NOTES AND NEWS

from the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand

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Articles on Valley Voice magazine
Canterbury Notes
Rare Breeds Facebook
New Pages on Website
Poultry Club Contacts

Feathered Friends (book)
Rescue (book)
World Animal Day
Charities Act Registration

Valley Voice

For some time Valley Voice magazine, which is delivered to 32,000 rural addresses in Rodney and Franklin, has been regularly publishing articles about our rare breeds by feature writer Helen Martin, who maintains regular contact with the Rare Breeds Conservation Society. The articles can be found on the Valley Voice website.

The cover photograph pictured shows an Arapawa goat buck and a young doe on the Arapawa Island beach of Lily Bay, where Betty Roe used to live.

[13.4.2024]

A visitor to the Rare Breeds Auction admiring a Fjord foal.

Canterbury Notes

The next routine meeting of the Canterbury group of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society will be held at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (60 Hussey Road, Christchurch) on Friday 10 May 2024, starting at 7.30 p.m. The meeting room is opposite the far end of the main car park.

Enquiries to canterbury(at)rarebreeds.co.nz [replace (at) with @ when typing this address].

Our most recent event was the Rare Breeds Auction on 10 March 2024. There are some photos of the Auction at Auction Photos

[5.4.2024]

Facebook

Karakul ram, Golden Silkie rooster and Wessex Saddleback piglet.

Click on this icon for the Rare Breeds Facebook page

[2.8.2023]

NEW PAGES ON WEBSITE

New pages recently added to the Rare Breeds Website include:
The Feral Sheep of Woodstock (A sudy of the Woodstock sheep) [6.3.2024]
Whence Came the Arapawa Sheep (Origins of the Arapawa sheep) [5.3.2024]
Rare Breeds Auction (Updated details of the 2024 Rare Breeds Auction) [5.3.2024]
Agricultural Show (Photos of the Rare Breeds display at the 2023 Show) [19.11.2023]
Auction Entries (List of breeds entered in the 2023 Rare Breeds Auction) [4.3.2023]
Check them out.

(The Webmart and Directory are updated as soon as listings change and are not listed above, nor are minor updates to other pages.)

Feathered Friends for Town and Country is a new book by Marina Steinke which provides a comprehensive guide to poultry husbandy. See Feathered Friends for details of the book and how to get a copy.

[10.12.2021]

See Rescue for details of a new book by Michael Willis – one New Zealander's crusade to save endangered animals.

For every book sold through this website $22.50 goes to the Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand.

[17.10.2019]

World Animal Day

World Animal Day is 4 October. Go to the World Animal Day website for details and suggestions – plus items about last World Animal Day.

[15.7.2015]

POULTRY CLUB CONTACTS

1. Contacts for South Island Poultry Clubs:

Ashburton Fanciers Society Inc: Mr B. J. Glassey, Longbeach Road, R D 4, Ashburton. E-mail: ashburtonfanciers (at) hotmail.com Website: Ashburton Fanciers Society

Christchurch Poultry, Bantam & Pigeon Club: P O Box 8436, Riccarton, Christchurch 8440. E-mail: chchpoultryclub@gmail.com Show venue: 294 Blenheim Road, Riccarton. Website: Christchurch Poultry, Bantam & Pigeon Club.

Dunedin Poultry, Pigeon & Cage Bird Club: Mr C. Wilson, 5 Benfell Street, Green Island, Dunedin.

Ellesmere A & P Assn: Mrs H. Henderson, P O Box 17, Leeston.

Heartland Poultry Club: Lucy Raisbeck. Phone: (03) 302 8646. E-mail: heartlandpoultry (at) hotmail.co.nz Website: Heartland Poultry Club.

Invercargill Homing Pigeon Club: Mrs Y. Service,108 Oreti Street, Invercargill.

Invercargill Poultry & Pigeon Club: Mr M. Tucker, 329 Chesney Street, Invercargill.

MacKenzie A & P Assn: Mrs M. Thomas, Box 53, Fairlie.

Marlborough Poultry, Pigeon & Cage Bird Assn: Ms K Watson P O Box 869, Blenheim 7240.

Milton Poutry & Bird Club: Mrs I. M. Robinson, 21 George Street, Milton.

Nelson Poultry & Pigeon Assn Inc: Mrs A. Fryer, 67 Gladstone Road, Richmond, Nelson.

North Canterbury Poultry & Pigeon Club: Miss P. Brosnan, 130 Dalziels Road, Fernside, Rangiora.

Oamaru Poultry, Pigeon & Canary Society: Mr T. R. Hill, 13 Reservoir Road, Oamaru.

Taieri Poultry, Pigeon & Bird Club: Mr S. Bennett, 399 Pine Hill Road, Dunedin.

United Pigeon Fanciers Assn: Mrs S Greenwood, 1409 Bealey Road, R D 1, Darfield 7571.

Waimate Winter Show: Mrs N. Wells, 21 Edinburgh Street, Waimate.

West Coast (SI) Poultry & Pigeon Club: Mr D. Brooks, 28 Taylor Street, Taylorville, Greymouth.

The Secretary for The New Zealand (S.I.) Poultry, Pigeon and Cage Bird Association (Inc): Mrs Karyn Cardno, 7 John Street, Oceanview, Dunedin. Phone: (03) 481 1041.

2. For the North Island, see New Zealand Poultry, Pigeon & Cage Birds Associations.
[24.1.2017]

Charities Act Registration

The Rare Breeds Conservation Society of New Zealand Inc. was registered as a charitable entity under the Charities Act 2005 on 30 June 2008 (Registration Number CC30930) and is listed in the Charities Register. This contains information about registered charities for people who may wish to make donations, do volunteer work for, use the services of or find out more about a particular charity. This includes where the charity operates and the sector it works in, contact details, services, charitable purpose, beneficiaries, governance structure and officers.

The Society also has donee organisation status with the IRD. This means that people can claim a tax credit (rebate) for donations made to the RBCSNZ. If you want to claim this tax credit, please ask for a receipt when you make your donation.
[22.2.2009]

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