50 Kiwi Kid Adventures Welcome to 50 KIWI KID ADVENTURES! We are excited to support the Department of Conservation's '50 Things to Do' poster. This is a great way to feel inspired and give you some options... especially when you're strating to run out of ideas at the end of the school holidays! What's fantastic about this project is you can complete it at home in your own time and check each one off your list as you go. Make sure you share your adventures with us - we love to see what you get up to! Facebook message or email your pics to conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz . Happy adventuring! Click this link to print off your own copy of the above poster 50 things to do colouring in sheet

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Learn about our beautiful taonga species, the Tūpoupou Hector's Dolphins and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Rowi Kiwi Apteryx rowi The Rowi Kiwi is also known as the Okarito kiwi as it is found in an area called the Ōkarito forest in the West Coast of the South Island. The Rowi Kiwi is a relation of the well known Brown Kiwi. There are not many Rowi Kiwi in Aotearoa - only about 600 birds! Rowi are the rarest of the five species of kiwi. Through predation and habitat loss, these remarkable birds have been reduced to just one natural population at Ōkarito . Unlike some other kiwi species, both male and female Rowi take turns incubating their eggs. Rowi Kiwi Facts! General Image Credit - Department of Conservation ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Kiwi are considered to be a taonga | sacred treasure to Māori, who knew it as ‘te manu huna a Tāne’, the hidden bird of Tāne, god of the forest. Kahu kiwi | Kiwi feather cloaks were made by sewing kiwi skins together, these were taonga reserved for chiefs. This indicates the mana (the status, prestige and importance of an individual) of the person within their family, and the respect and importance Māori place on kiwi. Kiwi feathers, now woven into flax cloaks, are still valued. Māori also ate kiwi, preserving them in the birds’ fat, and steaming them in a hāngī | earth oven. Rowi Kiwi Facts! Te Ao Maori - Image Credit - A Kahu kiwi kept at Te Papa Museum - from www.nzmuseums.co.nz Art - Colour a Kiwi Colour your Kiwi Did you know Rowi have grey-coloured feathers? Rowi also have unique white patches around their the head, giving each Rowi it’s own ‘face’ — no other kiwi species has this! Have a go at colou ring in your own Rowi kiwi with its distinct colours and markings. Don't forget to share your finished creation with us, email us an image - conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Click the image to download a PDF template. A juvenile Rowi Kiwi - check out its white markings! Photo credit - The Department of Conservation. Row i Kiwi Facts! Breeding Rowi lay their one egg from July to January. Their nest is in a burrow, hollow base of a tree, or in a hollow log. The size of the egg in comparison to the mother kiwi is huge! Check out the x-ray image of the kiwi showing the egg inside the mother in our craft activity below. Rowi eggs are incubated under Operation Nest Egg. When the baby kiwi hatches, it is released into a creche environment to grow strong enough to fight off predators. Then the adult kiwi is released back to the adult population at Ōkarito, where it can mate and produce more eggs. Rowi | Okarito brown kiwi. Juvenile in a burrow. Motuara Island, February 2013. Image © Julie Alach by Julie Alach CRAFT - Rowi Kiwi Life Cycle Wheel Rowi Kiwi Spinning Life Cycle Wheel Have some fun making this Rowi Kiwi life cycle spinning wheel. Test your knowledge by cutting and pasting the life cycle images in the right order, get creative colouring in the cover and get crafty putting it all together! Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Credit - Department of Conservation During the day Rowi rest in a burrow, hollow tree or log, or under thick vegetation and emerge shortly after nightfall. Rowi live in a native lowland forest at Ō kārito. Juvenile Rowi live on Mana, Motuara and Blumine Islands, in the Cook Strait region. Before human settlement of New Zealand Rowi were widespread throughout the northern South Island and into the southern North Island, as far north as Lake Poukawa (Hawkes Bay). Rowi Kiwi Facts! Habitat Rowi Kiwi F acts! Ecology & Diet Rowi are flightless and nocturnal - this means they sleep during the day and are active at night. They feed by walking slowly along tapping the ground and when prey is detected they probe their bill into the leaf litter or a rotten log. Rowi eat mostly small invertebrates, especially earthworms and larvae of beetles, cicadas and moths; they also eat centipedes, spiders, crickets, weta