Update to Date - Walk and Talk Series still popular
Update – please note we have changed the date for the Opouahi and Tutira Lakes Walk n Talk to Saturday 23 March (Kiwi health Check)
Media Release
17 January
2013
Walk and Talk Series still popular
A series of free guided walks are planned throughout Hawke’s Bay during the next three months as part of the popular Walk and Talk Series.
The walks are a joint initiative between Hawke’s Bay Regional Council and the Department of Conservation, giving people the opportunity to get out and exercise, while learning a little more about the region’s unique environment.
The Walk and Talk Series has been running for more than six years and each year receives strong support from locals and visitors keen to explore a little more of Hawke’s Bay.
The walks this year include visiting the home of the native longtail bat and the Pan Pac Kiwi Crèche, to Hawke’s Bay’s only marine reserve and a chance to feed Cooks Petrel chicks at Cape Sanctuary.
For more
details or to register for walks contact Hawke’s Bay
Regional Council during business hours on 0800 108 838 or
visit HBRC reception at 159 Dalton St,
Napier.
Walk and
Talk Series 2013
Bats at Ball’s
Clearing, Puketitiri – 12 February
Come and
learn more about our only native land mammal, the secretive
longtail bat. This is an evening experience at Ball’s
Clearing Scenic Reserve, 5km from Puketitiri on Pakaututu
Road. Carpooling from National Aquarium at 4.30pm (sharp)
– bring picnic tea, warm clothing and shoes suitable for a
nice easy walk. Meeting at Ball’s Clearing at
6pm.
Opouahi and Tutira
Lakes – 23 March (Kiwi health Check)
Walk
around Lake Opouahi. Learn about the Pan Pac Kiwi Crèche
and meet one of Kaweka’s wild North Island Brown Kiwi
chicks. On the way home we will stop at Lake Tutira to
discuss water quality issues, followed by an easy walk
around Lake Waikopiro. Bring a packed lunch and shoes for
easy track walking.
Bus leaving Napier at 9am (sharp)
depart 1.50pm, back 2.30pm.
Te Angiangi
Marine Reserve – 3 March (Seaweek)
Come and
visit Hawke’s Bay’s only Marine Reserve, Te Angiangi.
Learn about the important role marine reserves play and how
they protect our marine ecosystems. This involves a 3km walk
from Blackhead Beach finishing with afternoon tea at the
Aramoana Historic Woolshed.
Bus leaves Waipukurau
Information Centre at 9am (sharp) arriving back to
Waipukurau 2.30pm
Booking necessary - limited spaces
available.
Cape Sanctuary – March (date
to be confirmed)
Join a small team of dedicated
volunteers getting hands on experience feeding Cooks Petrel
chicks. This is a rare and wonderful opportunity. Hurry and
register your interest as there are limited spaces
available.
Date dependent on arrival of birds
Maungahaururu Range – April (date to be
confirmed)
Take the opportunity to assist
feeding Mottled Petrel as part of the Poutiri Project. Take
a look at the website for more information on the Poutiri
Project (www.poutiri.co.nz)
Register your
interest – date dependent on arrival of birds (Limited
spaces available)
ENDS