Category Archives: Newsletters

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  Newsletter #45: 05 May

  Posted on May 5, 2019 by riveraid in ARRG, Ashley, banded dotterel, Black-backed gull, Canterbury Water Management Strategy, DOC, ECan, Fresh water management, Newsletters, Reports, seabirds, Waimakariri

  Tēnā koutou, Several of you have been trying to book to attend the Braided Rivers Seminar 2019 and have discovered that it’s been booked out and waitlisted. This happens every year, and unfortunately there can be no ‘standing room only’ this year due to the Health and Safety (including security) requirements of the venue. To […]

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• Newsletter #43 15 January 2019

  Posted on January 15, 2019 by riveraid in ARRG, Ashley, Awards and funding, banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-backed gull, Breeding, Department of Conservation, DOC, ECan, Fresh water management, kaki /black stilt, migration, Newsletters, Reports, Waimakariri, wrybill

  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 […]

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  BRaid Newsletter #42 November 25

  Posted on November 26, 2018 by riveraid in Awards and funding, community partnerships, DOC, ECan, Ecology, Events, Funding, genetic, Lower Waitaki, Makarora, Newsletters, Reports, Research, Waitaki

  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 […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #41 October 23

  Posted on October 23, 2018 by riveraid in bird survey, climate change, Funding, Newsletters, Rangitata River, Waiau River, wrybill

  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 […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #40 September 06

  Posted on September 6, 2018 by riveraid in Ashburton, Ashley, banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-billed gull, Department of Conservation, DOC, ECan, Events, feral cats, Makarora, Newsletters, Waiau River, wrybill

  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 […]

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  BRaid Newsletter #39 August 13

  Posted on August 13, 2018 by riveraid in banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-backed gull, Black-billed gull, Canterbury Water Management Strategy, climate change, gene editing, Newsletters, trapping, wrybill

  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 […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #38: 01 June 2018

  Posted on June 1, 2018 by riveraid in Black-backed gull, Canterbury Water Management Strategy, ECan, Fresh water management, Newsletters, Zone Committee meetings

  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 […]

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  BRaid Newsletter #37: 08 April 2018

  Posted on April 8, 2018 by riveraid in banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, Clarence River, Ecology, gene editing, genetic, Lower Waitaki, Newsletters, pest mammals, Reports, Research, seabirds, trapping, traps, wrybill

  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’ […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #36 : 07 February 2018

  Posted on February 7, 2018 by riveraid in Newsletters

  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 […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #35 : 05 December 2017

  Posted on December 5, 2017 by riveraid in ARRG, Ashley, bird survey, Black-billed gull, climate change, kaki, kaki /black stilt, Makarora, Newsletters, NIWA, Waimakariri, wrybill

  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 […]

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• BRaid Newsletter #34; 09 October

  Posted on October 9, 2017 by riveraid in Ashley, climate change, community partnerships, Department of Conservation, DOC, Events, migration, Newsletters, Research

  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 […]

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• Chairperson’s Annual Report 2017

  Posted on September 18, 2017 by riveraid in Newsletters

  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 […]

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  BRaid Newsletter #33 25 August 2017

  Posted on August 23, 2017 by riveraid in Newsletters

  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, […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #32: 09 July

  Posted on July 9, 2017 by riveraid in Ashburton, climate change, Events, Exhibition, kaki /black stilt, Newsletters, Orari, Waimakariri, Waitaki

  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 […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #31: 02 June

  Posted on June 1, 2017 by riveraid in Newsletters

  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 […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #30: 24 April 2017

  Posted on April 24, 2017 by riveraid in Ashley, Department of Conservation, DOC, Newsletters

  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, […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #29: 06 March 2017

  Posted on March 6, 2017 by riveraid in ARRG, Awards and funding, biology, Breeding, community partnerships, Ecology, Newsletters, Orari, Wilberforce River

  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 […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #27: 02 February 2017

  Posted on February 2, 2017 by riveraid in Newsletters

  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: […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #26: 21 December

  Posted on December 21, 2016 by riveraid in Ashley, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Breeding, Education, Lower Waitaki, Newsletters, Waitaki, wrybill

  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 […]

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  Braided River Newsletter #25: 24 November

  Posted on November 24, 2016 by riveraid in banded dotterel, bird survey, Black-billed gull, black-fronted terns, Clarence River, DOC, ECan, Harper River, kaki, kaki /black stilt, Newsletters, Waiau River, Waimakariri, Wilberforce River

  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 […]

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