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NEWSLETTER April 2021 Previous Issue: December 2020 NEWSLETTER April 2021 Previous issue: December 2020 ISSN 1171-9982 From the President Articles for web site Following our Summer Camp on Banks Peninsula in January, life has settled We welcome articles for down to monthly field trips and evening meetings, which we now broadcast live consideration for inclusion on via Zoom. our web site: On 15 February we had a surprise return to Covid Level 2 Lockdown, www.wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz necessitating hastily organising a Zoom-only monthly meeting. Luckily our Please send your article to: speaker, Carlos Lehnebach, Curator at Te Papa, was able to present his orchid Richard Herbert conservation talk online, a new experience for him. e-mail [email protected] On 15 March, Winifred Long of the Kōtukutuku Ecological Restoration Writing for the Bulletin Project discussed vegetation surveys and predator control on a 17-hectare Do you have a botanical observation, coastal forest remnant, including innovative use of 1 m x 20 m plots to cope with anecdote, or insight that you could small pockets of bush. 30 people attended the meeting, 22 attended via Zoom, share with others in BotSoc? If so, total 52. please consider contributing it to April saw our sedge workshop at Ōtari’s Leonard Cockayne Centre. This the Wellington Botanical Society comprised two sessions, a week apart on 11 and 18 April, 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. This Bulletin. There is still plenty of space followed on from last year’s popular rush workshop. in the next issue. For more details and Jon Terry assistance, contact Eleanor Burton at [email protected] or New members 479 0497. We welcome the following to the membership of Wellington BotSoc: BotSoc on Facebook Ellen Blake, Olia Glade and Stirling Smidt https://www.facebook.com/ Helen White, Membership Secretary groups/322939557873243/ This is the unofficial page for Wellington Botanical Society. Wellington Botanical Society Meetings Address: PO Box 10 412, Wellington 6143 BotSoc meetings are usually held Web site: www.wellingtonbotsoc.org.nz at 7.30 p.m., third Monday each President: Jon Terry 021 168 1176 month at Victoria University, WN Vice-Presidents: Owen Spearpoint 562 8780 – Lecture Theatre MYLT101, Sunita Singh 387 9955 ground floor, Murphy Building, Secretary: Kate Jordan 027 899 0018 [email protected] west side Kelburn Parade. Enter Treasurer: Chris Moore 479 3924 building 20 m down Kelburn Pde Membership Helen White [email protected] from pedestrian overbridge. No Secretary: meetings December and January. Auditor: Jane Humble 971 6970 Submissions QR code and hand sanitiser at Bev Abbott 475 8468 coordinator: door. Bulletin editor: Eleanor Burton 479 0497 Field trips Chris Horne 475 7025 Newsletter [email protected] Day trips to locations in the editor: 28 Kaihuia St, Northland, WN 6012 Wellington region are usually Annual ordinary $35; country $30; student $10; held on the first Saturday of each subscription: joint / group / family $40. month. Send your subscription to Membership Secretary, WBS, Box 10 412, Extended excursions are usually Wellington 6143 or to our bank account 020536 0017812 00. Particulars: held at New Year, and sometimes Name; Code: Membership type; Reference: amount of included donation. Easter and the first weekend in New subscribers: Please complete form at the back of this newsletter. December. DEADLINE FOR COPY FOR NEXT ISSUE – 25 September 2021 Articles may be edited for clarity and length ATTENDING FIELD TRIPS AND MEETINGS POST LOCK-DOWN Ideas please Overnight trip gear and food We welcome your ideas about: Add to the day-trip gear, food and drink listed above: • places to visit on field trips, and potential leaders of breakfast, fresh fruit, torch, spare bulb and batteries, those field trips. candle, mug, plate, knife, fork, spoon, small towel, soap, • topics and speakers for evening meetings tooth brush. If accommodation is not provided for, bring Please send your ideas to Sunita Singh, PO Box 10 412, tent, fly, poles and pegs, groundsheet, sleeping mat, Wellington 6143, ph 387 9955. sleeping bag, sleeping-bag liner and stuff bag. Optional: matches in waterproof container, water purification tablets, Field trips—single day pocket knife, large plastic survival bag to line pack, gaiters. A field trip, usually lasting 4-5 hours, is an opportunity to Note: dinners may be ‘pot-luck’—ask the leader to suggest learn how to identify native plants and adventive plants what your contribution might be. (weeds). During the trip, experienced participants record Summer camps the species seen. After it, a new or updated plant list will be