and freshwater crayfish. Some fallen fruit and leaves are eaten. ACTIVITY - Beak Test Game Beak Test Game Our native birds have lots of different beak shapes, and the Rowi Kiwi has an impressively long beak! Do you think this makes hunting for food easier for them or more difficult? Have a go at tapping the ground and picking up items with a long kiwi beak. If you give this game a go with your class or some friends, we would love to hear all about it! Click the image to download a PDF version of this activity Image credit: Save the kiwi Did you know that the Rowi Kiwi - like other Kiwis, has nostrils at the end of its beak! A Rowi Kiwi beak does more than just smell though, it is so sensitive it can pick up little vibrations in the dirt from insects moving around. How impressive! Rowi Kiwi Facts! Crazy Facts! Other Rowi Kiwi Resources Below you will find links to other Rowi Kiwi resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! Meet the locals video Watch this video to see a real life Rowi Kiwi. How the Kiwi lost his wings Read this Māori purakau | legend about how the kiwi lost his wings and became our most treasured bird. Save the Kiwi This website not only has interesting articles about Rowi, it has heaps of cool facts and information about Kiwis in general. Check it out! Rowi Kiwi Facts! Threats So, what are the biggest threats to the Rowi Kiwi? Currently the biggest threat to Rowi survival is stoats. Stoats can attack kiwi that are four to five times heavier than themselves. Also dogs are a threat to Rowi survival. Dogs find the distinctive smell of kiwi irresistible and easy to track. Keep dogs and cats away from kiwi zones. Possums also kill kiwi, destroy eggs and compete with kiwi for burrows. So, what can we do to help? Follow below to find out!! Image Credit - Department of Conservation DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Find out what predators may be lurking in your back yard Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now f inished and you can no longer claim the medals. The act ivities are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support our conservation efforts and to learn abou t native species. Below is a link to the "Backyard Detective " activity! If we know what predators are hanging around in our backyard, we know what traps to set to help protect our native species, like the Rowi Kiwi! Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to find out what predators may be lurking in your back yard. What is being done to protect the Rowi Kiwi from extinction? Have you heard of Operation Nest Egg? Rowi Kiwi eggs are collected from the wild at Ōkārito and taken to the wildlife centre on the West Coast to be incubated. They take up to 80 days to hatch, Operation Nest Egg then takes these Rowi babies to Motuara Island, in the Marlborough Sounds, to provide a safe, food-rich, crèche environment for the chicks to grow in away from predators. When they are big and strong, they are taken back to their home in the Ōkārito forest. Operation Nest Egg enables the number of birds to make it to adulthood rises from 2 to approximately 34 per season. Rowi Kiwi Facts! What YOU can do! What can you do to help? - Have a go at the DOC Kiwi Guardian Activity above, see what pests live in your area and go the extra mile by asking an adult to help you trap these pests, keeping predator numbers under control. This not only helps Rowi Kiwi, but all of our native birds. - If you visit a Kiwi sanctuary, please leave your pets at home! It is not safe to bring your dog for a walk through a Kiwi Sanctuary, in case they smell one and hunt it down in its burrow. You can report any dogs seen in kiwi sanctuaries to DOC. - Do not release unwanted cats or ferrets into the wild. They will kill kiwi and other birds. - Tell Mum and Dad to keep their speed down! Watch out for birds on roads when travelling near a kiwi sanctuary after dark. - Get involved. Join a local kiwi conservation project or start one yourself! Visit www.doc.govt.nz/rowi or www.savethekiwi.org.nz Image Credit - Department of Conservation GAME - The Predator Game Predator Game Click the image to download the instructions to the predator game! This game is a great way to learn about the negative impact predators have on our precious taonga - the Rowi Kiwi. It also teaches us how essential pest control is for the survival of our Rowi - demonstrating the positive effects it has on their survival rate! Enjoy! Rowi Kiwi Gallery Images from our most recent kiwi event 2023 Rowi Kiwi Day

