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Sunday 9 July 2017

Day #3: Wild Eyes

You have now woken up after a long, comfortable sleep at your hotel in Dargaville. You’re ready for another day of adventuring! Today, you will drive around the North island and be introduced to amazing animals that live here in New Zealand. Some are native and some are non-native. Native animals are animals that normally live in New Zealand. Non-native animals are animals that were brought into New Zealand from another country. Examples of native New Zealand animals are the kakapo, the kiwi, the kea parrot, the yellow eyed penguin and the pekapeka bat.


Activity 1: Curious Kiwi, a native New Zealand bird, is your tour guide for today. He is going to take you to visit the Otorohanga Kiwi House and Native Bird Park where many of his aunties and uncles currently live. The bird park is a five hour drive from Dargaville so you hit the road right after breakfast and arrive in Otorohanga at lunch time. As you walk through the birdhouse you learn about the work being done to conserve and protect the native birds of New Zealand. You decide to help out by ‘adopting’ a native animal. Visit the ‘Adopt a Critter page’ on the Otorohanga bird house website to choose one animal to adopt. On your blog, tell us the name of the animal that you chose and a little bit about them. What kind of animal are they? What do they eat? Where do they normally live? You can use Google to help you with your research.
The lucky animal I would want to adopt is a Brown kiwi. A brown kiwi originates from the North Island of New Zealand. I would love to call this brown kiwi "Aroma" just because its different and I really like that name.
Brown Kiwis Diet
  • Earth Worms
  • Larvae
  • Beetles
  • Moths
  • Centipedes
  • Weta
  • Spiders
  • Small fruits and leaves

Identification
Large brown kiwi, dark brown spiky feathers, short dark legs, long pail bill, toes and claws.

Breeding

Eggs can be laid in any month, but the peak of laying is from June to November. The nest is in a short burrow, rock crevice, hollow base of a tree, or in a hollow log
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Activity 2: After your great visit to the Otorohanga bird house it is time to hop back onto the bus and head towards the Hawke’s Bay – your resting place for the evening. Hawke’s Bay is a beautiful region of New Zealand. It is known for its wineries and gorgeous scenery. When you arrive in Napier, the largest city in the region, you go for a walk through Waitangi Regional Park and notice that many of the leaves on the native trees have been damaged. Curious Kiwi tells you that they were damaged by possums, non-native predators, from Australia. People in New Zealand are working hard to trap and kill these predators. Their goal is to remove all of the possums (and other predators) by 2050. Go to the ‘Predator Free 2050 website’ to read more about their work.
On your blog, tell us whether you agree that New Zealand should be predator free. In your opinion, is it right to kill all of the predators (eg. possums) or should we just leave them alone? On your blog tell us what you think and give us, at least, three reasons why you think this way.

Reasons

1. Possums and all other predators are a threat to NZ. More possums means more of our environment destroyed because of them. With these predators in NZ that means that it is most likely that all our trees and plants will die :(

2. If we are predator free then it is most likely that our plants will be free and have there chance of life. Also live a longer and safer life
3. Without these predators our nature will look better than it will ever look. If they are kept here in NZ then that means plants are getting killed/destroyed which also means less air for us. In other words we DIE!
C:\Users\rwil313\Desktop\Possum pic.jpg
                                                           http://www.outlawyarn.com/possum.html

Once you have finished your blog post, it is time to relax for the evening. You and your friends have a nice dinner and then head to bed. You are just about to fall asleep when you hear something moving around outside your hotel. It sounds like a large bird. Maybe it’s a Moa…
To learn more about the Moa bird go to the bonus activity for today!
Bonus Activity: A really cool new website called Wild Eyes has recently been launched in New Zealand. It is a programme for students who want to complete fun activities (called ‘missions’), take pictures and post them on the Wild Eyes site. For this bonus activity, go to the Wild Eyes site and complete the ‘Giant Moa Discovery’ mission. To earn full points you must post a picture of your Moa on the Wild Eyes website and on your personal blog site. The Wild Eyes team and I can’t wait to see what you create!


Bonus Activity: 20 points


11 comments:

  1. Kia ora Sia. Your reasons of why Possums should be killed are reasonable. I enjoyed reading about your new pet Aroma. Did you know Aroma actually means "typically a pleasant smell", it's a great name!.

    Keep up the great work!.
    Lisa:)

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    1. Hi Luisa,

      Thank You for commenting on my blog. Weow I didn't know that "Aroma" means a pleasant smell. Thank You for pointing that out. I hope you complete the WLJ and I will for sure check out your blog and see what you have been learning :)

      Telesia

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  2. Heyyo Sia,

    Nice research you have done. Maybe next time you can use some photos.

    See you next time
    - DB

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    1. Hey Db,

      Yes, I will add photos right now and onto my recent blogs. Thank you for viewing and commenting on my blog :)

      See You :)
      Telesia

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  3. Wow Sia it's seem like you are on a roll on your WLJ, I like that you are talking about your opinion on possum.

    Good work and keep it up.

    Danny

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    1. Hi Danny,

      Thank You for commenting and viewing my blog. I hope that you complete the 7 days. I will for sure check out your blog and see what you have been up to :)

      Telesia

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    2. Churry Telesia have a good holiday, CHUR

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  4. Hi Telesia,

    It's great to see you blogging, Good luck on this programme and hopefully you complete the 7 days!!.
    salote
    :)

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    1. Hi Salote,

      Yes! I hope that you also complete the 7 days. Thank You for viewing and commenting on my blog :)

      Telesia

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  5. Ni Hao Sia,
    Its nice to see you blogging! I really enjoyed reading your facts about the Brown Native Kiwi,It was impressive and well written! I hope you continue blogging and commenting! You've done a great job!.

    -Nitaa

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  6. Kia Ora Sia,

    This is a really terrific post and I can't wait to see more of your Blog posts on your Blogging Profile!. You had done a really great job at explaining, explaining why and all those other fascinating words. I really like this WLJ Day three and can't wait to see more!, Great Job there Sia and I hope you Good Luck!

    Regards,
    Anastacia

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