TRIP REPORT INDEX

The following trip reports, submitted by the trip leaders, were also published in the Wellington Botanical Society Newsletter

2008 late January:   Summer Camp – Aotea / Great Barrier Island

2008 late February:   Druce covenant workbee

2008 March:   Gracefield scrub

2008 late March:   Easter Camp – Western Ruahine Range

2008 April:   Eastern Hutt River

2007 January:   Summer Camp – Rakiura National Park / Stewart Island and Catlins, eastern Otago

2007 late January:   Waimapihi Reserve, Wellington City

2007 February:   Dunvegan Station and Bankview Station, Wairarapa

2007 late February:   Wainuiomata water catchment

2007 late March:   Druce covenant workbee

2007 April:   Tautane Station

2007 May:   Johnny’s Bush and Fenaughty covenant

2007 mid July:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2007 August:   Belmont Regional Park – Korokoro Dam

2007 September:   Mount Victoria, Wellington City

2007 October:   Pakuratahi Forest: Climie Ridge – Goat Rock – Tane’s Track

2007 mid October:   Dench Garden weeding

2007 November:   Whareroa Farm, Mackays Crossing

2007 mid November:   Te Marua Bush Workbee

2007 December:   Pukerua Bay to Plimmerton

2007 December:   Hutt City rata walk

2006 January:   Summer Camp – Ruahine Range and Hawke’s Bay

2006 January:   Gilberd Bush Reserve, Newlands

2006 February:   Northwest Aorangi Range

2006 April:   South Wairarapa

2006 April / August:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2006 June:   Wi Parata Reserve and Nga Manu Nature Reserve, Waikanae

2006 July:   Jubilee Park and Percy Scenic Reserve

2006 August:   Queen Elizabeth Park

2006 September:   Monitoring Makara Foreshore Reserve plant communities

2006 October:   Monitoring riparian plantings on Hutt River

2006 October:   Keith George Memorial Park / Silverstream Scenic Reserve

2006 Late October:   Dench garden weeding

2006 Late November:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2006 December:   Clive and Phyl Paton’s conservation covenant

2006 Mid December:   Hutt City rata walk

Recent Summer field trips - listing

2005 January - Christmas Trip:   Western Canterbury

2005 Late January:   Part of Pakuratahi Forest and Climie Ridge

2005 February:   Lowe’s Bush, Te Pamu

2005 mid February:   Workbee - Dench garden, Newlands

2005 March:   Mt Kaukau – southwest slopes

2005 mid March:   Otari-Wilton’s Bush – native plant identification

2005 end March:   Easter Trip – Rimutaka Forest Park – Tapokopoko

2005 April:   View Road South Headland Reserve; Te Raekaihau Foreshore Reserve

2005 mid April:   Workbee, Druce Collection, Pinehaven

2005 May:   Fungal Foray, Catchpool, Rimutaka Forest Park

2005 June:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2005 July:   Kaitawa Reserve, Raumati Escarpment Reserve

2005 August:   Wellington Botanic Garden native forest

2005 September:   Ridge Track from Te Marua to Kaitoke

2005 October:   Lake Kohangapiripiri and Lake Kohangatera, Pencarrow Lakes

2005 November:   Kaitoke

2005 December:   Eastern Tararua Range, Wairarapa

2005 Mid December:   Hutt City Rata Walk

2004 January - Christmas Trip:   West Coast and Murchison

2004 Late January:   Off-track Otari – Wilton’s Bush

2004 February:   Onoke Spit

2004 March:   Orongorongo Station, Wainuiomata

2004 Late April:   Workbee, Druce property, Pinehaven

2004 May:   Workbee at Arnold and Ruth Dench’s garden

2004 June:   Mana Island Tree Planting

2004 July:   Kaiwharawhara Valley restoration

2004 August:   Waikanae wetlands

2004 September:   Te Marua Bush Workbee

2004 late September:   Measuring indigenous riparian trial plantings

2004 October:   Waterfall Road Bush

2004 late October:   Workbee at Tapu Te Ranga Marae

2004 November:   Gibbs Covenant and Butterfly Creek

2004 December:   “Stuart Creek”, Ohau Valley, Tararua Range

2004 December:   Himatangi Scientific Reserve (Paranui Bush)

2004 mid December:   Hutt City rata walk

2003 January - Christmas Trip:   Bay of Plenty

2003 Late January:   Rimutaka Forest Park

2003 February:   Wharekauhau Stream, Ocean Beach/Palliser Bay; Battery Stream, South Wairarapa.

2003 March:   Eastern Harbour Hills, above Days Bay.

2003 Late March:   Huntleigh Park forest remnant

2003 April:   Eastern Hutt Hills.

2003 April - Easter Trip:   Aorangi Forest Park, North Block.

2003 May:   Kaukau – Skyline Walk – Bell’s Track.

2003 June:   Private forest blocks, Moonshine Road, Upper Hutt.

2003 Late June:   Te Marua Bush – Work Party.

2003 August:   Karori Wildlife Sanctuary.

2003 September:   Wilf Mexted and Larsen Crescent Reserves, Tawa.

2003 November:   Carey Gully, Owhiro Stream catchment.

2003 Late November:   Arnold and Ruth Dench’s garden, Newlands.

2003 December:   “Beauley” – Mangapakeha Taipo, Wairarapa.

2002 January - Christmas Trip:   Mount Cook to Omarama and more

2002 Late January:   South Wairarapa

2002 February:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2002 March:   Belmont Regional Park - Boulder Hill

2002 Late March:   Rimutaka Range

2002 May:   Te Oranga Whenua, Queen Elizabeth Covenvant, Stokes Valley

2002 June:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2002 July:   Industrial Research Ltd., Gracefield and Petone

2002 August:   Private forest, Western Hutt hills

2002 late August:   The first monitoring of the Hutt River riparian plantings

2002 September:   Otari-Wilton’s Bush

2002 October:   Strathmore revelations

2002 Late October:   Te Marua Bush workbee

2002 November:   Kapiti Island

2002 December:   Palliser Ridge Station, South Wairarapa

2001 January - Christmas Trip:   Southland

2001 late January   Horowhenua

2001 February:   Makara Foreshore Reserve

2001 March:   Te Marua Bush - work-bee

2001 April - Easter Trip:   Manawatu / Rangitikei / Wanganui

2001 May:   Threatened species plantings, Tapu Te Ranga Marae

2001 June:   Wainuiomata catchment

2001 July:   Galbraiths Gully and “Jasmine Grove” Scenic Reserve, Lower Hutt

2001 Late July:   Te Marua Bush - Planting

2001 August:   Cannons Creek Covenant, Friends of Maara Roa Project.

2001 September:   Waipapa Stream

2001 October:   Dobsons / Tauherenikau

2001 December:   Eastern Wairarapa