Learn about our kekeno, the NZ Fur Seal and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Kekeno NZ Fur Seal (Arctocephalus forsteri) Kekeno are the most common seal found in New Zealand. They are identifiable from other seals by their external ear flaps and hind flippers which rotate forward. Follow along to learn more about kekeno below. Besides for Kekeno, sea lions are the only other seal in NZ with ears. They way to tell kekeno apart is by checking if they have long whiskers and a pointy nose. They have two layers of fur to keep them warm and often found the rocky shores of New Zealand's coastline. Males grow up to 2.5m and 150 kg, whereas females grow up to 1.5m and 50 kg in weight. Kekeno Facts! General ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Little blues can hold their breath under water for 2minutes. The deepest recorded kororā dive in New Zealand is 35m, although they can dive as deep as 60m. They have 3 different diving styles - U-shaped, V-shaped and W-shaped. Click the image below to find out more about little blue penguin behaviour and ecosystem health. Kekeno Facts! Diving Crafts: Kororā Kinetics! Racing Penguins! Make your own little blue penguin at home, to race and test out what makes them speed up and what makes them slow down. Click ME to download a FINGER PUPPET! Click the image to download the PDF! Kekeno Facts! Adaptations Kororā are the only blue penguins in the world and this helps them to camouflage above and below water. Their thick layer of feathers help them to keep warm, streamlined and waterproof. They secrete an oily liquid from their preen gland to help them waterproof their feathers. Kororā flippers act as paddles to help them swim and propel through water. Source: Gettyimages There are many threats to kororā, at all stages in their life (eggs, chicks, adults). Predators are the greatest threat to little blue penguins, some including dogs, cats, rats, stoats and hedgehogs. It is super important to keep dogs on a leash when walking along coastlines where kororā may be living! Kekeno Facts! Threats GAME - Penguin Pathways What threats do human's have on kororā? Try out the Penguin Pathways game created by NZ Marine Studies Centre. All you need to do is download the PDF below, which has step by step instructions. All you'll need is CHALK or MASKING TAPE, and a few of tamariki! Tamariki pretend to be penguins moving along the coastline and experience the threats may encounter day to day. Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Kekeno Facts! Breeding Nesting: Between May- June, pairs return to their nests and spend time there. Incubation: Between July- December, Usually lay a clutch of 2 eggs. Chick rearing: They take care of chicks for ~ 8 weeks. Fledge: Chicks fledge at ~8 weeks. By 10 weeks they have left the nest. ACTIVITY - Build a penguin nesting box Find out if your local coastline area is home to kororā, and if those managing the area would like you to make penguin nesting boxes. Click the image to find this box design! Kekeno Facts! Check out this neat video from Meet the Locals to see Kekeno in their natural habitat and what is unique about the species. Other Kekeno Resources Below you will find links to other Kororā resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! LIVE penguin monitoring A great way to monitor kororā yourself but without disturbing their nests is by watching live cams located in the boxes. Check this one out below: Kaewa the Kororā by Rachel Haydon Department of Conservation For more Little Blue Penguin information click the DOC image below. Kekeno Facts! What YOU can do! So... HOW CAN YOU HELP LITTLE BLUES? Glad you asked! Firstly, help to reduce our plastic waste. Plastic can end up in our oceans and harm not only our kororā but other marine species. Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Refuse and Rot where possible! Keep an eye out for a beach cleanup near you and lend a helping hand. Click on the Plastic Free July logo, to help you get on your plastic free journey! Reduce plastic use! What you can do in your backyard: Help out your local trapping community. Practice trapping in your backyard, by putting up some traps around your property. If you have a pet cat, think about keeping them indoors at night-time, and have a bell on the collar. If you have a pet dog, make sure when on walks you keep your dog on a leash, especially around the coastline where kororā might be living. Use dog parks or off leash areas to allow your dog to let off steam. Get involved in coastal planting projects that might help encourage kororā to the area. Remember to be a tidy Kiwi and take rubbish home. What you can do when out and about: Go visit a Seal Colony! Visit Kaipūpū Sanctuary Kaipūpū Sanctuary is only ten minutes by water from Waitohi/Picton. On your visit, you may see fur seals, penguins, korimako, tūi, wētā and geckos (and many more). Rimu, miro, tōtara, ferns and many more varieties of plants feature. It is free to visit, but as a charity, your donations are welcome. Click on the Kaipūpū logo alongside to go to their website and find out more. Kekeno Gallery Images from our Seal Day events 2024 Kekeno Day

