Midwinter celebrations by the Canterbury committee 2024.
(Liselle Silver photo.)

Canterbury Notes

The next meeting of the Canterbury group of the Rare Breeds Conservation Society will be held at Willowbank Wildlife Reserve (60 Hussey Road, Christchurch) on Friday 11 October 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].

We will be putting on a display at the Rangiora A&P Show on Saturday 26 October, and will be having a preparatory work day for it the previous Saturday 19 October – if you can spare a bit of time please come and help. Contact Rachel at (021) 488 148 for details.

Then on 14–16 November we will be putting on a big display at the New Zealand Agricultural Show (run by the Canterbury A&P Association). In preparation for this we are having work days on 3, 9, 10, and 13 November and are looking for volunteers to help out – please contact Jill at (027) 501 0010 if you can help on any of these days.

    [14.9.2024]

 

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]

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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:
       Woodstock Sheep (Revised page on the Woodstock sheep) [19.6.2024]
       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

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]