinator and Trustee, Mangaiti Gully Restoration Trust
854-0973 021-237-3857
Forest and Bird Talk
7.30pm, Hamilton Gardens
Karen Baird - ‘Protecting our Last Pristine Ocean Ecosystem’
The Kermadecs is one of NZ’s most unique and special places. It is internationally recognised for it’s geology, having the longest submarine volcanic arc in the world. Its biodiversity spans great ocean depths and breadths to cloud forest. Some of its values have already been recognised in protection of the islands as nature reserves and a marine reserve out to the territorial limit. Karen will talk about some of the values of the region and suggest that NZ needs to take much bolder steps to achieve meaningful protection of our marine environment starting with the Kermadecs – an Ocean Sanctuary to include the whole EEZ.
Note also: Waikato Museum is launching an exhibition on the 27th July: KERMADEC - NINE ARTISTS EXPLORE THE SOUTH PACIFIC
27 JULY - 13 OCTOBER 2013
In May 2011 the Kermadec initiative of the Pew Environment Group invited nine artists and broadcaster Marcus Lush to join them on a voyage through the Kermadec Region of New Zealand.
Next working bee for Waiwhakareke Natural Heritage Park.
9am - midday
Meet at Gate 3 about 300m past the Zoo on the right.
We will be infill planting the semi swamp area planted in 2008. Bring GUMBOOTS, a spade and morning tea. It would be great if you can let me know if you are coming by Thursday 25 July so we can organise the right number of plants to be onsite. And it would be great if there was a good turn out for this planting. As the old adage goes......"Many hands make work light"! It worked last month again.
Please contact Moira Cursey if you are able to come m.cursey@xtra.co.nz
Miropiko Reserve Working morning 10.30 - 12
339 River Road
Contact Katherine khay@pear.co.nz
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Generation Zero would like to invite you to 'Whats the Hold up?' an event to get New Zealand moving on climate change which is being held on Monday the 29th of July at 7pm in room S.1.04 at Waikato University.
'What's the Hold Up?' is a nationwide speaking tour that Generation Zero are hosting about climate change. The tour will catalyse a conversation on the solutions and opportunities for New Zealanders to move beyond fossil fuels.
There is a line-up of inspiring speakers including Rob Oram (Business and economic commentator, Sunday Star Times columinst), Louis Chambers (co-founder of Generation Zero and Rhodes Scholar) and youth climate leaders Ryan Mearns, Sam Taylor and Sam Blood.
Strong themes of the evening will be empowering communities and showcasing the huge potential for New Zealand to move towards a low-carbon economy.
Our ability to create change is strengthened when people from all walks of life engage with the issue, so we'd love for you to attend this evening to hear experts and young people paint a compelling and realistic picture of the opportunities to build a thriving, low-carbon New Zealand. There will be light nibbles afterwards and an opportunity to meet other audience members from the community to discuss the issues.
Entry is free. Please RSVP at http://generationzero.org.nz/whatstheholdup
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Wet or fine, 9.30 to 1pm in the Camellia Carpark at Hamilton Gardens.(Gate 2)
Waikato Botanical Society talk
At Waikato Environment Centre at 25 Ward Street from 5.30 - 7 pm.
For those able to stay on to continue the discussion we will go for a meal to a nearby restaurant afterwards
TOPIC - Can we turn back the clock? Managing mangrove expansion in northern New Zealand
Dr Carolyn Lundquist (NIWA)
Abstract:
While mangroves are indigenous, and an integral part of functioning estuaries in northern New Zealand, rapid expansion of mangrove forests has occurred in recent decades, resulting in widespread support for estuarine restoration projects focusing on mangrove removals. Carolyn will discuss methods of mangrove management, and recovery trajectories at numerous mangrove removal sites to identify physical and biological attributes of sites that are associated with limited (or fast) recovery, and minimal adverse impacts. Within a challenging and politically vibrant topic, her research programme is informing the ‘mangrove debate’ with science to create better outcomes for estuarine health.
Introducing Carolyn
Carolyn Lundquist is a marine ecologist at the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) in Hamilton, New Zealand. She has recently concluded a 2 year secondment with the Department of Conservation.
Contact Cynthia Roberts T: +64 7 858 1034 | croberts@doc.govt.nz
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Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes
The Government is investing in a new three-year insulation programme delivering 46,000 warmer, drier and healthier homes to communities in most need. Budget 2013 allocates $100 million of operating funding over three years to the Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes programme, targeting low-income households for home insulation, particularly those families with children and high health needs.
The Government is investing $100 million over three years and more than $50 million funding will need to come from project partners, such as trusts, iwi, and other community organisations.
Warmer, drier homes provide real benefits to New Zealanders. As well as energy efficiency gains, insulating homes reduces health risks caused by cold, damp housing such as respiratory illnesses and serious diseases like rheumatic fever. An independent evaluation of the Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart programme (run from 2009-2013) by Motu showed the greatest benefits from insulation are for people on low-incomes, who are at higher risk of health issues.
The Government's investment will be augmented by significant levels of funding from trusts and other third parties. This will see insulation available to those households in most need, at low or no cost.
Warm Up New Zealand: Healthy Homes will be delivered through the Energy Efficiency and Conservation Authority (EECA).
The programme will be targeted at households (including renters) that have a Community Services Card and are at high health risk. High health risk includes children, the elderly and people at risk of cold-related illness.
EECA will team up with project partners to target communities known to be at high risk from illnesses linked to cold, damp housing. The programme will provide grants for up to 60% of the cost of insulation. EECA will roll out projects progressively from August 2013, after a request for proposals, evaluation of projects and contract negotiations in May/June/July.
It will be free for eligible households as a result of the Government grants and the generous support of third-party funders.
How do people apply for the new insulation grants?
Details will be released as projects are rolled out from August 2013. The ENERGYWISE website will provide initial information and updates. People can also call 0800 749 782 for more information.
Can people not eligible for grants under the new scheme continue to access Government funding?
Existing Warm Up New Zealand: Heat Smart grants are available until they run out - probably in about September 2013. All homeowners (including landlords), living in houses built before 2000, are eligible for a grant of 33% (up to $1,300) towards the cost of installing ceiling and under-floor insulation.
