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Forest at The Heart - Weekday Planting
Mount Victoria, Jul 19th and 2 other dates
Help create a forest at the heart of Wellington! We are planting thousands of native trees in the Wellington Town Belt to create habitat for our native lizards, insects and birds such as tui and kaka that are living outside of the protective fence of Zealandia. This project is in partnership with Rotary Club of Wellington and Wellington City Council. Supported by MPI Billion Trees Fund.
Forest at the Heart - Weekend Plantings
Mount Victoria, Jul 20th and 4 other dates
Plant a Forest at the Heart of Wellington at one of our community tree planting days 9:30 - 1pm on the following Saturdays: 13 July, 27 July, 17 August and 7 September. This project will create a substantial new habitat for native birds which are increasingly venturing beyond the protective fence of Zealandia. This project is in partnership with Rotary Club of Wellington and Wellington City Council. Supported by MPI Billion Trees Fund.
Atiu Creek Regional Park
Tapora, Jul 22nd and 3 other dates
CVNZ is excited to announce a 10 year commitment to Atiu Creek Regional Park, a spectacular site overlooking the northern Kaipara Harbour. In collaboration with Auckland Council we’ll be managing the restoration of key areas within the park, and welcome volunteers to join us, experience nature at its best and share in this exciting new venture.
Surrounded by beautiful native forest, wetlands, streams and heritage sites, Atiu Creek presents opportunities for volunteers to get involved in conservation tasks including planting, weeding and mulching around native trees, removing invasive pest plants, fence removal and repairs, seed collection, plant propagation and creating walking tracks. The team will be staying in a cottage located on the Park.
For more information and to register please call 0800 56 76 86 within New Zealand or +64 9 623 7287 internationally or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz
Forest at the Heart - site prep and nursery day
Mount Victoria, July 22nd
Help create a forest at the heart of Wellington! We need helping preparing our planting site to make way for the thousands of native trees we are planting in the Town Belt. This will create habitat for our native lizards, insects and birds such as tui and kaka. In the afternoon we will make a trip to our nursery in Owhiro Bay where we will be caring for our young plants that are in various stages of propagation.
Connecting People and Parks - Howlett Reserve
Waterview, July 23rd
Connecting People to Parks
Every Tuesday CVNZ are out and about at different parks around Auckland.
It’s part of an initiative between CVNZ and the Auckland Council to help bring biodiversity back to our central parks and to give people who are interested in conservation a chance to get involved.
Join the CVNZ team for a day of conservation activities. This week we will visit Howlett Reserve in Waterview. Howlett reserve sits along the new Howlett-Waterview Esplanade, which is 700m long along one bank near the mouth of Oakley Creek and the harbour, connecting Howlett Reserve and Waterview Reserve. As part of the make-over of the area, many invasive plants and weed species have been removed and the walkway re-planted with more than 7000 native trees and shrubs. A new pathway has also been laid, providing safe access in all weathers.
Experienced team leaders guide the programme and aim to teach volunteers about all aspects of conservation, including plant identification and planting techniques.
Join us and help out your local parks.
Bookings are essential.
Phone 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz to book.
Paekawakawa Reserve Restoration
Island Bay, July 23rd
Help us get Paekawakawa Reserve ready for the popular Island Bay Festival held on 9th & 10th February 2019! Located in Island Bay, the Paekawakawa Reserve has been transformed into a safe haven for native trees and birds, as well as for the local community. Tasks include releasing young native plants from invasive weeds, clearing predator traps and maintaining tracks. Tools and training provided, free transport available.
Cornwall Park
Greenlane, Jul 24th and 5 other dates
Conservation volunteers will be heading out to Cornwall Park this week in partnership with Cornwall Park Trust Board.
Donated to the people of Auckland by Sir John Logan Campbell, Cornwall Park is known for its large open spaces, landscape design and beautiful mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill), with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.
Come and join us, we'd love to have your help.
Bookings are essential.
Please call 0800 56 76 86 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz
Friends of Houghton Valley Working Bee
Houghton Bay, July 24th
Houghton Valley was once covered with native bush and full of bird song before it was cleared for farming. Over recent years the local community have worked to restore the woodland by planting native trees and introducing pest control to protect native wildlife. Help us bring the birdsong back to Houghton Valley by planting native trees this winter!
Cornwall Park
Greenlane, Jul 24th and 1 other date
Conservation Volunteers in partnership with Cornwall Park Trust Board will be running a variety of activities in Cornwall Park this week.
Donated to the people of Auckland by Sir John Logan Campbell, Cornwall Park is known for its large open spaces, landscape design and beautiful mature trees. It is centred on a volcanic cone, Maungakiekie (One Tree Hill), with many interesting geological features. A pre-European Maori fortification (pa) was built on the cone, many features of which can still be seen.
The main activities this week will be centred in the native plant management.
Come and join us, we'd love to have your help.
Bookings are essential.
Please call 0800 56 76 86 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz
Zealandia Ecosanctuary - Perimeter Fence Maintenance
Karori, July 25th
Come lend a hand to the Perimeter Vegetation Team at Zealandia, the world’s first fully-fenced urban ecosanctuary. The long term goal of Zealandia is to restore the forest and freshwater ecosystem as closely as possible to its pre-human state.
