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2017
Waikato Biodiversity Forum reports
The Forum coordinator organised two GPS workshops for community groups with funding from DOC and Waikato Regional Council. The workshops were held in Whitianga and Hamilton. The workshops were run by Jeff Williams, a member of the Moehau Environment Group and the developer of the workshops. Heather Campbell, Geospatial Information Analyst from the Department of Conservation, assisted Jeff with the workshops. The workshops covered the use of GPS handsets to reliably mark a trap, bait station, or trap line, create a data set on the handset and place the information off the handset onto a computer. Thirty-four people from 22 groups attended the workshops. Participants reported that the workshops were extremely useful and professionally facilitated.
workshops for tasman district council
Tasman District Council hosted three workshops over a three-day period. Workshops held in Richmond, Motueka, and Takaka were well-attended each day by individuals from a variety of local conservation groups. Because the workshops were held in different locations, the attendees did not have to travel more than 30 minutes to their local venue.
Biodiversity hotspots
Bay of Plenty Regional Council hosted two workshops over a weekend for conservation volunteers from Whakatane and Rotorua. In particular, the Whakatane workshop was customized to include the locally popular Garmin Rino series of GPS/radio devices.
2018
moehau environment group 'top-up' workshop
When the Moehau Environment Group requested a customized "top-up" workshop, a targeted four-hour workshop was organized and presented to the MEG field team within a week. The custom nature of this workshop meant that MEG's specific needs were addressed directly and clearly.
BAY CONSERVATION ALLIANCE
Bay Conservation Alliance comprises four diverse conservation groups in the Bay of Plenty. When they wanted to up-skill their members' volunteers and workers in GPS usage, they hosted a one-day Level 1 Workshop in Mt Maunganui.
WILD FOR TARANAKI
Wild for Taranaki sponsored a two-day workshop for local community groups, contractors, and others involved in conservation. The second day allowed for an intensive hands-on session to increase competency and confidence among users.
Department of conservation
DOC's Te Kuiti and Coromandel offices sponsored Level 1 Workshops for local community groups and for their own rangers. Both workshops were highly popular and oversubscribed.