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Page 1 Tauranga Branch Forest & Bird Newsletter No. 71 September 2009

Editor: Neil EverettEmail: [email protected]

This Branch recently received a significant bequest from the estate of our late member Mary Scott, who

died in January 2008. Appreciative letters of thanks for the gift have been sent to the family.

Some of our members may not have known Mary as for the last few years of her life she became too

frail to attend meetings, but many will remember her with affection from the days when she was very

active, participating in meetings and excursions of all kinds. She was always an elegantly dressed woman,

usually with a pretty silk scarf around her neck. She would say it was the first thing she put on in the

morning, to camouflage her tuatara neck. This was a term she borrowed with a chuckle after hearing it

from a young child in reference to her grandmother, Marys friend. It doubtless pleased her that the

child had used a simile from NZ native wildlife.

The native forest delighted Mary and there were special things that she loved to point out to others.

She would keep a look out for the dinosaur plant Tmesipteris, usually to be found growing on tree fern

trunks, so that she could show it to new companions and mention its unique characteristics and long

history as well as its odd name. Apparently the elusive blue duck, whio, was always to be seen when

Mary visited the bridge over the river at Whakapapa village at dusk. Others have been less lucky!

Mary offered quiet support and encouragement to many Branch members working for conservation andcontributing to Branch projects in various ways. More power to your elbow! she would say.

The Branch held Mary in high esteem for her active commitment to conservation. She was always ready

to plant a tree or two, add her signature to a petition, write a lobbying letter, attend a demonstration or

contribute to a fund raising project. She is remembered for joining a group gathered in Rotoiti forest in

1988 to protest against the logging of a privately owned native forest block where kokako lived. Follow-

ing this publicity and further discussions, the forest was reserved. The Rotoiti success led to wider nego-

tiation and ultimately to the Tasman Accord in June 1989. In it, Tasman Forestry Ltd agreed to end

native forest clearance on its land, protect some 39,000 hectares and assist with the recovery pro-

gramme for the threatened kokako.

KM

Mary Scottdevoted supporter of F & B

Tauranga BranchNEWSLETTER

September 2009

Inside this issue:

Mary Scott

devoted F&B sup-

porter

1

Where have all

the big fish gone?

4

Burger Wisconsin

makes better

choice

5

Dont privatise the

high country

8

Kaimai MamakuCampaign 9

Thursday walks6

Saturday and

overnight walks

7

Forest & Bird


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Barry Wards has been chairman of Forest & Birds Upper Hutt branch for 16 years,

has served on its national executive since 2004 and has been vice-president since2007.

As a member of Forest & Bird for more than two decades, he has been involved in

numerous environmental restoration projects in Upper Hutt, including restorationof Bartons and Domain Bush, Moehau Park and Hulls Creek and volunteer possumcontrol at six sites.

Outside Forest & Bird he works as senior biosecurity advisor for the Ministry ofAgriculture and Forestry.

Dr Wards says the most important conservation issues facing New Zealand are envi-ronmental sustainability, including climate change, protection of our biodiversity,both on land and in New Zealands marine area.

He says Forest & Bird has an important leadership role as the countrys only na-tional, independent, New Zealand-based conservation organization.

We are lucky in New Zealand to be surrounded by such a rich natural heritage, but

we need to look after this inheritance much better than we do now.

I see Forest & Birds

role in providing a voice

for nature as hugely

important in achieving atruly sustainable future.

Dr. Barry Wards elected as new National President of Forest &Bird

At its AGM in Wellington in June, Forest & Bird also elected

Craig Potton as national Vice-President.

Craig has been Chairman of Forest & Birds Nelson branch for more than a decade and has served on

its executive since 2004. He first joined Forest & Bird as a schoolboy and over the last three decades

has been involved in many of New Zealands most prominent national conservation campaigns.

Mr Potton is also a noted landscape and wildlife photographer and founder of Craig Potton Publishing.

New logo

and branding

coming soon

!

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From the Tropics

to Antarctica :

Up close and

friendly with

whales and

Penguins

Bongard CentreCameron Road

Tuesday

29 September

20097pm

Reservations

suggested

Inside Story Headline

Local Girl Recognised !

