Wellington's events calendar:
Sustainable Fisheries and Native Freshwater Fish Workshop
Thursday 4 March, 4pm - 6pm
Where: Plateau School, Molloys Road, Te Marua, Upper Hutt
Who: Everyone who is interested in native freshwater fish and fishing for the future
Why: Come along and learn about New Zealand's unique freshwater fish and how to fish sustainably
Cost: $5 for non-NZAEE members
Speakers include Greytown School Students presenting their North Creek project, Dr Mike Joy and Joe Potangaroa. Refreshments will be provided.
For more information download:
Sustainable Fisheries and Native Freshwater Fish Workshop Flier 84kB
End of the Line NZ premiere screening
Thursday 4 March, drinks from 7.15 pm, movie starts at 8 pm
Where: Paramount Theatre, Courtnay Place, Wellington.
Cost: $20
See the NZ premiere screening of 'The End of the Line'. Rated as one of the best films of 2009, The End of the Line should do for our oceans what An Inconvenient Truth did for climate change — that is, stamp the issue into the public consciousness and shame governments around the world into at least talking about doing something. See The Times write up here. Tickets available from the Paramount.
Open day - Island Bay Marine Education Centre
Sunday 7 March, 10am-3pm
Where: The Bait House, Island Bay foreshore
Cost: $2 per person donation
For more information and details of marine education programmes visit www.octopus.org.nz.
Ocean Acidification
Monday 8th March, 6pm (30-40 min talk)
Where: Forest & Bird office, Level One, 90 Ghuznee Street (look for the giant tui on our roof!), finishing off with a wee drink and discussion across the road at Bar Bodega.
Forest & Bird’s Blue Wellington group are hosting a range of fascinating talks from some of our leading marine scientists. Cliff Law, Oceans Scientist at NIWA, coordinates the Ocean-Atmosphere Research and advises the Chief Scientists of Oceans, Atmosphere and Climate Change Centres. He currently contributes to international policy development on ocean fertilisation via the London Convention and national perspectives on ocean fertilisation and acidification via the NZ government Ocean Fertilisation stakeholder group and the NZ Royal Society. He is also a member of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IGBP program SOLAS (Surface Ocean Lower Atmosphere Study). His current research interests include trace gas cycling and sources in coastal and open ocean regions, nutrient limitation of phytoplankton and impacts of ocean acidification.
Estimating fish populations How we count fish when they keep moving and we don’t see them
Tuesday 9th March, 6 pm (30-40 min talk)
Where: Forest & Bird office, Level One, 90 Ghuznee Street (look for the giant tui on our roof!), finishing off with a wee drink and discussion across the road at Bar Bodega.
Forest & Bird’s Blue Wellington group are hosting a range of fascinating talks from some of our leading marine scientists. Sophie Mormede, Fisheries Scientist at NIWA, is a fisheries modeller, working on a variety of fishery projects, in particular related to stock assessments and the effects of fishing. She works both on national and international fisheries. Her work includes fishery characterisation, catch per unit effort analyses, fish stock assessments, participation in trawl or acoustic surveys and analysis of survey data, analysis of the environmental impacts of fishing and ecological characteristics of exploited resources. The majority of her work is carried out in order to inform Ministry of Fisheries management, some is part of the Foundation for Research Science and Technology research (FoRST).
Beach clean up & cigarette butt count
Wednesday 10 March, from 6 pm
Where: Splash Gordon Dive Shop, 432 The Explanade, Island Bay, Wellington
Splash Gorden will be leading a beach cleanup between Owhiro Bay and Island Bay. They'll also be counting the number of cigarette butts picked up as a deterrent to smokers flicking them away. BBQ afterwards for participants.
Contact Splash Gordon Dive Shop (04) 939 3483 for more information.
Marine BioBlitz’s – What we learned from our world 1st in 2007 and plans for a new Blitz later in the year
Thursday 11th March
Where: Forest & Bird office, Level One, 90 Ghuznee Street (look for the giant tui on our roof!), finishing off with a wee drink and discussion across the road at Bar Bodega.
