Past events

Topic: In 2019, a fire devastated Teapot Valley’s indigenous forest, in an area owned by Tasman Pine Forests. In 2021, work began on restoration, with funding through the One Billion Trees and Jobs for Nature programmes.

From coastal seas to the deep open ocean, the marine environment stores huge quantities of carbon in living organisms, in sediments and dissolved in the water.

Join us this Wednesday at 7pm for a hands-on workshop with Geoff Keey on how to take action on stopping the Fast-track Amendments Bill. We'll be covering how to best lobby politicians and make sure they hear our voices on this critical issue. 

This month's talk is by Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls, Biodiversity supervisor of DOC Wairau/Renwick. Rowan is a botanist/ecologist with a passion for protecting natural environments, ecosystems and native species.

Karen Denyer – What's wonderful about wetlands?

Karen Denyer is co-author of the book  "Life in the Shallows", interviews with New Zealand scientists and researchers working in wetlands. 

All are welcome to join our monthly working bees caring for Pearl Creek – second Saturday of the month (except January), 9am-12midday.

Meet at the end of Cotterell Road, Appleby. A peaceful place to work removing weeds brought in by birds.

Topic: Don Pittham is a local photographer, with the Nelson Botanical Society.

You can see some of his photos on their website: Nelson Botanical Society.

All are welcome to join us. Tea and coffee will be available before the meeting.

Come along and find out more about the Government’s Fast-track Approvals Bill – how it will override existing conservation legislation, prevent public consultation, and allow damaging projects to go ahead.

Featuring:

We are helping the Port Hills rangers create a corridor of native bush up a valley behind Sumner (off Evans Pass Rd). On this working-bee, we'll be trimming the long grass from around the native plants and using it to mulch them.

Join Wellington Forest & Bird to hear from Chris Cosslett about 25 years of progress protecting Long Gully Bush - the largest area of protected private land in Wellington city.

Help Restore Native Biodiversity to “The Sanctuary”. (30 Hectare ECan Reserve on the banks of the Waimakariri River - off Coutts Island Road). 

The speaker for our talk in August is Andy White. Andy is Marlborough District Council's Rivers and Drainage Engineering Manager.