We are pleased to announce that the new 2013 | 2014 Entertainment(tm) Books are available for pre-order now, and will be available  for immediate order by Mid-april.

Wow! It’s hard to believe it has nearly been a year, but its true! The new 2013/2014 Entertainment Books are currently at the printers and will be launched in April. We thought we will get in early again this year and give you all a chance to pre-order your copy. By pre-ordering your books you will receive extra vouchers that are not in the book.

Help us raise funds, and help yourself to some great offers!

Pre-order an Entertainment(tm) Book from us today to receive over $175 in additional offers!

Order your new 2013 | 2014 Auckland Entertainment(tm) Book from NEW ZEALAND BIRD RESCUE CHARITABLE TRUST and 20% of your Book purchase goes towards our fund-raising for OUR CAUSE!

Entertainment(tm) Books are packed with hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the best restaurants, cafés, attractions, hotel accommodation, travel and much more!

Available from early-April, the new Book is ONLY $65, and you’ll receive $15,000 worth of valuable offers which are valid until 1 June 2014.

What kind of offers are available?

HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE VALUABLE OFFERS IN THE NEW BOOK!

…plus there are HUNDREDS more!

How do I order?

• Order your entertainment book online directly.
• Send an email to fundraising@birdrescue.org.nz.
• Contact Daniela Affolter on 0275-211-688.

NZ Bird Rescue – MONSTER GARAGE SALE – Saturday March 23rd!!!

If you have Good Quality items that you would like to donate we would love to hear from you!

The drop off date for donated items is Thursday March 21st, between 11am and 8pm (unfortunately we cannot pick up items!).

Please see our flyer for more information – this event is being organised and managed by our wonderful volunteer team – 100% of all proceeds go directly to the birds!

Support a great cause, spread the word!

Christmas may be over, but the donation certificates are still available, and are the perfect gift for a birthday or special occasion for those “hard to buy for” people in your life, and with a large range of designs suitable for all occasions, why not give a New Zealand Bird Rescue Donation Certificate!

All proceeds from our sales assist the rescue, rehabilitation and release of the thousands of orphaned, sick and injured birds that New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust helps every year.

For all the details and how to order your donation certificates, take a look at the Donation Certificates page, under the Donate section of our website.

We are excited to announce the launch of the 2012 Christmas Donation Certificate Designs!

Looking to find a gift for that “hard to buy for” person in your life, why not give a New Zealand Bird Rescue Donation Certificate!

All proceeds from our sales assist the rescue, rehabilitation and release of the thousands of orphaned, sick and injured birds that New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust helps every year.

For all the details and how to order your donation certificates in time for Christmas, take a look at the Donation Certificates page, under the Donate section of our website.

We are excited to announce the launch of the new NZ Bird Rescue Greeting Cards!

All proceeds from our sales assist the rescue, rehabilitation and release of the thousands of orphaned, sick and injured birds New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust helps every year.

For all the details and how to order some cards for yourself, take a look at our greeting cards page, under the donate section of our website.

As part of the launch for the new greeting cards, some members of the NZ Bird Rescue team will be selling cards at the Titirangi Market this Sunday from 10am to 2pm – so please stop in and say Hi!

The Titirangi Market has over 130 stalls with arts, crafts, produce, a café and live music. The market is held at the Titirangi Memorial Hall, 500 South Titirangi Rd, Auckland – more details on the market can be found here.

Are you taking part in any running events? If you are, why not support us by using your events to help raise funds for the New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust?

We are now officially registered as a charity on the Everydayhero Website which lets you create your own fundraising page when participating in selected sporting events!

For more information see our “Every Day Hero” page which has all the details.

Not so keen to do this yourself? Then why not support us by sponsoring someone else? Our very own Fundraising Representative, Daniela and her friend Lorraine are participating as Team “Racy Rams” (both born in the sign of Aries) and would love to have your help in fundraising for New Zealand Bird Rescue!

And don’t forget if you are fundraising for New Zealand Bird Rescue with your next sporting event, let us know so we can promote your everydayhero profile on facebook and twitter.

 

 

 

 

 

We regret to announce the passing of Colleen Valda Maingay, one of the founding members of Bird Rescue in Auckland.

Colleen passed away on 1 May, 2012, suddenly at home – aged 67 years.

She was much loved daughter of Valda and the late George, and loved mother of Karen and Mark.

It saddens us greatly to see yet another founding member of Bird Rescue pass on, the valuable work that Colleen and other late founding members Pam Howlett and Piers Hayman have done, and the lasting legacy of the Bird Rescue Charitable Trust they established is something we are forever grateful for.

These people have all been taken from our flock too soon.

Our thoughts and love go out to Colleen’s family at this difficult time.

We are pleased to announce that we are now selling the new 2012 | 2013 Auckland Entertainment(tm) Books as a fund-raiser for New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust.

Entertainment™ Books are packed with hundreds of up to 50% off and 2-for-1 offers for the best restaurants, cafes, hotel accommodation, attractions and activities.

The new Book is ONLY $65, and you’ll receive $15,000 worth of valuable offers until 1 June 2013. So you can choose what you want to do and when you want to do it.

Plus, the good news is that $13 of your Book purchase goes towards our fundraising for New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust.

HERE ARE JUST SOME OF THE VALUABLE OFFERS IN THE NEW BOOK!

 

…plus there are HUNDREDS more!

 

To purchase your entertainment book, either:

• Order your entertainment book online directly.
• Send an email to to fundraising@birdrescue.org.nz.
• Contact Daniela Affolter on 0275-211-688.

Thank you for your continued support of New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust, we greatly appreciate your support.

In late November a nestling Tui chick arrived at the centre which looked a little bit different to all the others.  This strange Tui chick had white neck feathers and seemed to be slightly larger than the other Tui chicks of the same age.

 

 

 

 

The Tui chick had a voracious appetite and soon enough (to our surprise) as it grew it started to get lots of fluffy white feathers on its chest area too!

 

 

 

 

Eventually it grew big enough that it was able to be moved into an outside aviary along with the other Tuis.  In this aviary they learnt to feed themselves and could practise their flying and socialising.

 

 

 

 

In mid January after a few weeks in the bush aviary, Lyn knew that it was time for the Tuis to be released back into the wild.  Usually it takes a Tui group a few days to leave an aviary on their own accord but not this time.  Within hours all of the original Tui chicks had vacated the aviary.  Because they are young birds Lyn always leaves a feed bowl around for them to eat from if they need to.  Usually after a few weeks all the Tui’s will have disappeared to other areas.

 

 

 

 

Lyn and the volunteer team were very excited to see the Tui group visit the next day.  The last one to visit was the white Tui and they all hung around the bush learning to feed in their environment and flying from branch to branch.  You can always hear them before you see them and you can always pick the white Tui straight away … even when it’s hiding!

How about something meaningful that gives without giving “Stuff”? Surprise a colleague, friend, child or family member with a charitable Donation Certificate in their name from New Zealand Bird Rescue Charitable Trust.

How it works

You make a donation (any denomination from $5) to NZBRCT.  Give us the name of the recipient you will be giving the Donation Certificate to, and we’ll personalize it with both of your names – see our donation certificates section for more details.

Note: Certificates will be emailed out and can be easily printed (A4 size).