Learn more about our taonga species - the Wētāpunga | Giant Weta, find facts, arts, crafts and activities here! Wētāpunga Giant Wē tā (Deinacrida heteracantha ) Did you know that the giant wētā is the biggest of the NZ wētā? It is also the heaviest insect in the world! The wētāpunga weighs more the then average house mouse or sparrow. Follow along, learn about our wētāpunga, and get into all the activities! The content and resources on this page have kindly been put together with the support of the team at - Koru Native Wildli fe Centre - Make sure you go check them out ! Wētāpunga Facts! Giant Wētā are part of the ground wētā group, meaning (as you might have guessed!) they like to hang out on the ground. During the day they hide away under dead leaves and foliage to sleep, meaning they are nocturnal. At night they come out to explore and eat. Unfortunately, the Wētāpunga are a threatened species, so you can only find them on a few select remote pest-free sanctuary islands, including Maud Island right here in Marlborough. General Image Credit - Conservation Kids NZ Event Image ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz The Māori called the giant weta "Wētāpunga", which has sometimes been translated into English as the "God of ugly things". On the West Coast, wētā were referred to as taipo (devils of the night). Māori have long known the importance and significance of the wētā in the forest ecosystem, and as an important link in the food chain. Wētāpunga Facts! Te Ao Maori ART - Art of Observation The Art Of Observation Every good scientist needs to have a keen eye! A great way to practice this is tryin g to draw something from memory . Have a go at the activity below and test your skills. Set a timer for five minutes and sit and observe a weta (real or a picture of one) until your five minutes is up and then try drawing the rest of the wētā (on the PDF below) from memory. You can even use the image below or any of the images on this page or one you found yourself. Good luck! Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Credit - Conservation Kids NZ Event Image Giant Wētā are only found here in New Zealand, meaning they are endemic . They can be found hiding out during the day in dead foliage such as the drooping dead fronds of punga (tree ferns), nīkau palms or tī kōuka (cabbage trees). At night they explore the ground of our forests, feeding on native vegetation on the forest floor. Sadly, you can't find giant wētā in just any native forest around NZ. There are several facilities around Aotearoa who help breed the wētāpunga, though, including our local Koru Native Wildlife Centre! Wētāpunga Facts! Habitat CRAFTS - Build a Wētā Puppet Wētā Puppet Te Rā o N gā Tamariki - Children's Day website have a neat wētā puppet activity. Click on the image to the right and you can download the PDF and have a go at making your very own wētā puppet friend! Click the image to make your own weta! Wētāpunga Facts! Ecology & Diet Giant wētā once played the role (or 'filled the niche') of the 'rodent' before land mammals arrived. The average female giant w ētā is larger than the male, weighing up to 35grms on average. Giant wētā are mostly herbivores - meaning they eat mostly plant matter. Giant weta, however, have also been known to eat some small insects. A giant wētā may eat large leaves like the karaka, karamu, māmāngi, māhoe, and kohekoh. Image Credit - Otago Museum GAMES - Wētāpunga Games Grab some of your friends or whānua and have a go at the Predator Game. Learn the effect that predators have on our wētāpunga. Weta Predator Game This game helps to demonstrate the effect that different predators have on our wētā population. You can also add in some cool wētā 'helping hands' to see how this can also affect our wētā population. Click on the PDF to find o ut how to play ! If you give this game a go with your class or some friends we would love to hear all about it! Image Credit - Conservation Kids NZ Event Image A female giant wētā can lay between 200-300 eggs in her lifetime. She lays her eggs inside curled up dead leaves or on rotten logs. These eggs take about 125 days to hatch and the nymphs (baby weta) come out looking like tiny mini adult weta. These nymphs will take, on average, two years to fully mature - the female wētā will start breading 1-2 months after reaching maturity. Wētāpunga Facts! Breeding ACTIVITY - Test Your Knowledge Test your knowledge - Wētā Parts Have a go at testing your knowledge of wētā body parts. Click on the image below to download the quiz as a PDF and write