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Events Archive

2023

December
  100 Years History of Forest and Bird
November
  Bushy Park Sanctuary
September
  Birds of NZ - local beauties you may not know about – Nankeen night heron
August
  Midnight Folks - Velvet Worms ~ nga tangata o te po ngaokeoke
July
  Making Room for Rivers - Why it matters
June
  Kiwi take to Wellington hills - Capital Kiwi Project
May
  Pupurangi of Horowhenua, working with Powelliphanta traversi
April
  NZ Carnivorous plants
March
  Mud Monsters - koi carp and other invasive fish in our rivers

2022
November
  Ruahine Kiwi Project Update
October
  The effect of weather on survival and reproduction on our NZ Icon the kiwi
August
  NZ Butterflies and moths and how to help them
July
  Every wetland (doesn't) Count(s): the Governement's proposal to allow industries to damage wetlands
June
  Trials and tribulations of monitoring tuna (eels) and other fish in Te Tapere Nui o Whatonga/Manawatu
May
  F&B's Freshwater advocate on Horizon's Oranga Wai - Our freshwater future
March
  Let's talk about catsClick 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.

2021
November
  Gob-Smacking Godwits
October
  NZ Bats - the long and the short of it
August
  The conservation of NZ's parasitic plants
  Trip: Predator control around Pohangina Field Base

July
  Ruahine Kiwi Habitat Restoration Project
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  From Pit to Park - (a history of Pit Park, Featherston Street)
May
  What NZ sea lion whiskers tell us about by-catch
April
  New Zealand's native freshwater flora: Living the aquatic life
March
  Perspectives of a Wildlife Guide
February
  Mixed Bird-insect Pollination Systems and who really gets the job done?

2020
December
  Infamous and inspiring tales of conservation of the Seychelles Islands
November
  The science behind the conservation of New Zealand orchids
October
  Beaked Whales: Why are they the least understood ceataceans?
September
  New Zealand’s Oiled Wildlife Response, Wildbase, Massey University
August
  Secret sex lives of stick insects
July
  Defending nature in a pandemic
  Trip: A trap line for the Deerford loop
March
  Litter Intelligence Programme led by Sustainable Coastlines
February
  Zealandia – the Valley that changed a Nation

2019
December

  Katipō Spider (Latrodectus katipo)
November
  Kakapo on Anchor Island
October
  Protecting and growing lizard populations on the Kapiti Coast
September
  Use of Drones for Ecology and Resource Management on rivers
  Trip 1: A day on the Rangiwahia Track
  Trip 2: Fish Passages in the Shannon Area
August
  Why are Fish Passages important?
July
  Kea in trouble: why being smart, inquisitive and hungry has led to the endangered status of a native New Zealand parrot
June
  The Giant Willow Aphid and Its Environmental Impact
  Trip: Explore the bush and wetlands at Ashhurst Domain and learn about the history of the domain
May
  Restoring balance using biological control
  Trip: Guided tour of a biocontrol test site for Tradescantia and Broom afterwards a walk through Bledisloe park and Massey arboretum
April
  Alpine plants in the Lower North Island Ranges
  Trip: Pettifar & Gilchrist Loop Tracks in the Pohangina Valley
March
  Albatros conservation and the future of ecotourism in NZ
  Trip: Exploring the Ramsar site dunes at Foxton
February
  Tiakana Ngā Manu (Battle for our Birds and beyond): Planning for a response to a very widespread mast event
  Trip: Loop track at eastern end of Manawatu Gorge Track

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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