Gardens for roofs, wetas and other interests of science make a memorable meeting

Vocational visits are club meetings that take place somewhere of interest with the speaker slot being filled by someone from that place who speaks about what it is they do. For our first vocation visit of the year we visited Landcare Research, the NZ government's environmental research organisation. — at Landcare Research.

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Thanks to Stonefields New World who provided the breakfast all were well fed before a hugely interesting presentation about the work of Landcare and its huge contribution of the effective management of New Zealand's biodiversity.  We were then treated to a behind the scenes tour of several of the  largest exclusive collections of insects,  fungi available in New Zealand and the contribution these make to research including aspects many would not have thought about such as the accessibility of exports into overseas markets.Who would have thought members would be almost captivated by fungi! ... but they were when its importance was explained.  Absolutely fascinating.