in your answers! Click the image to download the quiz! Click the wēt to download the answers. Wētāpunga Facts! Crazy Facts! Each giant wētā takes about 2 years to reach full growth. During that time they can go through up to 11 instar stages! An instar stage means they shed their entire exoskeleton and molt their old skin/shell to make room for a growing body. A wētā's ears are actually on their front legs... not on their head! How strange is that!? Image Credit - Conservation Kids NZ Event Image Other Wētāpunga Resources Below you will find links to other Weta resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! How to Draw a Wētāpunga by Auckland Zoo There Is a Weta on my Sweater by Dawn McMillian DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Why not have a go at making your o wn Wētā motel Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now finished and you can no longer claim the medals. The activates are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support our conservation and native species. Below is a link to the "Build a Wēta Motel " activity instructions! Have a go at building your very own Wē ta motel and put it in your backyard, you never know who might be living there. Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to help you buld a weta motel. Image Credit - Conservation Kids NZ Event Image Because wētāpunga are a nice big insect, they make a great protein filled snack to some common predators, including rats, mice, hedgehogs and even dogs. Humans are also unfortunately a threat to the giant wētā, as we often remove or disturb the habitat that they live in. Luckily there are lots of ways we can help protect our wētā by helping with predator control, being responsible pet and animal owners and supporting breeding programs! Wētāpunga Facts! Threats Wētāpunga Facts! There are many ways you can help protect our giant wētā and our other native species too! Be a responsible pet owner. Keep your cat inside at night. Keep your dog on a lead when walking it in the bush and only take your dog into areas they are allowed. Many DOC and national park areas do not allow dogs due to the threat on the wildlife. Help with predator control in your own backyard, or with a local community project, like Picton Dawn Chorus or Rarangi Dawn Chorus right here in Marlborough! What YOU can do! Image Credit - Predator Free 2050 Visit a Wētāpunga - Giant Wētā Check out a real live wētā and more at the Koru Native Wildlife Centre ! Wētāp unga Gallery Images from some of our Wē tā events 2022 Giant Weta Event 2020 Giant Weta Event

Learn about our beautiful taonga species, the Tuna | NZ Eel and check out our games, activities, arts and crafts and how you can better protect them! Tuna ~ NZ Eels (Longfin eel - Anguilla dieffenbachii , Shortfin eel -Anguilla australis) We have two unique species of eel here in Aotearoa, the long fin and the short fin eel. We do have a third eel called the spotted eel but they are a visitor from Australia and not native to NZ. Follow along to find out more about our two native eels and how you can tell them apart. The NZ short fin eel is the more common eel that you will find in our waterways in lowland Marlborough. The long fin eels which can only be found in NZ are less common and are designated 'at risk' which means that we need to protect them otherwise they may go extinct in the future. Tuna - Eel Facts! General ACTIVITIES, CRAFTS, GAMES AND QUIZZES Throughout this page you'll find some fun activities and resources you can explore at home with your whānau and friends. Some of these resources have been put together with the help of our fantastic local organisations. A huge thank you to those people who have helped put these together for us, we appreciate your support! Don't forget to share your activities with us, either tag us on social media or email them to us at conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Story by Basil Keane Main image: ‘Catching the legendary eel at Tangahoe’ The Māori word Tuna means eel, to Māori people tuna once was a vital food source. Māori would build weirs or hīnaki – eel pots to capture the tuna. Then the tuna would be wrapped in leaves to cook on a fire. Many Māori still capture tuna using traditional methods today. Tuna Eel Facts! Te Ao Maori Art - Make an Eel Awareness P oster Eel Awareness Poster Have a go at making a T una/Eel Awareness Poster! Spread the word on protecting our eels. Get creative making an eel awareness poster with a special message on how to protect our local eels. You could add a fun slogan like - "Be aware eels live here." "Plant the banks, the eels say thanks." "Keep it clear, eels migrate here." "Coming through! Make way for the eels!" See what other fun slogans you can come up