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ESTUARIES and WETLANDS

NZ has around 300 estuaries - meaning many of us will be able to arrange a class field trip easily. Estuaries offer multiple opportunities for learning about science topics and concepts such as ecosystems, habitats, conservation, scientific methods for monitoring nature, mātauranga Māori, biodiversity, sedimentation and many others!

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Kaitiakitanga in action: How one man saved his awa

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Wetland animals – SLH T&L RESOURCE

Wetland habitats are diverse places. They support an enormous range of animals from microscopic communities to some of Aotearoa’s largest birds.

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Could raupō help restore wetlands?

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Identifying plants in NZ salt marshes - BOOK DOWNLOAD by Daniel King

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Titiro - Observing my environment – SLH STUDENT ACTIVITY

Observation forms the basis of both mātauranga Māori and science. "Possibly the most powerful model of inspiration that we can draw from our ancestors is that of careful, purposeful care and observation. Through approaches informed by time-honoured holistic observations, and enhanced by technological advancements, our fluency in the reo of the awa can be renewed" Tina Ngata, Ngāti Porou, on the whakapapa of life-giving freshwater Observation is a skill that improves with practice and knowledge.

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Wetland plants – SLH T&L RESOURCE

Wetlands are defined by the presence of water – places where water covers the soil or where it is present at or near the surface for part of the year. That’s a wide-ranging definition, so it covers a wide range of wetland types and wetland habitats!

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Monitoring kōura – SLH T&L RESOURCE

Kōura (freshwater crayfish, Paranephrops planifrons, P. zealandicus) are one of Aotearoa’s original inhabitants. They have an ancient lineage that diverged from their Australian relatives about 60–109 million years ago. Because their entire life cycle requires freshwater, kōura are evidence that there has been continuous freshwater in Zealandia ever since our part of Gondwana broke up 60–80 million years ago. As far as our evolutionary history goes, kōura are as significant as tuatara, ...

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Cultural indicators for repo – SLH T&L RESOURCE

An indicator is something that can be measured or monitored. We use indicators to see changes or trends in things ranging from an individual bird species to large systems like rivers or repo (wetlands). The change can be positive – as with local tūī populations – or it can be negative and cause harm to an organism or an ecosystem – as with koi carp. Māori have monitored their local environment for centuries. Mātauranga Māori ...

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Ruru and repo restoration – SLH T&L RESOURCE

The ruru (morepork, Ninox novae-zelandiae) is not an animal we normally associate with repo – wetlands. We are more likely to hear their haunting calls coming from forested areas. Today, ruru live in densely forested areas, feeding on insects such as the pūriri moth and small birds and mammals, but it was not always this way.