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Connecting People with Parks - Eric Armishaw Park
Pt Chevalier, Aug 1st and 1 other date
Connecting People to Parks
Every week Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.
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.
This week we will be visiting Eric Armishaw Resrve in Pt Chevalier.
Each park has its own special characteristics, plants and wildlife and the conservation challenges for each area are very varied, so it’s a great chance to learn about biodiversity and how we can all make a difference to our environment.
Join us and help out your local parks.
Phone Siobhan on 0800 56 76 86 or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz to book. Bookings are essential.
Rangituhi Planting
Porirua, Aug 1st and 1 other date
Come join us for a planting day at Rangituhi/Colonial Knob and help contribute to some of the last remaining original native forest in the Tawa-Porirua basin. Rangituhi means “sky glow”, and the site offers views of Cook Strait and on clear days the Kaikoura Range to the south, Waikanae to the north and Mt Taranaki in the north-west.
Bothamley Park
Porirua, August 2nd
Bothamley Park is a large Y-shaped park which is sandwiched between the suburbs of Cannons Creek and Aotea in Porirua. Part of an award winning long term restoration project run by Porirua City Council, the park has a walking track running its entire length and is currently in various stages of reforestation. The environment in the park is a mixture of old-stand native forest, ornamental exotic trees, and regenerating native bush. Being located in close proximity to Belmont Regional Park, Bothamley Park is an important ecological corridor and is the home to a number of threatened bird and plant species.
Zealandia Ecosanctuary
Karori, Aug 3rd and 11 other dates
Come lend a hand to the Perimeter Vegetation Team 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. The 225 hectare ecosanctuary is a groundbreaking conservation project that has reintroduced 18 species of native wildlife back into the area. Check out: https://www.visitzealandia.com/About
Forest at the Heart of Wellington - Community Planting Day
Mount Victoria, August 5th
Join us for a planting day in the Wellington Town Belt to help build a Forest at the Heart of Wellington in celebration of the Rotary Club of Wellington's Centenary which falls in 2021. This is part of an initiative that will involve volunteers from schools, communities and corporations in the planting and maintenance of more than 100,000 native trees in the central Wellington Town Belt. The Rotary Club has already planted over 40,000 trees!
Atiu Creek Regional Park
Tapora, Aug 7th and 11 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
Auckland Southern Parks - Waitawa
Clevedon, Aug 7th 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
Connecting People and Parks - Oakley Creek
New Zealand- Auckland, August 8th
Connecting People to Parks
Every Tuesday and every second weekend Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.
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.
This week we are at Oakley Creek, an important wildlife corridor which reaches all the way from the Manukau harbour to the Waitemata. Even though it’s located in the middle ofAuckland, it’s a lovely stroll through native bush along paths and wooden bridges. You’re walking through history, the Maori used the creek to reach inland from the inlet and there are many landing sites and signs of settlement along the banks. It is also the site of Auckland City's only natural waterfall!
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.
Burndred Land Co. Ltd
Hunua, August 14th
After removing many pine trees from the streambanks of this newly purchased farm, the Burndreds have fenced hundreds of metres of stream, (with many more hundreds to still fence) and have an ambition to bring the stream banks back to ecological health by removing pest plants, controlling pest animals (possums and rodents) and planting thousands of New Zealand native trees. These trees, once grown will shade the stream, control erosion and sedimentation and provide food and habitat for native birds, lizards and insects. The volunteer teams visiting this bold project will be assisting with planting.
Join the team, we'd love to have your help.
Phone 0800 56 76 86 or email info@cvnz.org.nz
Te Kawakawa Commons
Melrose, August 18th
Te Kawakawa Commons is a community run conservation effort on a small piece of land in Melrose behind Lyall Bay. This community garden and recreation area has been created by a committed community group to provide a sanctuary for local people and wildlife alike. Through the establishment of vegetable gardens for public use, the planting of native vegetation to encourage wildlife, and the building of a network of short tracks, the area has been transformed from a scrubby wasteland into a valuable community resource.
Paekawakawa Reserve
Island Bay, August 22nd
Located in Island Bay, the Paekawakawa Reserve is an example of a success story for the local community. This small piece of land was purchased by the Island Bay Natural Heritage Charitable Trust in 2006 when it was up for grabs for development. Once the Trust attained the land, they placed a QEII Covenant on the reserve and commenced to develop the area into a safe haven for native trees and birds, as well as for the local community.
Connecting People with Parks - Eastview Reserve
Glen Innes, August 22nd
Connecting People to Parks
Every Tuesday and some weekends Conservation Volunteers are out and about at different parks around Auckland.
This week we're at Eastview Reserve where we'll be doing a variety of tasks from environmental weed control to plant releasing.
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 conservation techniques.
Join us and help out your local parks.
Bookings are essential. Phone 0800 56 76 86or email info@conservationvolunteers.co.nz
A Forest at The Heart of Wellington
Owhiro Bay, August 23rd
Help us build a Forest in the Heart of Wellington, a long term project in celebration of the Rotary Club of Wellington's Centenary which falls in 2021.
This project involves volunteers from schools, communities and corporations in the planting of 65,000 native trees in the central Wellington Town Belt on Mount Victoria, bringing the total number of trees planted by Wellington Rotary to 100,000. This project will create a substantial new habitat for native birds which are increasingly venturing beyond the protective fence of Zealandia.
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