Page 3

Te Puke resident Dorothy Mutton has been awarded with F&B highest honour an Old Blue for her outstanding protection of the environment.

Dorothy has spent virtually a lifetime committed to conservation after joining Forest & Bird 58years ago. She was part of the team that formed the Te Puke Section, which 23 years agobecame a branch, and has served as chair, committee member and patron.

Conservation battles in which Dorothy has played an active part include the Kaimai Mamakuprotection movement of the 1980s, the campaign to protect kokako habitat in Rotoehu forestand an Environment Court challenge to mining in Te Puke hills where Hochstetters frogs arefound.

Dorothy grows native trees to raise funds for conservation, and has worked to establish anative tree reserve on the site of the former Rotoehu village. The keen botanist has led fieldtrips around the Bay of Plenty, sharing her passion for nature and the outdoors with others.She takes part in kiwi listening surveys and works on pest control at Otanewainuku forest.Forest & Bird Te Puke branch chair Carole Long says Dorothy inspires others with her enthu-


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A recent report published by

NIWA (National Institute for

Water and Atmospheric Re-

search) reports on the effects

of land-based activities on

coastal fisheries and biodiver-

sity in New Zealand .

This report has collected evi-

dence of how life in New Zea-

lands coastal waters has

changed over the past fifty

years.

Lately, catching the bigger fish

seems to be harder, and pipis,

mussels and cockles that were

once plentiful appear more

elusive. According to NIWAScientist, Mark Morrison, this

decline is the result of environ-

mental degradation over the

past fifty years. The two main

problems have been identified

as pollution from land-based

activity, and sediment run off.

Before humans populated New

Zealand, the land was covered

with dense forest and scrub-

land. A complex set of naturalenvironments and ecosystems

enable the cycle of growth,

reproduction and waste man-

agement. Organic material is

broken down naturally by a

wealth of fungi, insects and

detritivores. Vegetation pro-

tects the erosion of steep

slopes, reducing the risk of

landslides.

The removal of much of thisvegetation for urban, industrial

and agricultural development

has had a massive impact on

the natural balance. A great

deal of sediment now finds its

way into streams, lakes and

the sea, causing water to be-

come discoloured and cloudy.

Water-based plants which

depend on light to photosyn-

thesise become smothered and

their growth stunted or de-

stroyed.

Loose sediment around plantscan be unsuitable for fungal

spores to settle and grow. The

habitats for many living organ-

isms in the coastal waters are

also greatly affected. Filter-

feeding bivalves and bryozoans

play a vital role in keeping the

water clean and dealing with

sediment. However, when the

balance is upset, the systems

become overwhelmed and fail.

Sea grass, found in the inter-

tidal zone, has a high biodiver-

sity value, and is an important

habitat for raising juvenile fish.

In Tauranga harbour, there are

areas where sea grass mead-

ows are thriving and are in

good condition. However,

once plentiful in the Whanga-

rei harbour prior to heavy

industrial development in the

1960s, sea grass disappeared

from this area and has not

recovered for over 40 years.

The spread of mangroves over

the northern part of New

Zealand has also been on the

increase over the past 50

years. The report comments

that this expansion is a conse-

quence of the increased sedi-

ment in coastal waters. Man-

groves naturally trap sediment

and their growth and spread is

partly a result of increased

sediment deposits. With the

recent decision to remove

mangroves in the Tauranga

harbour by mechanical means,

it should be remembered that

they will inevitably grow back

Where have all the big fish gone?and this will be an ongoing

chore. Also there must be

some consideration of where

the sediment will disperse to

following mangrove clearing. It

is possible that large amounts

of sediment could be moving

around the open water, caus-

ing damage to other fragile

ecosystems elsewhere. An out

of sight, out of mind attitude

does not deal with the issue.

The priority of this report is to

try and inform people of how

the coastal areas and water-

ways of this country can be

easily damaged and destroyed

by the activities happening on

the land. Understanding the

effects that humans have on

the natural environment would

be a good place to start in

trying to prevent further dam-

age. Fish are a worldwide food

source which needs to be

sustainable for future genera-

tions. By taking care of the

marine environment now,

there is a chance that fish willcontinue to breed and flourish

in their own healthy and natu-

ral habitats.