Forest & Bird’s Blue Wellington group are hosting a range of fascinating talks from some of our leading marine scientists. This talk is with Dennis Gordon, Leading Biodiversity scientist, NIWA & Kirstie Knowles, Marine Advocate, Forest & Bird. Dennis Gordon is a global authority on the systematics, phylogeny, and biology of living and fossil bryozoans. He has a broad interest in all biodiversity and serves on the international project teams of the Catalogue of Life and World Register of Marine Species. He is also coordinator and editor of the decade-long project "Inventory of New Zealand Biodiversity" that provides the authoritative names for the New Zealand Organisms Register. In 2005, Dennis was the recipient of the New Zealand Marine Sciences Society Award for his lifetime contribution to marine science.
Meet MinFish
Saturday 13 March, 10am - 4pm
Where: Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab, 396 The Esplanade, Island Bay, Wellington
Ministry of Fisheries officers will be at the lab with their marked patrol truck and educational trailer. They 'll have some giveaways and information and will be on hand to talk to people and answer any questions.
Contact Andrew Sealey, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.
Coastal Ecology Lab Open Day
Saturday 13 March, 10 am - 4 pm
Where: Victoria University Coastal Ecology Lab, 396 The Esplanade, Island Bay, Wellington
- Marine Creatures Touch Tank
- Opportunity to see amazing tiny critters under the microscope
- Demonstrations of the equipment we use to study marine animals, for example to look at feeding activity of anemones
- Research scientists and students on site to discuss their work.
Contact Anna Smith, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone (04) 470 9250 for more information.
Kapiti Marine Reserve Boat Tour
Saturday 13 March, 10 am - 12.30/1 pm
Where: Kapiti Marine Reserve by boat with remotely operated underwater camera (leaves from Paraparaumu Boat Club)
Why: Join marine scientists on a boat tour of Kapiti Marine Reserve with the opportunity to view life under the waves without getting wet.
Cost: $55 adults/ $30 child (child 5 yrs - 17yrs)
For information/bookings contact Lisa Clapcott 04 296 1161. Email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .
“Fishing for the Future” and “Size does Matter”
Saturday 13 March, 11am and 12 noon
Where: Nature Space Discovery Centre, Te Papa, Wellington
Ministry of Fisheries talk.
The Dunes and the Sea
Saturday 13 March, 2pm
Where: Meet at the Island Bay Dunes opposite the South Coast Gallery, 302 The Esplanade
Learn about why dunes exists, how the dunes and the sea interact, and how a small group of residents works to keep them intact.
Contact Willemijn Vermaat for more information, email: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it
Clean Up Taputeranga Island from Plastic & Polystyrene!
Saturday 13 March, 1pm
Where: Meet opposite 340, Esplanade, Island Bay
Bring your own kayak and bungy cords to remove waste. Wear Lifejackets (of course), Council will provide bags and gloves.
Contact Celia Wade-Brown on 027 4836691 to check local weather on the day - postponement to Sunday afternoon.
Beach and underwater clean up
Saturday 13 March
Forest & Bird’s Blue Wellington will be coordinating a local beach and underwater clean up on Saturday 13 March – more details to come.
Forest & Bird’s Blue Wellington will be out and about in themed costumes on the city streets handing out marine conservation information and stickers – keep an eye out for us at weekends and week-day lunch times.
Corner Creek beach clean-up
Sunday 14 March, 10am
Where: Meet at Corner Creek campground, Ocean Beach Road, Palliser Bay
Corner Creek beach clean-up with BBQ to follow.
Contact DOC Wairarapa Area Office This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or phone (06) 377 0700 for more information.
Open day - Island Bay Marine Education Centre
Sunday 14 March, 10am-3pm
Where: The Bait House, Island Bay foreshore
Cost: $2 per person donation
For more information and details of marine education programmes visit www.octopus.org.nz.
Seaside display at the library
Monday 7 March - Monday 14 March
Where: Wellington Public library, Children's area
Showcasing all the awesome Children's non fiction about the NZ seaside.
