| National Wetland Trust Homepage |  |
Registrations now open!
Wetland restoration symposium 21-23 March 2012
The 5th National Wetland Restoration Symposium will be held at the Ascot Park Hotel in Invercargill, March 2012. See the provisional programme (800 b). If you are booking flights, note that the field trip on Friday finishes in Invercargill at 5.30 pm.
Register now. Discount rates also apply for full-time students and non-professionals (e.g. conservation/ wetland restoration community group volunteers). Standard registration is $200, student/volunteer rate is $150 (GST incl.).
Registration fee includes two field trips to Waituna Lagoon and Rakatu wetlands - pack sturdy boots or gumboots, wet weather gear, sunscreen and hat. See more about Awarua Waituna Lagoon - an internationally significant wetland (pictured below).
To book accommodation at special discounted rates please phone Ascot Park Hotel on 03 219-9076 and mention that you are attending the symposium.
Several local operators have offered discounts to conference delegates for wetland-related activities.
This symposium is being organised by the Southland Wetlands Working Party in conjunction with the National Wetland Trust.
We'd like to thank our key sponsors:
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
and to our key supporters:
Southland Fish and Game
NZ Landcare Trust
Southland District Council
Dairy NZ
Venture Southland - this website also has information on visiting Southland
Before you book your flights...if you are planning to attend the symposia you may wish to come a day earlier to attend a free Community Wetland Monitoring trial organised by the NZ Landcare Trust and the National Wetland Trust. See our Latest Updates page for details.
National Wetland Restoration Symposium 2010
The 4th National Wetland Restoration Symposium, was held in
Rotorua on
March 3rd-5th
2010. The theme was: "Wetland Management and
Restoration (Freshwater and Estuarine)." Over 200 delegates attended.
The symposium was organised by the
The Symposium was designed as a training and networking
opportunity for
landowners, iwi, people committed to wetland biodiversity and
restoration,
policy makers and wetland scientists from all over
Presentations and posters
Copies of the presentations are available to download.
| Black: Forestry management
5.4 mb |
Bruere: Floating wetlands 160 kb | Cashmore: Threatened plants 2.4 mb |
| Cheyene and Owen: Wetland birds 520 kb | Garrick: Restoration planning 1 mb | Marsh: Valuing wetlands 400 kb |
| McKee: Global Change 1.4 mb | Meikle: Practical restoration 170 kb | Mihinui: Cultural significance
600 kb |
| Mitchell: Whitebait habitat 250 kb | O'Connell: Community involvement 200 kb | Peters: Funding 700 kb |
| Robertson: Arawai Kakariki 450 kb | Roxburgh: Public good 250 kb | Suren: Macroinvertebrates 240 kb |
| Tanner: Nutrient management 2.70 mb |
Several presentations on wetlands were presented at the Arawai Kakariki sponsored session of the NZ Freshwater Science Society Conference, November 2009. Some are available to view below:
Blair Thornburrow: Hydrology of Whangamarino wetland (2.9 Mb)
Kerry Bodmin: Willow management in Whangamarino wetland (1 Mb)
Emily Atkinson: Ruppia in Waituna Lagoon (1.7 Mb)
Bev Clarkson: Wetland types (814 kb)
Brian Sorrell: Nutrient standards (1.5 Mb)
Hugh Robertson: Wetland protection (534 kb)
Alastair Suren: Effect of wetland condition on invertebrates (2 Mb)
"Wai Wetlands" Symposium 2008
The 2008
Symposium was also a great success, with over 150 delegates
attending
from all over
Last updated 31 January 2012
Address: c/o Box 177, Pukekohe 2340, New Zealand; Email
Become a member of The
National Wetland Trust
© 2002-2011 All material copyright of the national wetland trust unless otherwise noted.