On Saturday, 16th of September, my family and I visited Brook Sanctuary with the Nelson Tasman Kiwi Conservation Club. It was our first time visiting and I’d reckon we will go back there again!  I learned new things like how Kōtukutuku  – a red velvety purple tree fuchsia flower- would sometimes make birds (commonly Bellbirds) heads go purple when […]

Today I am going to be talking about why I think the New Zealand Falcon are the best. I believe that the New Zealand Falcon are the best because they are very intelligent and fast. The Māori name for the Falcon is Kārearea. The New Zealand Falcon is the only Falcon in New Zealand. Around […]

This story comes from Conservation Hero Judah (aged 6)… My brother Malachi (aged 9) and I had just come in from surfing at Pauanui and our dad was out surfing in the big waves.  The big waves were coming onto the beach and some went right up to where a dotterel was nesting. She was sitting on […]

By Arlo (age 11) from KCC North Taranaki It was the sixth of October, and we where going to Lake Rotokare on a hunt for the wonderful and mischievous animals of Aotearoa. We started of by learning all the native birds that lived here at the sanctuary – there were tons! After that, Ash, our […]

By Eden (age 6) My name is Eden and I love native birds. During the lockdowns, my family learnt all about different New Zealand animals. For our kiwi week, we did lots of activities and made things all about kiwis. We visited the Native Bird Recovery Centre in Whangarei. We saw a talking tui and […]

By Aila (age 9) Plastic pollution causes harm to humans, animals and plants through toxic pollutants.  It can take hundreds or even thousands of years for plastic to break down so the environmental damage is long lasting. It affects everything in the food chain from plankton to whales. In 1992, a shipping container filled with […]

By Dashiel (age 9) This July, my family and I went on a two-week holiday around the South Island. We had a really fun time on the way down but coming up was when it all happened. It started at the Pancake Rocks in a car park near them. As we got out of the […]

By Anthony, age 9. Written 07.03.2020 At the bottom of Mt Tarawera, we had a powhiri with Tipene, our Maori guide, our bus driver, Wiremu, and Paul and Jake from the Department of Conservation.  I did a hongi.   Tipene thought I would need to be carried out as I was the youngest ever volunteer at […]

By Cooper “Hey Barry come over here”, said Morepork Bill to his morepork mate. “Sure but I don’t want to fly, there are kids near by and I want to scare them”, said Barry. “Ready steady MOREPORK!” yelled Barry and Bill. “Yes we scared them but now we might get into trouble again”, said Bill. “There’s a […]

By Beatrice (age 10) My family and I went to Tāwhanui for a bushwalk in the rain. We saw a saddleback with a fantail following close behind when we were there. We also saw a couple of fantails and lots of pūkeko. When we were looking in a cave we saw a little blue penguin […]