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Since then several people from the Waikato group have been heavily involved in the formation of ARANZ Nationally, including Richard Storey (Chair), Rob Davies-Colley (Team), Keith and Carolyn Hamill (Team), Kristel van Houte - Howes (National Director) and Justin Howes (Team). Major events like the Conference in Raglan and the 07/08 teams at Parachute Music festival have been led/facilitated by the Waikato group in particular. Other practical projects have included planting and weed clearing projects around the Waikato and Auckland areas. The Karioi Restoration Project and Trees at the Meteor are combined local and National projects/fundraiser's supported by the Waikato Crew - whom are currently looking at a longer term restoration project in the Hamilton area to get involved in. A small group also meets irregularly in Whaingaroa/Raglan. A Rocha ANZ is supported by Local Waikato businesses/organisations: Fusion Print Group Ltd, INCEDO & Graphic Designers THEREFORMATION NewsInvitation!!! Each year A Rocha in the Waikato works together with our partners and friends (ie; Te kakaano Community Garden and Nursery in Hamilton, INCEDO and Te Whakaoranga o Karioi Inc Society in Whaingaroa/Raglan) to organise and participate in a number of practical conservation and community events. In 2009, these included a permaculture day, tree planting and potting, a Waikato River photographic exhibit, shared dinners, a stand at parachute, Trees at the Meteor, an eco-adventure camp, the Karioi Project and more... We would like to expand our team of committed volunteers and invite you to join a core team of people excited about A Rocha to help run some of these events and new initiatives. We are also looking for a motivated person with a little bit of spare time to help coordinate this group. If you would like to know more or are interested we would love to hear from you, Mount Karioi Restoration Project - Whaingaroa/Raglan
ARANZ and TWOK have been in dialogue with Whaingaroa hapu, Environment Waikato, The Department of Conservation and other interested community groups and individuals. A management plan has now been prepared, and work has begun on a small segment of the mountain called the "Upper Wainui Reserve"... (read more) Want to help? Its been fun times getting the Karioi project started, thanks to everyone for helping out. Now that the bulk of the monitoring work is almost done, we really need to recruit some more help for setting up rat traps and checking the lines every week or so ... this started seriously in August 2009. We would love to hear from as many residents around Raglan and Upper Wainui Reserve especially, that are willing to help out checking a trapping line or two once in a while. This can be a weekly thing or a once in a while commitment to suit your availability. Not sure what's involved? We will organise a time for you to get familiar with what's required... most lines will only take about an hour to check... great excuse to get out in the bush! Lines available for the more and less bush experienced sorts! Please contact us to indicate your interest, no previous experience necessary! Te Kaakano Community Garden A Rocha is working together in partnership with Desert Springs and the Hamilton community to develop a community garden. The gardens are situated near Fairfield on Powells Rd (just on the gravel on left) - providing a unique opportunity to work together, learn, share and build our community while helping families grow their own food and learn valuable cultivation skills. Bring your ideas, share in a creative and fun experience to make this is a super special place for many... We gather:
Upcoming and Recent EventsFor more information about upcoming events, please email us at new.zealand@arocha.org Kia ora everyone! Hope you all had a wonderful summer break. We've been getting back into the swing of things - January was a busy time - a few weeks ago A Rocha spend the weekend at Parachute - with a stand in the Global expo Tent, braving the pouring rain and scorching sun ... while a bunch of keen young people spend a week in Tongariro at the first A Rocha led ECO ADVENTURE camp. This month we'd love to catch up with you - so please come along ...
