Written by : Izzy Thomson-Chalmers and Grace Khenglot The Waiwhetu Stream would never have got to what it is now unless it had Naenae Nature Trust, Mountains To Sea and the Rata Street School Enviro group to help it. This stream went from almost nothing to a large metropolis for bugs, fishes, eels and insects. […]
Today me and my brother went to Waitangi and found some Penguin houses near a beach. Little Blue Penguins/ Korora are the world’s smallest penguin at 25cm high. They can dive to a depth of 70 metres. They spend most of the day fishing at sea, coming ashore at dusk to roost. They are native […]
My neighbour Mrs. Hill gave me a bucket of tadpoles. The tadpoles were like 3 cm fat. I had been waiting a little while but they came. We set up a black tub with part of an old rabbit cage on top so the cats couldn’t get in. I went to the farm to get […]
It all started on January 1st when my family and I decided to go on a day trip. We went to a beach called Te Arai where we expected some very good waves to boogie-board on we spent about 4 hours playing in the waves and eating before things really started to happen… My sister […]
By Oscar (age 12) In the holidays, me and my family stayed at a holiday house at Ōtaki Beach. There was lots of plastic rubbish as well as shells on the beach, so I decided to collect it and make a creature out of it all. His name is Floatsum, and he has a pet […]
By Sally Lashmar, Owhango Alive A few weeks ago I received a text saying that I had a “present” in my garage. This was not unusual, as I am part of the local predator trapping/weed control volunteer group, “Owhango Alive”, in the Central North Island. I had discovered a variety of offerings in the garage (HQ) […]
Kāhu is keen to find ways to help remove plastic from the ocean. It all started with our daily walks on the beach in Summer. Each time we go, we manage to rescue plastic from being dragged back into the ocean. After a storm we find it too easy to fill a supermarket bag with […]
Cameron sent in this picture of him with a little snapper. He’s learning about conserving our fish. He says, “The undersized ones go back no matter how proud you are of your fish.”
Families from Marlborough KCC joined local bird expert, Mike Bell, to help band black-backed gull chicks nesting on the Wairau River bed. Video is by Lennox (age 13).
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