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Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for October 2025. Read about Taeniophyllum northlandicum updates, NZPCN AGM election results and council members stepping down, new locations for the uncommon liverwort Dumortiera hirsuta, a new way to access plant lists on the NZPCN website, how butterflies and rongoa redeem the stinging tre nettle Urtica ferox and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Bill Campbell; Jesse Bythell; Marley Ford; Celia Wade-Brown;

Date: 29/10/2025

Publication type: NZPCN report

Description: President’s report presented at the 2025 AGM, 13 October.

Author: Jesse Bythell

Date: 13/10/2025

Publication type: Other

Description: This report is an update of the regional conservation status of all indigenous vascular plant taxa known in Otago and supersedes an earlier version from 2024. Standardised methodology was followed to assess the regional threat status of 1308 indigenous vascular plant taxa in the Otago Region. Otago Threat Classification Series 9

Author: Scott Jarvie, John Barkla, Brian Rance, Geoff Rogers, Richard Ewans, Mike Thorsen

Date: 01/10/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for September 2025. Read about the 2025 recipients of the David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, distribution of the rare fern Christella dentata in northern New Zealand, NZPCN AGM registration, council elections and the new constitution, an update from the September NZPCN council meeting, a book review: Mosses, Liverworts and Hornworts of the World: A Guide to every order by Joanna Wilbraham and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN, Alex Fergus; Marley Ford; Jesse Bythell; Melissa Hutchison;

Date: 24/09/2025

Publication type: Other

Description: This version of the NZPCN Constitution, as required by changes to the Incorporated Socities Act 2022, is the culmination of nine months of ongoing revision, following consideration and review of a range of documents, including the original (current) constitution, the Incorporated Societies Act 2022 and various online guidelines and constitution builder templates. The review was carried out by the NZPCN Council, either in full or in part at various times, with assistance from some of the NZPCN… More

Author: NZPCN

Date: 11/09/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for August 2025. Read about the sea bean Canavalia sericea being a new vagrant for New Zealand, the conservation status of mosses in New Zealand in 2025, Plant of the Month Corybas rivularis, a book review of Indigenenous and Naturalised Exotic Vascular Plants in the Rotorua Lakes Ecological District, NZPCN website updates, NZPCN oral submission to Select Committee on the Game Animal Council ( Herds of Special Interest) Bill, Petals and… More

Author: NZPCN; Marley Ford; Kevin Matthews; Pascale Michel; Bill Campbell; Sarah Beadel; Jesse Bythell;

Date: 27/08/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for July 2025. Read about Syrian carrots and the origins of the name Gingidia, updates from the NZPCN President, a third location for Apopellia endiviifolia in New Zealand, helping to improve Wikipedia entries for our native species, the John Child Bryophyte and Lichen Workshop, the upcoming publication of a new book “Hinewai Reflections” featuring the artwork of Hugh Wilson, the Petals and Threads Exhibition, Auction and Workshops, a wasp… More

Author: NZPCN; Philip Smith; Jesse Bythell; Marley Ford; Heidi Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Christine Richardson; Sophie Sparrow; Allison Knight; Maia Mistral-Armour;

Date: 29/07/2025

Publication type: Other

Description: Submission made by the NZPCN to the Environmental Select Committee on the Game Animal Council (Herds of Special Interest) Amendment Bill, July 2025

Author: NZPCN council

Date: 29/07/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for June 2025. Read about Asplenium obtusatum near Porirua, the 2025 David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, video of karaka bearing fruit wanted, the 2025 Wikipedia Edit-a-thon at Otari-Wilton’s Bush, the annual Iwitahi Native Orchid Reserve working bee, a scam/spam email alert, A Forest & Bird August bush ramble in Northland, the 2025 John Child Bryophyte and Lichen Workshop and upcoming events.

Author: NZPCN; Robyn Smith, Alex Fergus; Susanne Krauss; Sophie Sparrow; Heidi Meudt; Siobhan Leachman; Christine Richardson; Toby Marris; Roslyn Norrie; Allison Knight; Maia Mistral-Armour;

Date: 25/06/2025

Publication type: Newsletter

Description: New Zealand Plant Conservation Network e-newsletter for May 2025. Read about Lake Ohia Pimelea orthia subsp. orthia population update, Alsophila dealbata name having priority over Alsophila tricolor, a Raukumara hikoi, NZPCN 2025 AGM and 2026 and 2027 conference dates, the discovery of a second population of Dictyomeridium neureuterae, regional botanical society journal and newsletter articles on the NZPCN website, the 2025 David Given Threatened Plant Scholarship, Department of Botany… More

Author: NZPCN; Bill Campbell; Peter J. de Lange; Nadine McKinnon; Alex Fergus; Megan Ireland; Rowan Hindmarsh-Walls; Andrew J. Marshall; Melissa Hutchison; Kate Bonne;

Date: 27/05/2025