Events

Conservation Week 10 - 18 September 2011



Saturday 10 September 2011
 
Nikau Walk planting day
10 am – 2.00 pm, Kaniwhaniwha Stream car park, Limeworks Loop Rd, Te Pahu. Contact Bruce Postill 07 850 8368
 
 
Sunday 11 September 2011
 
Free Family Fun Event: Walk, Bike and Bush
9.30am - 3pm, Kaniwhaniwha Stream and along the Nikau Track (Mt Pirongia) while enjoying beautiful native bush and restoration plantings. Booking essential by Wednesday 7 September 2011: Moira Cursey 07 846 5066, 027 222 3791, m.cursey@xtra.co.nz
 
Kaniwhaniwha Celebration Day
Celebration of 10 years of the restoration programme.
Displays, guided walks, electric fishing, sausage sizzle and music from Big Muffin Serious Band.
9 am – 3.30 pm
Kaniwhaniwha Stream car park, Limeworks Loop Rd, Te Pahu
 
 
Forest & Bird Walk - Otanewainuku, Bay of Plenty
Easy/average (+ Kiwi Conservation Club)
Meeting in carpark at Otanewainuku about 20 mins south of Tauranga at 10.30am.
  • Short talk about the projects – Otanewainuku Kiwi Trust and the Kaimai Mamaku project.
  • Leisurely stroll (45mins) around the Rimu loop.
  • Lunch back at the cars
  • Two-hour moderate walk, either to the summit or to the waterfall, depending on the day and the group.
Details and maps: http:// www.kiwitrust.org/index.html
Departing Hamilton 8.30am, 11 September 2011, from Memorial Park, River Road, Hamilton, to carpool.
Directions Hamilton to Otanewainuku carpark: SH29 to Tauranga, rurn right onto Pyes Pa Road, left onto Oropi Gorge Road, right onto Oropi Road, left at Mountain Road and continue until the shelter.
 
Contact Katherine Hay 856 1906 or email khay@pear.co.nz
 
 
Monday 12 September 2011
 
Reel Earth Film Festival screenings:
  • River Dog
  • SoLa: Louisiana Water Stories
7.30pm, Waikato Environment Centre, 25 Ward Street, Hamilton $10 (10% discount for Green Card holders)
 
 
Tuesday 13 September 2011
 
Reel Earth Film Festival screenings:
  • Streams
  • Cowboys in India
7.30pm, Waikato Environment Centre, 25 Ward Street, Hamilton $10 (10% discount for Green Card holders)
 
 
Wednesday 14 September 2011
 
Reel Earth Film Festival screenings:
  • Grow Your Own Awareness
  • Deep Green
7.30pm, Waikato Environment Centre, 25 Ward Street, Hamilton $10 (10% discount for Green Card holders)
 
 
Thursday 15 September 2011
 
Forest & Bird talk
7.30pm Chartwell Room, HamiltonGardens, Hamilton. Talk by Greg Martin, Regional Manager of DoC; annual lively roundup of all the Department’s activities for the past year.
 
 
Friday 16 September 2011
 
Reel Earth Film Festival screenings:
  • A Mongolian Couch
  • Tide of Change
7.30pm, Waikato Environment Centre, 25 Ward Street, Hamilton $10 (10% discount for Green Card holders)
 
 
Saturday 17 September 2011
 
Living Legends Muck-in Planting
Department of Conservation will led community planting of 5000 native plants, to help restore the lake margin and also honouring Waikato rugby icon Duane Monkley.
10 am – 2.00 pm
LakeAreare on Driver Rd, Horsham Downs. Contact: Craig Purvis 07 850 8478
 
 
Sunday 18 September 2011
 
Barretts Bush planting
10.30am - 1.30pm
KoromatuaSchool, Koromatua Road, off Tuhikaramea Road to be transported to Barrett Bush. Bookings: Moira Cursey, Waikato Biodiversity Forum 07 846 5066, 027 222 3791, email m.cursey@xtra.co.nz .