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  • Projects
  • Youth
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Events Archive

Click on the month name for details on that month's talk and / or trip.  The talk is listed first below the month, then the trip, then any trip reports or newspaper articles for that month.

2018
December

  Annual Social & Tour around Wildbase Recovery Centre
November
  To photograph every bird in New Zealand, hear Paul Gibson's story
  Trip: Bushy Park Sanctuary Whanganui
October
  Riparian planting: what’s not to like with a nice planted stream picture?
  Trip: Learn about the challenges of riparian planting
September
  Predator Free Palmerston North
  Trip: Arapuke Forest Park
August
  The Manawatū River Source to Sea Project
  Trip: Coppermine Creek track in the Eastern Ruahine Forest Park
July
  Discovering Ferns
  Trip: Discovering ferns in the Kahuterawa valley
June
  Wetland birds of New Zealand
May
  The little things in our wetlands: a forgotten fauna in a forgotten habitat
April
  F&B Manawatu 2018 AGM
  Turitea Reserve - Palmerston North's Biodiversity Reservoir
March
  Little Penguins (Kororā) -- The Living Taonga of the Kāpiti Coast
February
  What is a wetland?

2017
December 

  Adventures on the Tiger Leaping Gorge Trail, Yunnan, China
November 
  Nature in Crisis
October 
  Why we need to look beyond feathers for the future of our threatened species
September
  Survival on the Edge – Development of the Wildbase Research Centre
  Tour around Wildbase Hospital, Massey University 
August

 
What is a native bird?
July
 
Tū Te Manawa – Tū te Mātauranga – Inspired to Share Knowledge
   Visit to Three Whares (educational kiosks) as part of the ‘Tū Te Manawa – Tū te Mātauranga’ – ‘Inspired to Share Knowledge’   
       Project
June
 
Macquarie Island Pest Eradication Project
  
Mana Island
May
 
A World Apart; two islands in two oceans – Gough Island and Mana Island
   There was no trip in May
April
  Investigating the efficiency of mast triggered 1080 pest control for South Island Robins in Tennyson Inlet, Marlborough Sounds
  Archie's Track, Sutherlands Puriri Outlier Reserve, Rangitikei
March
  
Field studies and conservation of Antarctic and New Zealand penguins
   Matai Somes Island in Wellington Harbour
   Trip report: Searching for penguins on Somes Island
February
   Where the river meets the sea - Manawatu Estuary
   Waitarere Forest and Beach Ramble -  Looking for Orchids & Fungi
   Trip report: Waitarere Forest and Beach Ramble


2016
December
     Pacific Crest Trail - a wild and scenic pathway from Mexico to Canada
​     No trip this month
November
     Palmerston North’s Green Corridor from Range to River
     Donnelly Flat, Mt. Holdsworth, near Masterton   
October
     Changing River Channels: Living with the Manawatu River
     Overnight trip: Lake Rotokare, nr. Eltham, Taranaki
     Forest & Bird magazine, Autumn 2017: Behind the fence
September
   Exploring Coastal Fiordland from Preservation Inlet to Doubtful Sound
   Exploring the Otaki Gorge and Otaki Forks
August
   Declining Whitebait - what has gone wrong and how we can save them
   4WD adventure to Whitebait Creek, Whirokino Whitebait Spawning Ground, Wildlife Foxton Trust AND MORE .....
   Newspaper article: Whitebait
July  
   Mighty Moa of the Manawatū
   Paengaroa Scenic Reserve, Mataroa, near Taihape
   Trip report: Paengaroa Scenic Reserve
June
   Wee Beasties - Invertebrates of the NZ Forest Floor
   Looking for Wee Beasties in the Bust at Ashhurst
May
   Fungi of the Forest
   Fern Walk, Pohangina
April
   Beech Mast in 2016 and its possible consequences;
   Easy Hike to Alice Nash Memorial Heritage Lodge;
   Newspaper article:  Beech Mast 
March
   We call this a crisis: The Younger Generation's Perspective on NZ's Freshwater Issues
   Forest and Bird Manawatu hosted Te Apiti - Manawatu Gorge Walks
February
   Dead Dolphins and Sick Seals - investigating marine mammal disease
   Te Apiti - Manawatu Gorge Walks, February and March, 2016
January
   No meeting
   Bushy Park Sanctuary and Homestead
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