Conservation Week 2019

14 September 2019 - 22 September 2019 Every year Conservation Week sees thousands of New Zealanders getting involved through doing conservation activities at home or attending one of many events hosted across the country. Creating change can be big or small, when we pull together, we can make a big difference.

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Can we make NZ pest free by 2050? - RESOURCE SET: Predator Free 2050 is an ambitious goal to rid New Zealand of the most damaging introduced predators that threaten our nation’s natural taonga, our economy and primary sector. Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive teaching resource supporting schools to explore the pest-free vision with students.

STUDENT ACTIVITY - Mapping the future - In this activity, students use the Ake Ake model to explore changes that have taken place in their environment in the last 50–100 years and to plan for the next 50 years.

STUDENT ACTIVITY - River connections - In this activity, students make connections between the river environment and the species in and around it, learning about their relationships. The activity helps them visualise the interdependence within the river environment.

Conservation Week 2017

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two black birds standing next to each other

Red Frontal

New Zealand Birds

Conservation Activities

Takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri)

Takahē – an introduction — TEACHING RESOURCE. The takahē is a large, flightless bird – the largest living rail bird in the world. Rails are a family of ground-living birds and live on every continent except Antarctica. Takahē are endemic to Aotearoa New Zealand, which means they naturally live here and nowhere else in the world.

there are many different types of plants on the mountain side with words describing what they are doing

Trophic Level

History Articles

Line Graphs

Similarities And Differences

Planning pathways using takahē resources

Planning pathways using takahē resources — PLD INTERACTIVE. These interactive resources are all about takahē as well as supporting year 12 biology assessment AS91158.

two birds are standing in the snow near some plants and bushes with mountains in the background

Ministry Of Education

Takahē in tussock

Takahē – a context for learning — TEACHING RESOURCE. The takahē (Porphyrio hochstetteri) is an endangered species and classed as nationally vulnerable under the New Zealand Threat Classification System. The takahē is a flightless bird found only in New Zealand. It was presumed extinct in 1898 but rediscovered by Dr Geoffrey Orbell and his team in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains in 1948.

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Monte Everest

Wellington New Zealand

Wildlife Conservation

Can we make New Zealand pest-free? – introduction

Can we make NZ pest free by 2050? - RESOURCE SET: Predator Free 2050 is an ambitious goal to rid New Zealand of the most damaging introduced predators that threaten our nation’s natural taonga, our economy and primary sector. Urban ecosanctuary ZEALANDIA, with support from WWF New Zealand, has produced a comprehensive teaching resource supporting schools to explore the pest-free vision with students.

an animal that is laying down in the grass

Te Reo Maori Resources Early Childhood

Mapping the future

STUDENT ACTIVITY - Mapping the future - In this activity, students use the Ake Ake model to explore changes that have taken place in their environment in the last 50–100 years and to plan for the next 50 years.

four different types of plants and water in the same picture, each with their own name

Relationship Activities

River connections

STUDENT ACTIVITY - River connections - In this activity, students make connections between the river environment and the species in and around it, learning about their relationships. The activity helps them visualise the interdependence within the river environment.

a map shows the water cycle and how it works

Upper Elementary Resources

Human Activity

Physical Science

Saving taonga

STUDENT ACTIVITY - Saving taonga - In this activity, students learn about eels and/or whitebait and how human activity has impacted on their lives. Students learn about obstacles these taonga face and about possible solutions (mitigation) for the problems.

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Conserving native birds – introduction

TEACHING RESOURCES - New Zealand is world famous for its unique birdlife. In this science story, we look at the issues surrounding the conservation of some of our threatened bird species.

a close up of a mushroom on the ground with moss growing around it and trees in the background

Conserving New Zealand’s fungi

Conserving New Zealand’s fungi. We may be aware of the conservation problems facing kiwi, tuatara, hoiho (yellow-eyed penguin), kākāpo and black robin, but what do we know about the unique challenges faced by New Zealand fungi?

a lake surrounded by trees and bushes with blue sky in the backgrounnd

Tōku awa koiora – introduction

TEACHING RESOURCES - Tōku Awa Koiora Restoring and protecting the river’s health and wellbeing - This context investigates the restoration of the lower half of the Waikato River. Kaitiaki are working to restore and protect the health and wellbeing of the river.

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Reptiles And Amphibians

Amphibians

Summer Camp

Prey behaviour: freeze or flee

STUDENT ACTIVITY - Prey behaviour: freeze or flee - In this activity, students take on the role of a native frog, native bird or introduced mammalian predator and participate in a physically active simulation. The activity highlights different predator/prey strategies and one aspect of why mammalian predators have had such a dramatic effect in New Zealand.

the flowers are blooming very close together

New Zealand Farming

Agrodome New Zealand

Waitakere Ranges New Zealand

New Zealand Milford Sound

Nz Native Insects

Galapagos Islands

Ecology

New Zealand’s unique ecology

This article looks at how the ecology of New Zealand is unique and has evolved in isolation. Since separating from Gondwana 80 million years ago, New Zealand has evolved a collection of bird-based ecosystems unlike anywhere else in the world.

a close up of a fish in an aquarium with corals and water behind it

Environmental Education

Oil Spill

Marine Environment

Investigating life in the sea – introduction

TEACHING RESOURCES - Life in the Sea - New Zealand scientists use a range of methods to learn about life in the sea around us. How do our marine organisms interact, and how do we affect them?