If you haven't sent samples yet, please, when the weather is clear, nip out and get a couple!
Sitting about the 150 mark for samples so far - would like to be at 400 by the deadline ideally, so tell everyone you know. I can be reached at h2ospectrum@gmail.com
The facebook group had a surge of members over the last few weeks, after Nicole Bennik's article
and is now at 112 members, around 40-50 of which have sent samples. Have had massive support from the Ecology crew at Massey University, thanks guys, you rock!
Setting the deadline mid September will give me a couple of weeks to finalise the display of them. Have been discussing various options, looking at possibly a three dimensional form - either something conical or of historical significance. My brother has been working on hooking up a motor to agitate the samples so the can be seen in suspended form.
Will update area totals shortly, but the map is still pretty accurate - Wellington Region has jumped up into the 20+ category, thanks to Em Davidson and Mac Birrell, and a few of the South Island sites have gone from red (0) to the lightest blue (still less than 5 in a region). Wairarapa has now a couple of samples, Gisborne area has 1 - the Naki is still not on the board, but is the only remaining region in the North Island to not have any samples. South Island has graduated into double figures, but with the North Island over 100 - definitely looking to get as many more South Island samples as possible in the coming weeks!
Email h2ospectrum@gmail.com for the postal address to send samples.
Thanks again to everyone who has made this project possible!
Also, see Juilet Larken's post on collecting Southland Samples here:
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