Conservation Week Events Diary
11- 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
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. RSVP nardene.berry@landcare.org.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, Hamilton Gardens, 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, Lake Areare on Driver Rd, Horsham Downs. Contact: Craig Purvis 07 850 8478
Sunday 18 September 2011
Barretts Bush planting
10.30am - 1.30pm Koromatua School, 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 .
Green Card Holders: use your Green Card to obtain discounts at participating businesses
