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Our History Making Globe-Trotter Jojo’S 27,000 Km Journey There and Back Again Pūkorokoro Miranda Journal of the PūkorokoroNews Miranda Naturalists’ Trust May 2020 Issue 116 Our history making globe-trotter JoJo’s 27,000 km journey there and back again Centre well-placed New tracking Knot poisoning to survive the reveals amazing a wake-up call shutdown godwit journeys for Firth Pūkorokoro Miranda News | Issue 116 1 Shorebird Snippets From the Editor Do you want a Gearing up for the digital magazine challenge of Covid-19 A mix of good luck and good management have seen PMNT or a printed one? reasonably well placed to survive the challenge posed by the Covid-19 virus in spite of a difficult financial year in 2019 which You choose produced a deficit of $84,000. The good luck is that not long before the lockdown which closed the Centre we received a $33,000 bequest from the estate Welcome to the May 2020 issue of Pūkorokoro Miranda of Stella Welford from Oxford, England. In her will Miss Welford News. As some of you may know, a few weeks ago, while the expressed the wish that ‘the money be used for the benefit of the country was in strict lockdown, we sent a digital version Miranda Shorebird Centre’. That and a couple of other grants and of this magazine to all those members for whom we have donations meant we had a good start to 2020 from a financial email addresses. perspective. We have also been able to claim $17,000 from the Now the lockdown has eased we’ve managed to get it Government’s Covid-19 wage subsidy scheme and should make printed. If you’re now receiving a copy in the mail it’s be- savings from distributing the magazine out digitally. cause you belong to one of three groups: those for whom PMNT was fortunate that the lockdown occurred after Coun- we don’t have an email address; those who may not have cil reluctantly took the decision to suspend the post of Educator, read the digital edition; and those who have told us they’d and just as the Summer Shoreguide’s contract was about to end, rather stick with print. We very much hope you’ll read so our wage bill is now much lower. The paid staff now consists this message, think about the options, and then let us of manager Keith Woodley, who is keeping the Trust running know how you’d like to receive your magazine in future by from the Centre, and part-time assistant Chelsea Ralls, who is sending an email to [email protected]. The choice working from home, mainly focussing on the digital side of the is entirely yours because PMNT is going to continue to operation, including sending out this magazine. produce both digital and print versions of the magazine Of course, while the Centre was closed there was no income for the foreseeable future. from shop sales, talks, accommodation, courses, etc – though the But before you make your choice there are three factors online shop continued to trade – and although it is now open we’d like you to keep in mind. First, printing and posting a again visitors have been few and far between, and numbers are magazine is not cheap, and postal costs especially continue likely to remain low for some time. Treasurer Kevin Vaughan to soar. By contrast, sending out a digital magazine costs has guesstimated that we could make a loss of $50,000 for the almost nothing. Second, as a conservation organisation we year. That is well covered by reserves of $180,000. We have just should show leadership in lowering our carbon footprint, received a grant of $5,000 from Trust Waikato and are awaiting and a digital magazine is clearly better for the environment. the outcome of a funding applications to Foundation North. Third, like it or not, the world is going digital, younger In addition, the Trust is poised to implement some longterm people increasingly get their information via smartphones, financial measures approved by the Council at its February and we need to provide for that. meeting aimed at stemming the run of deficits. Due to the financial pressure the Trust is under, earlier In particular, we are looking to to encourage more donations this year we took a small step in this direction. Because of from the growing number of visitors who have been visiting soaring international postal charges we approached our the Centre to enjoy the displays and use the facilities, or calling overseas members and asked if any would like to get it by at the hides to see the birds. As a start, the Trust has bought a email. We sent PDF versions of the February issue to those Quest portable PayWave device, which has been installed at the who responded and several got in touch to say how much Centre and will be used in the Godwit Hide when a shoreguide is they appreciated the change. It also saved us a bit of money. present, so visitors who often don’t have cash on them can make Now Covid-19 has provided the impetus to take a a donation by credit card. The hope is that a combination of new much bigger step by sending a digital magazine to as many signage, explaining that the Centre has to rely on voluntary work members as possible. We hope that that having seen it most and donations, and the ability to donate with the mere wave of of you will opt to stay with the digital format. But we also a card, will produce more contributions. understand that many of you have had a lifelong love affair Another major effort is going into building a bigger and more with print and simply don’t enjoy digital. So we will happily active membership. We are looking for a membership secretary, continue to post you a printed magazine. not to keep records but to coordinate measures to keep existing The most important thing is that, whether you get your members and attract new ones, in the hope of increasing mem- PM News on paper or on a tablet, you continue to enjoy bership beyond the 600-700 it has been at for some years now. reading about all the exciting things PMNT is doing . Anyone interested in finding out more about what would be . from tracking godwits and Kuriri to rescuing sick Red involved should contact the Centre. Knots or rehabilitating coastal habitat. The Council is also taking steps to tighten up controls on Jim Eagles expenditure and boost efforts to attract grants and sponsorships. COVER: JoJo enjoying the sun on the Stilt Pond on 15 March with a beakful of feathers after a nice relaxing preen. Photo by Jim Eagles and Tony Habraken 2 Pūkorokoro Miranda News | Issue 116 Roost appeal The Manager’s Roost Appeal is continuing but has, of course, been slowed by the lockdown. The current total is $126,504 which is a good start towards the $350,000 needed to buy a new cottage for the manager and provide space for visiting researchers. The Trust hopes to hear shortly about an application for funding from Trust Waikato. If you’d like to donate you can do so through our website or ring the Centre for details. Car thefts A 50-year-old man from Papakura has been charged in con- nection with the four break-ins at cars in the Findlay Reserve Car Park on 1 January and the attempted break-in on 5 January. The man charged appeared in the Auckland District Court on 10 March facing a total of 15 offences. All the incidents at the car park were recorded on our security cameras and footage was forwarded to Police. ANZAC VOLUNTEERS: While Centre assistant Chelsea Lunch with the Minister Ralls was away for a month on a birding expedition the Council member Bruce Postill represented PMNT at a recent burden of filling in for her was magnificently taken up by lunch for local conservation groups with the Minister for Con- the arrival in a motorhome of Wendy and Allan Pilkington servation Eugenie Sage in the Kauaeranga Visitor Centre. Bruce (above). Wendy and Allan are two Kiwis who moved to was able to make a few points about our work, particularly on Australia for some OE in 1979 and ended up staying. Since behalf of Bar-tailed Godwits, which were well received. After- retiring 11 years ago they have been living as grey nomads wards the Minister made a point of approaching him to say how wandering around Australia, with a few brief stays in New much Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern had enjoyed her visit to Zealand. Then in 2018 they bought a small motor home the Shorebird Centre last year. aiming to spend 4-5 months here ‘when it is too hot to be anywhere in Australia.’ Coastal ecology courses Both are keen birders, something they came to ‘by The Shorebird Centre is hoping to cash in on an interest from accident’ in 2010 during a stay at Broome Bird Observatory. environmental consultancies in learning more about coastal Subsequently they’ve done stints at both the Broome and ecology. Keith told the Council meeting there had been a few Eyre Bird Observatories as caretakers and in 2015 quali- inquiries on the subject so work was being done on a two-day fied as A-Class bird banders. ‘Since then,’ said Wendy, ‘our course, with an initial day of lectures in Auckland (or wherever wandering has been even more bird focussed as we’ve helped the participating company is based) and a second practical day out with banding projects in Queensland, New South Wales, based at the Centre.
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