It is time for us all to take

responsibility for ourselves and

consider our own daily impacts

on the environment which we

share with millions of other life

forms, many of which we de-

pend on for our own survival.

For more information aboutthis report, contact the Minis-try of Fisheries, Wellington.

Or see www.fish.govt.nz

Liz Cole

Brad Angus (DOC) on Pest Control in the Kaimai-Mamaku Forest Park

Date: Monday, 19 Oct 2009 at 7.30 pm

Venue: Papamoa Library and Community Centre (Gravatt Road, next to McDonalds)
http://www.fish.govt.nz/http://www.fish.govt.nz/http://www.fish.govt.nz/


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Nationwide gourmet bur-

ger chain Burger Wiscon-

sin will switch to more

sustainably harvested

fish in its burgers to help

restore the environmental

health of our oceans.

Conservation group For-

est & Bird is delighted

that Burger Wisconsin

has chosen to follow the

advice of Forest & Birds

Best Fish Guide and

switch from deepwateroreo/dory to tarakihi in its

burgers in its 24 outlets

around New Zealand

starting in July.

Deepwater oreo/dory is

listed in the red section of

the Best Fish Guide,

which means the fishery

is not sustainable, soconsumers should avoid

buying this fish. Tarakihi

is in the amber zone,

which means that it is a

better choice in terms of

environmental sustain-

ability. Tarakihi is a well-

known and tasty fish

which many New Zea-

landers have caught andconsumed on summer

holiday fishing trips.

Forest & Bird marine ad-

vocate Kirstie Knowles

says deepwater oreo/

dory, together with

mako and porbeagle

shark and southern blue-

fin tuna, has the secondworst ecological ranking

of a commercial fishery in

New Zealand.

Like most deepwater fish

species they are long-lived (86-153 years), slow

-growing and slow breed-

ers, which makes them

vulnerable to overfishing

and population depletion.

They are also caught by

bottom trawling, which

damages fragile sea-

floor habitats and marine

life. The fishery catchesa range of non-target and

by-catch species includ-

ing seabirds, marine

mammals, deepwater

sharks, sponges and cor-

als some more than

500 years old.

Tarakihi is less vulner-

able to pressure fromfishing. Although it still

has some ecological im-

pact through use of trawl

nets, it is a much better

choice for the marine en-

vironment than deepwa-

ter oreo/dory, Kirstie

Knowles says.

Burger Wisconsin Co-

franchisor Steve Hanna

says Burger Wisconsin is

committed to creating the

best burgers as sustaina-

bly as possible.

We are on a path to en-

suring our restaurants

tread lightly on theEarth. Changing our fish

Burger Wisconsin makes better choice

to tarakihi will ensure our

customers are eating a

great-tasting New Zea-

land fish, as well as mak-

ing a positive environ-

mental choice.

Burger Wisconsin will

also make the Best Fish

Guide available to its

customers so they can

make the best choice for

our oceans every time

they buy fish. The guide

ranks fish species avail-

able to New Zealand con-

sumers to allow people to

assess which fisheries

have the least impact on

the marine environment,

so make the best choice

when they buy fish. Half

a million Best Fish Guide

wallet cards have been

distributed since its

launch in 2004 and the

guide is regularly up-dated.

Forest & Bird congratu-

lates Burger Wisconsin

for taking steps to im-

prove the environmental

impact of its business

and its customers,

Kirstie Knowles says. If

all food outlets made an

effort to make more sus-

tainable choices in the

products they buy and

sell, our fisheries would

be much more sustain-

able so we are grateful

to Burger Wisconsin for

leading the way.

F & B Media Release

Tarakihi

Oreo X

Dory X

Tarakihi is a well-

known and tasty

fish..


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Tauranga Forest & BirdThursday Walks

These are on the FIRST and THIRD Thursdays of the month, meeting beside the Bethlehem Countdown buildingOpposite Bethlehem Hall at 9:15am unless otherwise specified, and usually returning by 3:00pm.

Bring all own food and gear as for Saturday walks.

Walks do occasionally change, so if going to alternative meeting points, please check with leader (preferably before7.30pm) the night before.

If you have any suggestions for walks, or would be happy to lead a walk please contact

Kea on 552 6338 or email [email protected] details.

