This event has now ended. See this page for all of the presentations.
Thanks to funding from:
- Rakaia Catchment Environmental Enhancement Society
- Karikaas Cheese
- Cynthia and Gerald Ward Charitable Trust
- Environment Canterbury biodiversity funding
This is a FREE event. Morning & afternoon teas (with yummy cheeses from Karikaas) and lunch are included.
Background
This seminar carries on from historic workshops held at Environment Canterbury to update managers and researchers on black-fronted tern research and management, and a TAG (Technical Advisory Group) workshop with a wider focus on braided river birds. A subsequent workshop, hosted by the Ashley Rakahuri Rivercare Group, resulted in the creation of BRaid in 2006. In the last few years, these events have grown in popularity, attracting a more diverse audience. However, the aim remains the same: to freely and openly share information and research and create a networking opportunity for those working to protect and restore these globally rare ecosystems and the endemic taonga species that inhabit them.
2021 Programme
- Wednesday 14 July: Stewart Lecture Theatre, Lincoln University 8.30am -5.00pm (map below)
- Thursday 15 July: 9am-midday (approximate end time). Following significant changes to the Ashley Rakahuri /Okuku Rivers due to the May 31/June 01 flood, we will be meeting at the carpark just south of Cones Rd. Bridge, Rangiora (map below) to carpool/convoy to locations along the river. As there is no catering, there is no need to book in advance.
Click on any names in blue for information on each speaker.
Topic: Habitats
| Speaker | Affiliation | Topic |
| Sonny Whitelaw | BRaid | Introduction |
| Duncan Gray | ECan | Braided river ecosystems: physical habitat, ecological complexity and the management conundrum |
| Philip Grove | ECan | Land use change of braided river margins |
| David Owen & Matt Surmann | ECan | Braided River Revival Whakahaumanu ngā awa ā pākahi and steering the river management ship |
| Adrian Meredith | ECan | Important features of the “wet” part of braided rivers – important habitats of fishes, invertebrates and algae |
| Jo Hoyle | NIWA | Effects of flood harvesting on fine sediment deposition in braided rivers |
| Grant Davey | BRaid/ ARRG | The plight of the foothills-fed Canterbury braided rivers |
Topic: Birds
| Nick Ledgard | BRaid | Case studies of ‘ideal’ habitat enhancement |
| Ellery Mayence | DOC | Incorporating food web research into a braided river adaptive management project: overview of the next five years on the Waiau Toa/Clarence River |
| Colin O’Donnell | DOC |
Distribution and long term population trends of banded dotterels on braided rivers in New Zealand |
| Dan Burgin | WMIL |
Threats faced by shorebirds along flyways and wintering grounds |
| Ann-Kathryn Schlesselmann | Landcare Research | Tōrea /South Island pied oystercatcher on the move |
| Jean Jack | ECan | River bird surveys and gravel extraction under the RMA |
Topic: Pests, predators, futures, and forum
|
Selwyn District Council |
Rakaia Catchment Habitat Environmental Enhancement Society restoration projects |
|
Ini-Isabée Gunn & Lauren Smith |
LINZ | Expanding weed and pest control operations in Rakaia River – What next? |
| Brent Barrett | Boffa Miskell | The commercialisation horizon of new pest tracking and control technology |
| Sonny Whitelaw | BRaid | Climate change and biodiversity project |
| All speakers | Q&A forum |
Bookings
6 places remaining (as of 1.30 pm Monday 13 July)
Programme: when you submit your booking, a webpage where you can download the 24-page programme will open.
If you wish to book on behalf of someone else, you will need to book them separately.
Top image: Rangitata River (Google Earth) + banded dotterels (Ailsa Howard)
Ashley Rakahuri River May-June 2021
Left: 4pm 29 May | 4 cumecs. Right: 4pm 30 May | 966 cumecs
(CLICK HERE for larger images) Right 4pm 3 June | 100 cumecs
Photos: Nick Legdard