Thurs 12 October 2011 (8pm) - Stoat Trap Training. We are putting on a few informal meetings to help you get acquainted with the new stoat traps on Karioi Maunga as well as learn a little about stoats in general ... and meet some other wonderful volunteers! This month we cleared the 50 stoat traps deployed across the mountain in September for the first time ever... and caught 4 stoats and 6 rats! Awesome! If you are wondering why we are so concerned about these stoats/ pests on Karioi see the pretty crazy destruction these little creatures sadly cause by looking at this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DGof7hotXco Sunday 16 October - Tuesday 18 October 2011 - A Rocha Kayak Adventure. Kayak the Waikato River from Karapiro to Port Waikato (supply own kayak - food arranged for you). This really is an adventure - camping or stopping at a township each night. Due to a few unexpected delays we have not got our online sign up ready for checking traps each month! :( sorry. Until we do - were asking people to let us know when you and others would like to check a line over the coming months.. two weeks/ends available each month - dates are: 19 - 27 NOv 17 - 24 Dec 21 - 29 Jan 18 - 26 Feb 17 - 25 March 21 - 29 April Past EventsOctober 2011 (2-5pm) - Working bee with Incedo and Te Kaakano Community Gardens. A Rocha is working together in partnership with Desert Spring and the Hamilton community to develop a community garden. The gardens are situated near Fairfield on Powells Rd (just on the gravel on left).CHECK OUT THE NEW WEBSITE! www.tekaakano.co.nz/home September 2011 - Raglan Conservation and Hiking Camp. A Rocha ran a joint RAGLAN CAMP with keen Hamilton and Auckland Hikers at Raglan Bible Camp. Participants experienced a kaleidoscope of walks, inspirational talks, reflection, and a hands-on conservation project. Please click here (application/pdf, 1.8 MB, info) to download an information poster for this event. September 2011 - Stoat Traps on Mt Karioi. A Rocha together with Te Whakaoranga O Karioi, the Department of Conservation and the Raglan community deployed 49 stoat traps across Karioi Maunga main track on 3 September 2011. This day also coincided with A Rocha’s Conservation and Hiking Camp on the same weekend in Raglan. September 2011 - Putting eggs into traps. After the huge effort on 3rd September, the next stage was to put eggs into the traps, so we were keen to take a small team of people across again. We will continue monitoring the traps and are keen for volunteers - please let us know if you are interested in helping out. May 2011 - Pot luck dinner. It is exciting to see how the veges have grown and so has our group of whanau and friends that meets regularly at Te Kaakano Gardens. Time to plan and dream a little. How do we continue to create a welcoming space for children teen adults all with different interests and skills? April 2011 - Prayer breakfast. April 2011 - Te Kaakano Community Garden. April 2011 - INCEDO Stations of the Cross. At the Hamilton Gardens. For more information, please see http://www.stations.org.nz/start.php March 2011 - Bush Skills: Map, Compass and GPS Workshop, organised by the Waikato Environment Centre, with NZ Mountain Safety Council and the Department of Conservation. This workshop was a free event for environmental groups who want to know more about working safely in the bush, and navigation. For more information, please click here (application/pdf, 431.9 kB, info). February 2011 - Ecological Restoration, Monitoring and Pests Workshop, organised by the Waikato Environment Centre. This Free Workshop in February was for environmental community groups in the region who want to learn more about: restoration, pests, ecological monitoring, birds and bats... and was based at our very own Karioi Project - and included presentations about the project and a talk from our very own OLI :) Presenters: EW, DOC, Biodiversity Forum, WEC, Karioi Restoration and A Rocha. We also went onto the mountain to detect bats in the evening, and have a BBQ. November 2010 - Prayer breakfast. November 2010 (4pm) - Karioi helps Xtreme waste set trap lines and End of Year "Kia Ora". Summer is here - and we are taking advantage of the warm sunny eve's and all we have learned over the last few years to help the X treme team finish of their own trap lines at the Whaingaroa recycle centre. Please join us for an end of year get together and short working bee - building tunnels/setting lines, or come have a drink and just say hello! November 2010 (4pm) - Planning meeting: Trees at the Meteor 2010. All welcome - please bring along ideas! Followed by pot luck dinner... November 2010 (6pm) - End of year pot luck dinner. December 2010 - Trees at the Meteor. See Events page for more information. October 2010 - Kakapuka Mountain Hike, Te Awamutu. Approx 2-3 hr return walk, transport leaving Discovery Christian Centre at 10am and returning to Discovery at 3pm. October 2010 - Te Aroha Hiking Trip. September 2010 - A Rocha Poverty and Environment Hui. “Interconnections of our Christian faith with caring for the poor & marginalised and for God’s creation” . Please download the programme (application/pdf, 1.9 MB, info)for this event. May 2010 - Mt Karioi project. GPS, clear and set trap lines in Bryant Reserve each day from 1 pm - please rsvp if you can help - for our planning.
