Look after our rivers and save our whitebait was the message given to Christchurch City Council by a group of passionate young conservationists.
Three students from Opawa School and four from Waitakiri Primary School gave presentations at a council meeting on Thursday, helped by their teachers.
Members of the conservation group Whitebait Connection (WBC) have been planting on the Mahurangi River bank in Warkworth as part of a nationwide project to increase whitebait numbers.
MURIWAI School students have been taking their out-of-class learning to the next level by investigating the health of an inanga-spawning site near their school.
In a segment of Pakowhai Stream, the students, from year 1 to year 8, monitor changes in habitat, water quality and study the aquatic life.
Schoolkids in Warkworth get a hands-on experience learning where Īnanga (whitebait) live and how they can help protect these fish from extinction...
Reproduced from the Rongowhakaaata Newsletter...
E te tini e te mano, rarau mai ki ngā pitopito kōrero o Rongowhakaata Iwi Trust mo te marama o Hōngongoi 2016.
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The successful Matariki Wānanga held from 23-24 July at Ōhako Marae provided the Īnanga Spawning Ground Restoration and Enhancement group with the opportunity to present background to their project which is a collaborative project between the Rongowhakaata Iwi trust and the Gisborne District Council.