These field trips last 7–10 days. Full details will appear in produced for the site. This list will be published on the NZ the newsletter. Plant Conservation Network web site, and copies sent to trip participants, landowners and managers. Health and safety If you intend to join a field trip, PLEASE phone or The leader will bring BotSoc’s comprehensive first-aid kit, a e-mail the leader at least TWO DAYS beforehand, so that topographic map, a cell-phone, and give a health and safety he / she can tell you of any changes and / or particular briefing. requirements. If you cannot ring or e-mail in advance, you The leader will describe the route, and approximate are welcome to join on the day. If you e-mail your intention, times for lunch, tea breaks and the end of the trip. the leader will send you a copy of the draft plant list, so that Bring your own first-aid kit. If you have an allergy or you can print it out to bring with you. If you do not have a medical condition, bring your own anti-histamines and printer, tell the leader. At the meeting place, the trip leader medications, tell the leader of any problems you may have, will ask you to write on the registration form your name, and how to deal with them. e-mail address (so that you can receive the updated plant Before the trip, if you have any doubts about your ability list), and a phone number for the leader to ring your next- to keep up with the party, discuss this with the trip leader, of-kin in an emergency. who has the right to restrict attendance. Booking on field trips: Give the leader/s your cell-phone If you decide to leave a trip early, you must tell the number so that we can contact you if you are running late. leader, and be confident that you know your way back to What bring—clothing the start. Enter your name on the ‘register’ under a wind- Choose from the following items, according to the weather screen wiper on the leader’s car, or other agreed place, to forecast, and your personal needs: sun hat, woollen or record your safe return. polyprop beanie or balaclava, waterproof / windproof Fitness and experience raincoat (parka) and over-trousers, long-sleeved cotton Our field trips are mostly on established tracks, and at a shirt*, singlet*, thermal or woollen top, woollen jersey or leisurely pace, but vary considerably in the level of fitness fleece jacket, nylon shorts or trousers*, polyprop long- and tramping experience required. Although our main johns, underclothes, thick socks, boots or walking shoes, focus is botanical, our programme sometimes offers trips gloves / mittens. which, in the pursuit of our botanical aims, are more *Note: In wet, cold weather, do not wear cotton shirts, strenuous than others. Although leaders take care to singlets, t-shirts and trousers. minimise risks, you participate at your own risk. What to bring—gear and food Day pack with lunch, biscuits or scroggin, hot or cold Transport drink, spare clothing, personal first-aid kit, note-book, pen, When the use of public transport is practical, details will pencil, cell-phone, wallet. Optional: walking pole, clip- appear in the newsletter. board, map or park brochure, camera, binoculars, hand- We encourage the pooling of cars for trips. If you need a lens, sun-block, sun-glasses, insect repellent, whistle, toilet lift, tell the trip leader. paper. Passengers: Pay your driver your share of the running costs. We suggest 10c per km / passenger. If a trip uses the Field trips—overnight inter-island ferry, pay your share of the ferry fare. If you Field trips usually last two days; at Easter, three days. We change cars mid-trip, leave a written note for your driver, may be based at a camp-ground with or without cabins, or under a wind-screen wiper on her or his car, and check that a rented house, or a private bach. The field trip may last 4-7 your new driver adds you to her or his list. hours each day. 2 Drivers: Ensure that you know the route to the start of VUW. the trip, and that you have a written list of your passengers. No. 18e Karori: 7.00 p.m. from Miramar – Darlington Rd, Zero the odometer at the start, and agree on a return time. 7.43 p.m. @ VUW, or 6.00 p.m. from Miramar, 6.43 Check from your list that all your passengers are in the car. p.m. @ VUW. Collect contributions towards transport costs. No. 21 Courtenay Place: 7.01 p.m. from Karori Mall – Beauchamp St, 7.13 p.m. @ VUW. Trip leaders No. 21 Wrights Hill: 7.00 p.m. from Courtenay Place – Stop A, 7.08 p.m. @ VUW. Draft a trip report for the newsletter, including a list of No. 22 Mairangi: 7 p.m. from Wellington Station – Stop C, participants, then send it to the editor. 7.08 p.m. @ VUW. No. 22 Wellington Station: 7.02 p.m.
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