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Tēnā koutou, Happy New Year-of-the-Wrybill and welcome back to those of you who were taking a break. Braided Rivers Seminar 2019 As I mentioned in the last newsletter, thanks to funding from ECan, we are hosting full-day Braided Rivers Seminar at Lincoln University Wednesday 26 June. While we don’t yet have a final programme in […]
Comments Off on Newsletter #43 15 January 2019 Continue Reading...Tēnā koutou, I was about to start writing this when Ann-Kathryn Schlesselmann’s email popped up in my inbox, with the news that her PhD thesis is completed and now available. Ann-Kathrin has been researching the genetics of black-fronted terns/tarapirohe for the past few years. Her findings represents a significant breakthrough on several levels, and a […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #42 November 25 Continue Reading...Kia ora, Just a reminder that our next meeting, will be 2-5pm, Thursday 22 November, at the DOC offices, Nga Mahi Rd Sockburn (the venue was unavailable on Friday, I’m afraid). What does climate change mean for braided rivers? The latest IPCC summary report (or see the full report) released earlier this month paints a […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #41 October 23 Continue Reading...Greetings, The date for our next meeting, which will also be our AGM, has been changed. It will now be 2-5pm, Wednesday 26 September, at the DOC offices, Ngai Mahi Rd Sockburn. Please also note that the annual membership fee of $20.00 is due on this date. Calling all North Canterbury trappers! Conservation week is […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #40 September 06 Continue Reading...Greetings, Our next meeting, which will also be our AGM, will be 2-5pm, Friday 14 September, at the DOC offices, Ngai Mahi Rd Sockburn. Firstly, I’d like to thank ECan for contributing funds to BRaid to help keep the wheels spinning for another 12 months. I’d also like to that everyone who wrote letters of […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #39 August 13 Continue Reading...Greetings, Our next meeting is 2-5pm, next Friday 08 June, at the DOC offices, Ngai Mahi Rd Sockburn. In the last couple of weeks, Environment Canterbury have held several community meetings in North Canterbury in relation to water, birds, and braided riverbeds. As media interest has spiked these past weeks, several people have called or […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #38: 01 June 2018 Continue Reading...Greetings, At our last meeting in February, Ailsa’s Howard’s presentation on the use of ‘nesting cages’ on South Bay, Kaikoura, was impressive, to say the least. This method is proving to be a highly successful technique for saving nesting dotterels, with the added social engagement benefit of placing emphasis on ‘saving’ birds rather than ‘killing’ […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #37: 08 April 2018 Continue Reading...Greetings, Our next meeting will be on Friday 16 February from 2.00pm, at Ngai Mahi Road, Sockburn. Ailsa Howard, who has been researching banded dotterels, will be presenting the work they’ve been doing in Kaikoura to protect nesting birds using nesting cages. The outcome of this work shows that it could prove to be an […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #36 : 07 February 2018 Continue Reading...Greetings, Following on from our last newsletter, we are delighted to announce that Karikaas, makers of some of New Zealand’s yummiest cheeses, has partnered with BRaid. Their award-winning cheeses are now going to be packaged in ‘braided river bird’ themed boxes. Each handcrafted cheese includes information about wrybill, black-billed gulls, black-fronted terns, or banded dotterels, and […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #35 : 05 December 2017 Continue Reading...Greetings, Following our AGM held September 08, the chairperson’s annual report is available online: We have some exciting news to announce shortly with our newest ‘braided rivers birds’ partner, Karikaas, makers of fine (and extremely yummy!) award winning Dutch style cheeses: http://www.karikaas.co.nz. I won’t go into too many details here, but this will considerably raise the […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #34; 09 October Continue Reading...BRaid AGM, Sept 8, 2017 Chairman’s Report BRaid was formed in 2006, so this would be our 12th AGM. The past year has been one of good progress – especially considering that we are only a small amateur group, with the majority of us only having spare time to contribute to BRaid. When I look […]
Comments Off on Chairperson’s Annual Report 2017 Continue Reading...Greetings, Firstly, a reminder that the next BRaid meeting is our AGM Friday 3.00pm 08 September at the DOC offices, 31 Ngai Mahi Road, Sockburn. You do not need to be a member to come along, however you do need to be a member to vote. It would be great to see you all there, […]
Comments Off on BRaid Newsletter #33 25 August 2017 Continue Reading...Greetings, Firstly, a reminder that the next BRaid meeting is Friday 3.00pm (not 1.30pm as previously advertised) 14 July at the DOC offices, 31 Ngai Mahi Road, Sockburn. I will be emailing an agenda to members in the next few days. You do not need to be a member to come along, indeed, the meetings […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #32: 09 July Continue Reading...Greetings, Firstly, a reminder that the Braided Rivers Seminar is on 29 June. Click here to reserve a seat. Winter is here, and with it, plenty of reading material for you to peruse by the fire. We have a number of reports from the last breeding season, and also two must-read reports: Prime Minister’s Chief […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #31: 02 June Continue Reading...Greetings, Hopefully you’ve all survived the recent weather events without developing cabin fever. On the upside, foothill-fed rivers that were showing serious signs of vanishing altogether, are now receiving a decent flushing. Nick has been keeping a particularly close eye on the effect on weeds on the Ashley Rakahuri, which you can read about here, […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #30: 24 April 2017 Continue Reading...Greetings, Thanks to everyone who pointed out the dozens (in fact hundreds) of broken links from our website to documents and pages that vanished when ECan rebuilt their website. It was an opportunity to update and restructure BRaid’s website. If you come across any errors that slipped through, I would appreciate it if you could […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #29: 06 March 2017 Continue Reading...Happy New Year, everyone. I hope you have all enjoyed the holiday period and are welcoming in 2017. Thank you everyone who worked with us in 2016 to help support braided river birds. I’d like to express particular thanks to our sponsors and also those we have worked with under the Braided Rivers Partnership Project: […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #27: 02 February 2017 Continue Reading...Merry Christmas everyone. Firstly, a big thank you for your support this year. I’ll keep this brief as I know your email inboxes will be jammed with end-of-year missives. I will be away from Friday 23 December until the end of January. If I manage to snap a few photos of Iceland’s braided rivers, I’ll […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #26: 21 December Continue Reading...Hello all, Firstly, please note that the next BRaid meeting his this Friday 25 November at 31 Nga Mahi Rod, Sockburn. This will be our final meeting for 2016. It’s been a disruptive couple of weeks, from coming to grips with a new world order to dealing with yet another earthquake sequence, which has also […]
Comments Off on Braided River Newsletter #25: 24 November Continue Reading...Hello all, Firstly, please note that the next BRaid meeting has been postponed from Friday 06 November (this coming Friday) to Friday 25 November. This will be our final meeting for 2016. #TheFlockNZ continues to appear around Canterbury, with schedules stops at Tuhaitara Coastal Park open day next Sunday, and a big appearance at the […]
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