Date Location DescriptionDifficultyCar donation

Sep17

Tuahu track

Pass the large Kauri tree to one of the lowest partsof the north-south ridge of the Kaimais, views to theWaikato on a clear day.

Leader: Janet 544 5362

Easy$6

Oct 1School

Holidays

Roydon Downs

Bush Walk through planted bush beside clear

stream and over farmland, taking in rope swings tolunch at the confidence course.Meet Tauranga Countdown carpark (Cameron Rd /13th Ave) Meet Te Puke rail station 9:45

Leader: Diana 543 0668

Easy$12

Oct 15 Matua Wetlands

Meet at Beach Road Reserve, Otumoetai Railwayreserve, Ferguson Park.

Leader: Eddie 5761849

Easy

Nov 5Kaituna Wetlands

Jointly managed by DoC and Fish & Game, this isthe only remaining piece of wetland in an area that

was once a huge food resource for Maori.Leader: Fiona 576 7013

Easy$

Nov19

Dalys Clearing

Loop

Mangakino pack track through lowland bush tolunch at the historic Dalys Clearing hut and returnvia the walk alongside the Waitawheta river

Leader: Kea 552 6338/ 027 512 0077

Easy$10

Dec 3 Kauri Grove

See the amazing huge kauri trees at the end of HotSprings Road.

Leader: Carole and Ron 5765678

Moderate$6

Dec17

Aongatete

See the seed collecting, exclosure zone and pos-

sum & rat bait stations, return on the short loop forshared lunch at the lodge. Optional walk to swim-ming hole in the afternoon

Leader: Basil 576 5593

Easy$5

Jan 7 Mystery WalkMeet at Bethlehem Countdown

Leader: Carole and Ron 576 5678

Moderate$5

Jan 21 WharawharaLowland bush following the Wharawhara river

Leader: Kea 552 6338/ 027 512 0077

Moderate$7
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Saturday Walks

These are held on the Second Saturday of the month. Unless otherwise specified, all trips meet at 8:15am at the12th Ave / Cameron Road corner. Bring stout walking shoes or preferably boots, lunch, drinks, personal medication,warm clothing and wet weather gear. The price shown is the recommended donation to the drivers for petrol.

Ring the leader beforehand for information or changes.

Overnight Trips

Bring stout walking shoes or preferably boots, food for snacks & lunch, drinks, personal medication, warm clothingand wet weather gear. The price covers accommodation and dinner and breakfast only.

Ring the leader beforehand for information or changes.


Sept12

Lake OkarakaBoardwalk alongside the lake

Leader: Enid 575 6146

Easy/Moderate$16

Oct10

Pukeatua Peak

On the southern side of the Maungatautari pestproof enclosure, walk to the viewpoint to see farover the Waikato (or take the easy option andstroll round the walks in the southern Enclosure)

Leader Enid 575 6146

Moderate/difficultor Easy$16

Nov

14 Bald Spur /

Horsemans Track,Te Aroha

Up the well worn path to bald spur and down thenewly re-opened Horsemans Track past miningrelics. Optional easy short walk around the wet-lands and the Domain in this historic town

Leader :Helen 571 1085

Moderate/difficultor Easy$20

Dec12

Wairere FallsLots of steps. Great views

Leader: Ron and Carole 576 5678

Moderate/difficult$16


Nov11th/12th

Wed /Thur

Te Rereatukahia

Walk the loop from Hot Springs Road (3 -4 hr) Stay overnight in a bush hut. Walkup Baldy next morning for 360 viewsacross the Waikato & Bay of Plenty (1 hr

return). Walk out through the Kauri Grove(2 -3 hr)Leader: Kea 07 552 6338 / 027 512 0077

$ 40 per personLimit 16 peopleEach person willneed to carry theirown gear & a portionof the food and cook-ing equipment.

Guidelines for Safe Walking on Forest and Bird Trips

* We are a conservation group rather than a tramping group; we stop frequently to observe.

* Walking groups need to keep together. Walkers who cannot keep within sight and hearing of the leader need

to make special provision for theirown safety. Do not drop behind or go ahead by yourself.