with, add some great colour and see where you can display your poster around your neighborhood. Don't forget to share your poster with us, email us an image - conservationkids@envirohub.co.nz Click the image to watch the video! How to Draw a Tuna / Eel Check out this video on how to draw a NZ Longfin Eel by Auckland Zoo! Why not have a go at drawing your own eel - make sure you share your drawing with us! We would love to see it. Tuna - Eel Facts! Ecology & Diet Eels like to eat live food, when they are smaller they will snack on worms, insect larvae, and even snails found in the water. As they grow and get bigger, they will eat small fish, freshwater crayfish and even ducklings! Image Credit - chameleonseye CRAFT - Tuna / Eel Puppet Make a Tuna/Eel Puppet Have fun making your own eel finger puppet, give your puppet its own unique look. You can take your eel puppet on the great eel migration game with you. Click the image to download the PDF sheet! Image Creator: Antonia O'Donnell Eels can be found all throughout NZ in the rivers, lakes and wetlands across the country. Young Elver eels are great climbers and will make their way up waterfalls, creeks and even through dams to find a place to settle. You will often spot eels poking their heads out of cracks and holes in river banks. Tuna - Eel Facts! Habitat Tuna / Eel GAMES Grab some of your friends or whānau and have a go at these fun Tuna/Eel games and activites. Great Tuna/Eel Migration Tuna/Eel make a great migration only twice in their life, learn about this migration and have fun migrating as eels yourself. There are 3 parts to this rawe | awesome game. Click on the image to download the instructions and resources needed to play . If you give this game a go with your class or some friends take a pic or video and share it with us! Fun tip - make the eel puppet first and take it on a migration. Tuna - Eel Facts! Breeding Did you know that eels only breed once in their lifetime!! Eels migrate to Tonga at the end of their life to breed. When an eel is reaching the end of their life, they will make their way to the warm Pacific Ocean where they will lay millions of eggs in one go ready for the male eel to fertilise. Image Credit - NIWA ACTIVITY - Tuna / Eel Facts Tuna/Eel Facts Test your knowledge, how many t una/eel facts can you answer? you might have to do some research to answer all the questions - good luck! Click the image to download the quiz! Click the eel to download the answers. Did you know that our long fin eels can live up to 100yrs old!! Wow that is old!! The short fin eel lives up to about 60yrs old. Some of the long fin eels you can see at Lake Rotoiti are over 100yrs old!! They are so big! - Have you been to visit them? Tuna - Eel Facts! Crazy Facts! Image Credit - Antonia O'Donnell Other Tuna / NZ Eel Resources Below you will find links to other Tuna/Eel resources, click the images to take you to the websites. Check them out! Tamariki for Tuna Resources by Conservation Volunteers NZ. Department of Conservation Information on the website regarding eels . Science Learning Hub Great reading and resources on the Science learning hub for tamariki. DOC - Toyota Kiwi Guardian Activity Help look after the Tuna/Eels by becoming a water champion! Although the Toyota Kiwi Guardian programme has now f inished and you can no longer claim the medals. The acti vities are still a fantastic way for your tamariki to help support conservation efforts and help our native species. Below is a link to the "Water Champion" activity! Help to clean up a water way or coastline near you. Then take action to help protect it. Click the image to download a PDF Instruction sheet to learn how to become a Water Champion! Tuna - Eel Facts! Threats The longfin eel is endemic to NZ, meaning it can only be found here in Aotearoa and nowhere else in the world. It is also classed at 'At Risk - Declining', which means we need to help protect them!! So, what is putting our Longfin eel at risk? Humans are the biggest threat to the long fin eel, human activities such as pollution, the building of dams, taking away vegetation near their habitats, and overfishing have had detrimental impacts on our endangered tuna. So what can we do to help? Read below to find out!! Image Credit - Otago Muesum Image Credit - Antonia O'Donnell How can you help out Tuna / Longfin Eel? There are lots of ways you can help our longfin eels to survive! - Avoid catching them. If you catch one in your hīnaki then be sure to set it free unharmed. - Fence streams on your property to keep animals and livestock out. - Plant trees or shrubs on banks of streams to help create shade and hiding spots for tuna. - Don't let pollution in to the waterways. - Help with rubbish clean ups around our waterways. Why