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28/06/2015

Newsletter #4

Hello everyone,

As you will see, I have simplified the format of the e-newsletter so there are no longer any images, making it faster to load and with fewer hiccups. The images are all still there – you just need to click on continue reading see the full story.

While there isn’t much activity on our rivers over winter, that doesn’t mean nothing is happening. Birds are being seen, traps are being made (heaps of them! It’s amazing to see how many can fill a garage) and sadly, the heavy snow caused major problems – and not just for those of us who lost power and limbs off trees. Spare a thought for the kakī recovery team, as well as the birds, down in Twizel. It must have been gut wrenching when the team saw what the snow had done to their aviaries. The photo is heat-breaking. Fortunately, as you will read, all was not lost.

Don’t forget, please keep me updated with events for the calendar and articles, snippets of information, press releases, your latest journal publication/research etc for our news page, which is how this newsletter is generated. Meanwhile, stay warm.

– Sonny Whitelaw, BRaid Manager (manager@braid.org.nz)


The next BRAid meeting is our AGM, so please circle the date in your calendar: 1.00pm 7 September.

Latest publication from the Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment: Managing water quality – Examining the 2014 National Policy Statement continue reading…

More birds from OZ than NZ over winter:  At this time of the year, it is a quiet few months for birds on braided rivers. Most of our indigenous species that frequent the rivers over the summer breeding months have departed for warmer climes – generally the coast and the North Island, plus a few as far as Australia. So it is a little ironic that over winter it is often Australian migrants which are most frequently seen on our riverbeds. Continue reading…

Making Traps:  The Ashley-Rakahuri Rivercare Group (ARRG) has a team of around 6 trappers which operates about 80 traps throughout the year continue reading…

Heavy snow causes the black stilt/kakī aviary collapse:  Continue reading…

Update report – Water quality in New Zealand: Land use and nutrient pollution continue reading…
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