* Slow walkers need to arrange beforehand to have a companion who is fit, capable and independent and carries

a cell phone, whistle and first aid kit. This person needs to stay with the slower walker.* All walkers should have in their pack a whistle and personal medication. Take heed of the "hazards / difficulty"

described in the Walks Programme.


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Recent comments by Govern-

ment Ministers have fuelled

fears that the Government

intends wide-scale privatization

of the high country. Under

proposals being discussed as

part of a review of government

policy, mountain peaks could

be privatised, ie sold into local

or foreign ownership.

The Minister of Agriculture,

David Carter, has said that

Crown-owned land currently

held in pastoral leases would

be sold into freehold owner-

ship, with only covenants toprotect some areas. In addition

Associate Conservation Minis-

ter Kate Wilkinson has said

that 30 percent of New Zea-

lands land already in the con-

servation estate was enough

and that the government could

not afford to purchase proper-

ties to create new high coun-

try parks.

Secretary of Outdoor Recrea-tion Associations Hugh Barr

says covenants do not provide

public access or allow public

involvement in management of

the land, nor do they encour-

age development of facilities

such as huts and tracks. Indeed

New Zealands draconian

trespass laws prohibit public

access to private land even

when covenants are in place.

Like the seabed and foreshore,

the high country is part of the

natural heritage of all New

Zealanders. So it is vital that

the high country is protected

for the enjoyment of futuregenerations of New Zealand-

ers and visitors alike, and

should not be sold off.

The wilderness of the high

country is a major draw-card

for international tourists,

bringing in millions of dollars in

tourism revenue. Selling it

into private ownership would

threaten its natural character

through inappropriate devel-opment and inadequate pro-

tection and reinstatement of

...Mountain peaks

could be privatised

ie sold...

its natural state, reducing its

tourism value.

Such a move would be deeply

offensive to most New Zea-

landers. It is unnecessary, un-believable and grossly repre-

hensible. If the Government

would sell Crown-owned high

country what other national

treasures or strategic assets

will it also sell?

Conservation and recreation

groups are calling on the gov-

ernment to halt plans to priva-

tise New Zealands high coun-

try.

Take action now !

Write to the :

(1) Prime Minister

John Key

(2) Minister for Agriculture

David Carter

(3) Minister for Conservation

Tim Groser

strongly condemning this pro-

posal.

David Dowrick

Dont privatise the high country

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PO Box 15638Tauranga

3144


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Kaimai Mamaku Campaign

Slow starts make for sure progress

Delegates from the seven branches around the Kaimai Mamaku area have

been involved in planning this regional initiative, a campaign to restore birds

and other wildlife to the Forest Park and its environs, for some time. Well,

folks, we officially go public on November 14

th

. All members are invited tojoin us at the launch in Tauranga at 2pm, Baycourt Exhibition Hall. F&Bs Na

tional President Dr. Barry Wards and General Manager Mike Britton will wel

come the official dignitaries on the day, with a keynote speaker and some

light relief. Please write the date in your diary NOW, as we want this to be an

occasion that makes our wider community sit up and take notice. Forest &

Bird is the voice of nature in New Zealand and we need to make sure it is

heard speaking clearly for our local wildlife.

Find out how to work for wildlife

The campaign includes the whole KaimaiMamaku catchment area, throwing

the net from the Waihou River on the west of the range to the Tauranga Har

bour, destination of the streams flowing from the eastern flanks. We have set

up a Google map site which shows all restoration activities presently taking

place. Check this out:

go to the Google home page

click on maps (top left hand corner)

enter Kaimai Mamaku Campaignin the search field

click on the link entitled Kaimai Mamaku Campaign in the left hand

pane of this window (there are several of these links with the same

name).

The Google map is a great resource for finding out what is going on in your

area, how you can help, and for getting an overall picture of the restoration

pattern in our area, where there are gaps, etc. Some of the groups have a

strong F&B input, such as the Aongatete Restoration Trust and Otanewainuku

Kiwi Trust, others have a stronger local community base.

If you know of other groups that could be included on this map, please con

tact F&B Field Officer Al Fleming at the address given at the end of this arti

cle.

Views in the Kamais

Campaign Website

Our website is:

http://www.forestandbird.org.nz/what-we-do/projects/kamai-

mamaku-restoration-project

Please note we are currently updating this website and their will be

more information soon!


