Community Beach Clean Up - Long Bay


Saturday 13th March, 10am - 3pm

Meet at Site 3 Long Bay Regional Park

Further details to be published soon on www.ecoevents.org.nz/seaweek

Community Snorkeling Day - Leigh Marine Reserve ( Goat Island)

Saturday 6th March (back up day Saturday 13th March)
10am -1pm  Free Snorkeling sessions run continuously
                           no booking taken - just turn up

9.30 am only Half price trip on Glass Bottom Boat
                           need to book - phone 422 6334 or info@glassbottomboat.co.nz
  • Families welcome, all children under 15 years need to be accompanied by an adult
  • Wetsuit, mask, snorkel and fins supplied at no charge, bring usual swimming attire, sunblock and underwater camers?
  • Register for the snorkeling on site at the DOC tent (NB book ahead for the Glass Bottom Boat)
Enquiries phone Department of Conservation ph 425 7812

Art in the Woolshed

Art in the Woolshed
March 6-14th  10am - 5pm each day
Tawharanui Regional Park
An outstanding exhibition of paintings, ceramics and sculpture, being sold to raise funds for TOSSI. This is the community group that alongside the ARC has restored Tawharanui as an open sanctuary. 
Come and help the group celebrate the success of these efforts and support this worthwhile project. Good coffee and quality food available throughout the exhibition.
The perfect event to combine with a trip to Anchor Bay to swim.

Leigh Marine Reserve: Explore the Underwater World

Celebrate Sea Week (7-14 March) by Exploring the Underwater World at Leigh Marine reserve - Sunday 14 March 2010

This event has been organised by Central Auckland Forest & Bird.

Meet at Goat Island for a 1.00pm start under the big Pohutukawa tree at the bottom left of the staircase which lead down to the beach. The plan is to explore the rocky pools and snorkel if the weather is good.

Your local guides will be Tony and Jenny Enderby, well-known marine advocates who have written often for F&B magazine about the marine reserve.

This is an opportunity to learn about marine reserves and celebrate Goat Island, NZ's first marine reserve - see how successful it has become.

Bring warm clothes, sturdy shoes, flippers and/or sand shoes, togs, towel, mask and snorkel and/or swimming goggles, a hat and sunscreen. And drinks and snacks.

There will be a small charge per person for snorkel hire and guiding.

Children must be accompanied by an adult please.

Book with Siobhan by email and let her know you are a member of KCC. (Note; if bookings are limited, preference will go to Forest and Bird members.)

KCC Junior Press Officers Needed

Jenny Lynch from KCC is looking for young conservators to help with the KCC website. She would like Volunteer Press Officers 10 years or older to give a kid's perspective on conservation issues.

Jenny says "the idea is to send them our simpler press releases on campaigns or issues and get them to interpret them into a kid speak with a kids perspective which we will then load onto our website. We’d profile them first so that our KCC members know who's talking to them."

Does this sound like something you would like to do? Would you like to try your hand at being a journalist? Contact either me or Jenny Lynch for further details.