Tuesday 20 June 2017

Trips, Trees, Kokako, and $10 000

The Environmental Leaders have been very busy this term.

They made a trip to Lake Rotopiko to see the wetland area and the educational activities set up for people to do.

They managed to collect seeds from the Kaniwhaniwha reserve and then plant them. They also helped the new entrants plant a Totora tree for when they leave Te Pahu School.

They have also begun the process of making an application to the Treemendous School Makeover. There is an opportunity to win $10 000 to make a school environmental dream come true. They have made an awesome video and the initial application has just been sent off. Well done guys and a big thank you to Liz and Nardene for inspiring and equipping our leaders with such great knowledge and experiences.



The Enviro leaders also had the amazing opportunity today of watching the reintroduction of Kokako to Mt Pirongia. Today they went up to see one pair of Kokako released. The pair of Kokako came from the Pureroa Forest park. More pairs will be released over the next while. Such a privilege to be a part of and hopefully the beginning of Kokako repopulating our mountain. We have known this would happen for a few years now and our class was named Ruma Kokako in anticipation of it coming to the mountain. Last years enviro leaders helped raise money for the predator control needed so that this reintroduction could happen.


They also completed a waste audit of the school encouraging students to think more carefully about what we are using and throwing out.

No comments:

Post a Comment