This edition focuses on the recent Sculpt Nature Symposium and the Open Day. Both events were very successful and we hear from the artists, staff members and some of the 1202 visitors who enjoyed the Open Day. Nelson's newly appointed mayor, Nick Smith, also came by and confirmed the City Council's ongoing support, both financially and otherwise. Lastly we have updates on the refurbishment of the Visitor Centre. This is host Kirsten Roedsgaard's last show for the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary.

This new edition of VOICES FROM the BROOK gives you an update on several BIG events happening this month: The Sculpt Nature Symposium 15-23 Oct, The OPEN DAY on 23 Oct., The AGM on 27 Oct. and lastly the major rebuild of the feature hall at the Visitor Centre.

Voices from the Brook gives you news and updates from the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, and tells the stories of its enthusiastic volunteers, staff, supporters, visitors and of course its inhabitants.

Voices from the Brook gives you news and updates from the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary, and tells the stories of its enthusiastic volunteers, staff, supporters, visitors and of course its inhabitants.

Nelson was hard hit by the devastating weather event mid August and staff and volunteers at the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary were on high alert anticipating the worst. Despite receiving more than 700 mm of rain, the damage was thankfully less than anticipated. The weather event also had an impact on the SONZI conference that week, but it was still a great conference for the approx 100 attendees, some of whom had a chance to taste the latest brew from Nelson's FreeHouse - a Powelliphanta Porter.

Learn how the Sanctuary staff and volunteers cope with heavy rain and fence breaches. In this edition we also pay tribute to our volunteers by hearing about some of their various tasks on different teams. There is also an update on the 100+ Kākāriki karaka (orange fronted parakeets) we received earlier.

This edition gives an update on the current refurbishment of the Visitor Centre including the much-loved 3D model of the Nelson area and the Sanctuary. We hear from happy visitors who have enjoyed our popular glow-worm tours and get an update on the state of the walking tracks after all the rain.

This edition covers the recent bad weather and how it affected the Sanctuary and gave staff and volunteers quite a bit of extra work. We also hear from happy visitors and how much they enjoy visiting the Sanctuary. And we have updates on the current building project and learn about a very exciting reintroduction of Tuatara scheduled for next year.

Join host Kirsten Roedsgaard who talks to CE Ru Collin and Operations Manager Nick Robson about the current building project at the Visitor Centre. Kirsten also has a talk with the Sanctuary's new patron Lou Sanson and lastly the show focuses on the predator-free status of the Sanctuary.

This edition covers our recent guided fungi walks, volunteering, the release of Powelliphanta into the Sanctuary and also the release of a new beer inspired by the Brook Waimārama Sanctuary. Our event's coordinator talks about the Sculpt Nature project as well as the upcoming Matariki events. We also hear from our Health & Safety committee and what they are all about.