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Memories

Forest Park bird survey, Year One

On October 18th

/19th

, two days in spring, we want com

petent birders to help us carry out 5minute bird counts

throughout the forest park. We need to know what

birds are there. Can you reliably identify, by sight or

sound, the birds of the forest, native and otherwise? Or

would you like to be paired up with someone who can,

so that you can learn?

If so, please send Al your details and be prepared to

spend at least 2 hours one morning of that weekend at

a designated site in the bush, walking some 23 kms,

and following the directions provided.

A chance to be at the heart of the CampaignThe small steering committee now needs the following:

minutes secretary to keep us on track, to free our best organiser to mastermind the launch event

organisers

graphic designers, wordsmiths etc, to help us produce professional display material and newsletters,

including effective Powerpoint presentations with sound and graphicspeople to help with surveys of birds, bats, skinks, geckos, frogs, insects, trees..and the health of the

forest. If you have a special interest, let us know

archivist or local historian to go through deposited papers

To say you want to be involved, [email protected] or

Central North Island Field Officer

Al Fleming

588 Maunganui Road

Mt Maunganui

Tauranga 3116.

07 575 8478 / 021 9889 295

Remember that launch date November 14th come along and helpfix the forest.

Do you remember when.

The KMC newsletter editor wants your memories of what the Forest Park, the streams, the harbour, were like in

days gone by. We know we cant go backwards that the areas rich history of human settlement and exploitation

for timber, minerals, farming and horticulture has given us a new and different pattern from presettlement times,

even preMaori settlement times. But 20 years ago, I am told, there were kokako to the Kaimai bush edge, 10 years

ago there were kiwi on the Kaimai. Do we really have to settle for magpies and blackbirds, red deer and possumsinstead of our real heritage?

The stories, photos, diary entries, articles that some of you have will help us look backwards to move forwards to a

restored and healthy forest ringing with the natural birdsong that we are losing. Contact our email address, or

phone Al or the newsletter editor Eila Lawton (07 549 3646) to record your memories of the Kaimai Mamaku, its

wildlife and its history.

Everybirdy Day

Youve heard of (and probably participated in) the an

nual Garden Bird Survey. Now lets do it for our own

area.

During the week preceding the Campaign launch, we

want as many people as possible to spend an hour re

cording what birds they see and hear in the Park and its

environs. Will it be a real Kiwi species that tops the list?

Or an Aussie invader? A Britishassisted migrant?

You can help us find out! Details will be widely available

nearer the time. Encourage your neighbours and family

to take part.

If the native birds are singing, the forest will be healthy

Which is why two of the campaigns first activities are to do with birds.
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Aongatete Update

The new Kiwi Care bait for possums wasnt as successful as we had hoped, so we put in an extra 3 work-days in July stapling up little bags of vitamin D3 paste (Cholecalciferol). The possums and rats loved it. Of5000 non-toxic pre-feed bags put out over two Saturdays, we had only one bag left uneaten after 2 weeks.The following week volunteers put out the toxic bags and the take was pleasing.

Since last summer we have increased the area of pest control by 40 to 50 hectares. Fortunately we have anumber of new volunteers who are covering this area. We are always on the look out for more helpers. Ifyou can carry up to 3 kilos of bait in your pack, come and join us, or introduce a friend to our team. The newseason of pest control starts in September on the 5th and 19th Saturdays.

As shown in the graph, bird monitoring has seen a remarkable surge in tui between 2006 and 2008 andnumbers are still increasing. It is particularly pleasing to find that these birds seem to have stayed rightthrough last summer and winter. Do take a walk around the long loop track. It takes about 3 hours. You willhear the difference in song as you move from the forest with pest control to the forest without.

Be in the know

Keep up to date with the campaign website at www.forestandbird.org.nz/whatwedo/projects/kaimai

mamakurestorationproject. It is early days for the site, more information will be added as it is available.

We also have a database for direct contact, either by email or mail out of newsletters. Members will be

automatically added to this list, but if you know of others who would be interested, please send details to

Als postal address or if at all possible, to the campaign email [email protected]
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september 2009 tauranga, royal forest and bird protecton society newsletter

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