May 2010 - A Rocha and Te Kaakano Landscape day at
Raglan Artists Combined Studio & BBQ/Shared Dinner Afterwards April 2010 - Mt Karioi project. Setting up stoat traps! March 2010 - Meeting with Department of Conservation. The Department of Conservation is interested to meet with representatives from both ARANZ & Te Whakaoranga o Karioi Inc Society to discuss the upcoming pest management operation on Karioi (public conservation land) led by DOC. The consultation process has commenced and as a key interest group, they want to keep us informed. The project was scheduled for approx mid May, 2010. Also present was a representative from ECOFX Company Ltd, the successful contractor for the scheduled pest management programme on Karioi. Supporters and volunteers from both ARANZ & Te Whakaoranga o Karioi Inc Society were invited only. February 2010 (6pm) - Happy New years BBQ and catch up. February 2010 (7.30pm) - Mt Karioi project. A quick meeting to regroup and chat about our plans. Another exciting year - trapping rats, stoats and possums on our Maunga. With a small grant from the Community Conservation Fund we will be able to expand our small project down the mountain to the sea - into Bryant reserve. New tracks have been made throughout the reserve - including the Upper Wainui Reserve - so this is a great time to go check it out if you have not already. We hope you will join us again this year - setting and checking lines - a little bit of time and enthusiasm is all you need. We would love to see you. Sunday 20th December 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 13th December 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 6th December 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 29th November 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 22nd November 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 15th November 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 8th November 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 1st November 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 25th October 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Sunday 18th October 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Bird count, collation of rat data, and coffee and breakfast. August 2009 - Gully Planting and Pot-luck dinner, Hamilton. August 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Check and set rat traps. Training and equipment provided. July 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Monitoring rat tracking tunnels. July 2009 - Waikato A Rocha Outside Day: Organic Weed Control Workshop. Award-winning environmental educator, Nelson Lebo, ran a hands-on workshop teaching us about organic weed control. This workshop was appropriate for beginners through to experienced gardeners. Topics: crop rotation, understanding No-Till systems, breaking pest and disease cycles, building soil fertility (mulches and composts), cutting down on watering needs, etc. Nelson has 18 years teaching experience and has been an organic farmer and green builder for the last ten years. He has been trained in Organic Land Care, Ecological Design/Build, Eco-Renovation and holds a Permaculture Design Certificate. He has worked as a design consultant and educator in the USA, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, India and New Zealand. He is currently pursuing a PhD in permaculture education at the University of Waikato. July 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Morning: Vegetation study and bird count (+ finish trap lines if needed). Great coffee and breakfast included! Afternoon: Make rat trap tunnels with Andrew and Ian. June 2009 - Mt Karioi project. Saturday: Tracking cards deployed in monitoring tunnels. Sunday: Tracking cards removed from tunnels + Vegetation studies continued + insect monitoring with Hugh Oliver ... Great opportunity for insect loving kids! - (but please just let us know your coming). June 2009 - Waikato A Rocha Inside Night : 'River/Road: an ecological journey'. A presentation preview and discussion facilitated by our very own David Cook! David Cook will show a preview of 'River/Road: an ecological journey', a photographic exhibition and web project opening at the Waikato Museum on 2 October 2009. Over the past couple of years David has been travelling between Hamilton and Ngaruawahia by road and by river, making images that speak about the ecology of these spaces. The exhibition includes a digital interactive component with stories about the region - the discussions we have at this presentation will contribute to these stories. Come along and be part of the journey. Location: Wintec, P block - on the corner of Tristram and Collingwood Streets (directly across road from BP gas station). (Map) April 2009 - Potting up native plants. Venue: Desert Springs Ministries' Te Kaakano Native Plant Nusery, This was a chance to have a look around, see what they do, and lend a hand. April 2009 - Mount Karioi Restoration Project. Bird Count, Vegetation study and setting of rat monitoring tunnels. Rats will be monitored 3 weeks later and then several times monthly before we start rat trapping in August 2009. Keen to help make rat trap tunnels and/or weta boxes? Please let us know! March 2009 - Discussion about restoring Karioi Maunga (see below).
Feb 2009 - Animal Pest Management and Safe Working in the Bush workshop. A Rocha Aotearoa New Zealand is partnering with Te Whakaoranga o Karioi Inc Society, in the first community initiated pest eradication project on Karioi Maunga, Whaingaroa - Raglan in 2009. The Animal Pest Management and Safe Working in the Bush workshop was organised by Biodiversity Advice Waikato and the Waikato Biodiversity Forum. Venue: Pirongia School. (Associated images courtesy of Nick Empson). The two groups together with Maori land owners and Raglan residents will meet on the 2nd March to discuss how the community can get involved in restoring Karioi Maunga. Feb 2009 - Hello 2009 Barbeque. Bring: Meat or vege alternative + one other addition + kids + partners + friends :) Click here for Waikato events in 2008 and earlier. |
