A Day Of Restoration

Today our day consisted of doing a restoration with Banks Peninsula conservation Trust. This restoration was a little different from our previous one. Instead of planting trees we were ripping them out! Our goal was to take out some invasive plants from a natural area. The two invasive plants were Barberry and Hawthorne.

While we were busy at work, a few New Zealand natives were found, a weta and a walking stick!

After our restoration work, we headed over to Smash Palace. Smash Palace is a restaurant in Christchurch that hosts an event called The Tuesday Club. The Tuesday Club is a group in which each week a new speaker gives a talk on a subject of their choice. This week, Dr. Hostetler did a talk on climate change in Florida. We listened to the talk and got to interact with some of the awesome members of the Tuesday Club.

Overall another great day in New Zealand!

-Kat