Atiu Creek Community Planting Day
Wellsford, Jul 28th and 2 other dates
Atiu Creek Community Day
Conservation Volunteers New Zealand (CVNZ) welcomes everyone who shares our love of the outdoors and our commitment to conserving the environmento help us celebrate our upcoming 10 year anniversary in NZ.
The day will take place at the magnificent Atiu Creek Regional Park, a spectacular 450 hectare park overlooking the northern Kaipara Harbour. Surrounded by beautiful native forest, wetlands, bush, streams and heritage sites, it’s a true chance to get away from it all and experience nature at its best.
The Park is steeped in history and is host to 17 historic locations; including the extensive ridge pa (Maori fort) which was considered a strategic and vantage location for local tangata whenua (the Maori tribe) when engaging in warfare with invading enemies. There is also an abandoned 19th century oyster farm and numerous other early-settler European locations to explore.
Three nationally threatened bird species the NZ dabchick and brown teal live at the park and the area also has intact areas of coastal forest which are now rare nationally.
The day will involve planting native trees and shrubs followed by a BBQ. It promises to be a fun day and a great opportunity to see this stunning park and give back to your local environment!
Please phone 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz to book.
Miramar Lizard Habitat Enhancement Project
Moa Point, Jul 29th and 1 other date
83% of New Zealand’s 100+ endemic lizard species are threatened with extinction. This is largely due to habitat loss and degradation. Join us for a day of coastal restoration as we assist a Victoria University PhD student with her research project. On this day we will be weeding the lizard gardens.
Tawatawa Reserve - Tree Planting
Owhiro Bay, Jul 30th and 1 other date
Join us for a day in the stunning Tawatawa reserve with local community group, the Southern Environmental Association! Help us reforest this reserve by planting native trees and shrubs this winter. Tools, gloves and training provided - free transport available on request.
Bothamley Park Restoration
Aotea, July 31st
Imagine a forest alive with the sound of tui and a clean stream full of inanga and eels. Porirua City was once covered with dense native forest - help us to restore mainland island sanctuaries such as Bothamley Park where some of the old-growth forest still stands. Join us for a day of tree planting and give back to your local community!
Connecting People with Parks - Selwyn Bush
Kohimarama, Aug 6th and 1 other date
Connecting People to Parks
Every Tuesday Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.
This week we are at Selwyn Bush helping with the amazing work being done by the Pourewa Restoration Group, who are bringing the Pourewa Valley back to it's former glory.
It’s part of an initiative between Conservation Volunteers New Zealand and the Auckland Council to help bring biodiversity back to our central parks and to give people who are interested in conservation a chance to get involved.
Conservation Volunteers NZ experienced team leaders guide the programme and aim to teach volunteers about all aspects of conservation, including plant identification and planting techniques.
Join us and help out your local parks.
Phone 0800 56 76 86 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz to book.
Native Plant Nursery
Owhiro Bay, August 12th
Come lend at a hand at the CVNZ nursery where you can be involved in the propagation and recovery of regionally rare native plants and those that are require special attention and/or are slow growing. Volunteer activities include potting-on some of our seedlings and routine weeding of the plants and nursery itself. Free transport options available!
Ingham's Revive Our Wetlands Project
Morrinsville, August 13th
Ingham and Conservation Volunteers are teaming up both here in NZ and across the ditch on an exciting programme to Revive Our Wetlands.
This project will assist the Ngati Haua Mahi Trust in a bold undertaking to restore 3km of riparian zone of the Topehaehae Stream. The restoration site is located at the eastern end of Tahuroa Road and runs north towards Morrinsville and is surrounded by dairy support blocks. Invasive weeds will be removed, fencing installed and thousands of plants planted over the next 3 years. This important mahi will help to control erosion, filter sediment and nutrients before they enter the stream and provide a much-improved habitat for native fish, invertebrates, birds and reptiles.
Western Springs - Outer Feild
New Zealand- Auckland, August 13th
Western Springs - Outer Feild is a beautiful piece of bush that sits along side Bullock Track. Up untill recently this patch of bush has been forgotten about. But not anymore! CVNZ and other local commnities groups are working hard to restore it.
On this day we will be managing the invasive weed speices which are over taking the native trees and plants. Helping to bring biodiversity back to the bush. Makng it a habitat for urban dwelling native birds.
Auckland Southern Parks - Waitawa
Clevedon, Aug 19th and 1 other date
This week Conservation Volunteers will visit Waitawa Regional Park, one of Auckland's Southern Parks where we will be carrying out a range of vital conservation activities.
Each of the Southern Parks of Auckland are varied and unique. Waitawa Regional Park is one of Auckland Councils most recent acquisitions and is being transformed into a recreational park with large areas of land being returned to native bush. Waitawa is located on the shores of the Hauraki Gulf and enjoys views out to Waiheke Island and beyond to Coromandel.
Activities we are likely to be helping out with here are planting, weed control, track construction and maintenance, beach clean ups, tidying amenity gardens and mulching.
For more information on this project please call Conservation Volunteers on 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz
Restore the Kaiwharawhara Stream
Ngaio, August 22nd
We have teamed up with the Trelissick Park Restoration Group to restore the banks and surrounding reserve of the Kaiwharawhara Stream - home to the vulnerable longfin eel. Activities will be removing environmental pest plants, clearing rubbish and planting trees and shrubs (winter months only) to provide shelter for our waterways and improve the ecosystem of our precious wildlife.
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