North Canterbury News: September 12, 2019
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NATURE NEEDSUS<br />
CONSERVATIONWEEK 14-22SEP<br />
Events and activities across Aotearoa<br />
conservationweek.org.nz<br />
Opportunity to view rare birds<br />
Achance to view rare birds on the Ashley<br />
Rakahuri River is coming nextmonth.<br />
The AshleyRakahuri Rivercare Group<br />
will run guided Twilight Riverbird<br />
Discovery walks from 6pm to 8pm on<br />
October8and 10 as part of the Breeze<br />
WalkingFestival.<br />
It will be afairly easy walk along the<br />
riverbank for about 12 km, but expect<br />
wet feet and rough ground.<br />
It is suitable for families but please<br />
leavethe dog behind. It is limited to 25<br />
people per trip. Bookings areessential.<br />
Visit ccc.govt.nz/walkingfestival.<br />
Helping hand ... The rare birds of the AshleyRakahuri River feature on Karikaas’ awardwinning<br />
vintage cheeses.<br />
Karikaas sales help birds<br />
Want to find out more about the rare<br />
birds nesting on the AshleyRakahuri<br />
River? Try some tasty vintage cheeses.<br />
Loburn cheesemaker Karikaas is<br />
supporting these birds by branding their<br />
five premium awardwinning cheeses to<br />
promote BRaid and the four most<br />
threatened birds nesting on the river.<br />
BRaid is aconservation organisation<br />
dedicated to protecting these birds and<br />
the unique braidedriver environment<br />
crucial to their longterm survival.<br />
Each cheese features information<br />
about BRaid and one of the critically<br />
threatened birds.<br />
Some cheese packs also have a<br />
surprise fridge magnet.<br />
Karikaas owner and manager Diana<br />
Hawkins decided to feature the wrybill<br />
on the company’s two topselling<br />
cheeses, given their significance to<br />
Rangiora.<br />
‘‘Rangiora is the wrybills’ closest<br />
nesting site to atown, with bird watchers<br />
coming from overseas to view the only<br />
bird in the world with asideways bent<br />
beak, evolved to find their food under<br />
stones in the shallows of braided rivers.<br />
‘‘This is so special for the local<br />
community, so by putting information<br />
about the wrybill on our topselling<br />
cheeses we’re getting this information<br />
out throughout the country and<br />
overseas,’’ Diana says.<br />
The company also gives athird of all<br />
profits from the sales of these top five<br />
cheeses to the AshleyRakahuri<br />
Rivercare Group.<br />
Proudly<br />
Supporting DOC<br />
Services we provide:<br />
• Solid /Fine Particle<br />
Fertiliser Application<br />
• Brushweed /Crop<br />
Spraying<br />
• General Lifting -<br />
Tanks /Fencelines<br />
• Mustering<br />
• Fire Lighting/Fighting<br />
• Wilding Pine Control<br />
• Aerial Photography /<br />
Scenic Flights<br />
• Charter -Fishing /<br />
Hunting<br />
• Flight Training<br />
• 8Wheeler Flat Deck/<br />
Hiab with 5tonnelift<br />
Operating <strong>Canterbury</strong>-wide<br />
www.way2go.co.nz<br />
Phone:<br />
03 310 6815<br />
0800 929 246<br />
1953340<br />
<strong>North</strong> <strong>Canterbury</strong><br />
Fish and Game<br />
595 Johns Road<br />
Harewood,Christchurch8051<br />
Phone:03366 9191<br />
In appreciation of thecontinued<br />
support from DoCRangiora<br />
RIVERS ARE NOT RENEWABLE<br />
2197249<br />
Supportthe<br />
WILDINGCONIFER<br />
ControlProgramme<br />
Wilding conifers(pine trees) arefound throughout <strong>Canterbury</strong> and<br />
New Zealand. It is estimated that 20% of the country will be covered<br />
in unwanted, non-nativewilding coniferswithin 20 yearsiftheir<br />
spreadisn’t stopped.<br />
Wilding conifersare aserious national<br />
and regional threat:<br />
Theygrowand spreadrapidly,<br />
outcompetenativespecies, replace<br />
existing land coverand threaten<br />
productiveland, recreation and<br />
cultural values.<br />
Theycurrentlycover1.8 million<br />
hectares of New Zealand.<br />
Even with control to date, the<br />
infestation growsapproximately<br />
5% each year (90,000ha/year).<br />
Funding for wilding conifer control in<br />
<strong>Canterbury</strong> has ramped up to reflect the<br />
seriousness of the problem, with $10.2<br />
million (fromall sources) being invested<br />
overthe next two years.<br />
Learn moreabout how we’re working to<br />
control their spreadat:<br />
www.ecan.govt.nz/reporting-back/<br />
controlling-wilding-pines<br />
www.wildingconifers.org.nz<br />
Image Credit: TrevorJames<br />
Formoreinformation contact us on:<br />
0800 324636 or biosecurity@ecan.govt.nz<br />
or go to www.ecan.govt.nz/pests
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