not see what planting projects are happening in your community? Head along and lend a helping hand! Tuna - Eel Facts! What YOU can do! Visit a Tuna / Eel Why not check out a stream near you and see if there are eels living there? Head on down and look around the banks to see if you can spot an eel poking out to say hello. Lake Rotoiti - Nelson Lakes You can see some really neat Longfin eels at Lake Rotoiti | Nelson lakes - check out this cool video of the eels by Abel Tasman Eco Tours. Why not head there yourself to check them out. Click here to find out about Lake Rotoiti You can even check out the weather on their webcam before you go. Pollard Park - Blenheim If you live in Blenheim you can head to Pollard Park and spot some eels in the streams and ponds - Just remember to leave them be and don't touch them. Click here to find out more about Pollard Park. Lochmara Lodge - Marlborough Sounds Lochmara Lodge have a couple of amazing resident Longfin eels. If you want to check out the eels and some other neat wildlife, head on over to their website to plan your trip. Click on the logo to head to their website! Tuna / Eel Gallery Images from some of our Tuna / Eel events 2023 Tuna Eel Day Event

Envirohub Marlborough's Guide to Zero Waste Resources - How to live a more sustainable lifestyle. Zero Waste Resources 1/1 Looking for resources for more sustainable, zero waste living? Check out the links below for some of our favourite websites: Reusable Nappies Top 10 Tips for Cloth Nappies from "Raising Ziggy" Kiwi Families - Getting Started with Cloth Nappies Love Food Hate Waste Reducing Food Waste Commuting by Bike Love to Ride - Bike Info on Everything! Cycling Action Network - Bike Commuter Tips Sustainable Event Alliance Reusables at Events Hygiene Zero Waste Events Beyond the Bin- Let's Talk Rubbish Videos Composting Composting a "How To" Guide from the Nelson City Council The Compost Collective A Guide to Bokashi Composting from the Marlborough District Council Household Repairs iFixit: Repair Guides for Eveything, by Everyone Eco-Friendly Kids Activities Department of Conservation - Activities with Kids Live Lightly - Kids Activities at Home Outside Adventures from Sparklers NZ Energy Efficiency Warmer Kiwi Homes Programme Grants Calculate your Carbon Fooprint with Future Fit NZ Government Guide to Energy Efficiency at Home Backyard Gardening Food Forest Gardens Tui Garden Planting Calendar Edible Backyard's Garden Blog Plant Based Eating NZ Heart Foundation Plant Based Eating Basics NZ Vegetarian Society Recipes Food Sustainability Food Sustainability Zero Waste Toiletries "The Rubbish Trip's" Guide to DIY Zero Waste Toiletries

Zoe Luffman's Environmental Fund is a fund dedicated to supporting young women under 21 years old fighting to protect our local environments in Marlborough. The Fund The Fund The Fund The Fund The aim of the Zoe Luffman Environmental Fund is to inspire young women to lead environmental change in Marlborough, by empowering, connecting and supporting young women across the region. The Fund supports any Marlborough-based environmentally focused project and is awarded to any wāhine under 21 years of age. Winning projects can be led by an individual or as a group. Applications can be made by wāhine themselves, their teachers, mentors, friends or their whānau. Applications can be made for up to $1000 per project . There are two funding rounds per year that are open until 1 May and 1 October , annually. Envirohub Marborough will aim to support all winning projects through mentorship, guidance and establishing connections to help projects to thrive! Zoe Luffman Zoe Luffman Zoe Luffman Zoe Luffman This fund was inspired by one of Envirohub Marlborough’s original Conservation Kids, Zoe, who from an incredibly young age was motivated to do what she could to protect the beautiful natural environment we all call home. Learn more about the legacy she left behind. APPLY Have any further questions about the Fund? Email us @ info@envirohub.co.nz ReFloat Bess Cuddon-Corlet, Sydney White and Laura Elliot-Whale These young entrepreneurs are collecting disused PVC pool toys and are turning them into waterproof bags! Reducing waste by diverting these old pool toys from landfill, their practices are exploring the avenues of reuse and recycle and giving new life to these toys. Donate your pool toys or purchase one of these amazing bags today from us! MGC EnviroWeek Marlborough Girls College Environment Club The awesome young women of the Marlborough Girls' College Environment Club run an Enviroweek each year to celebrate and raise awareness. These girls work toward changing practices within their school and educating their fellow students on ways to operate day to day while treading lightly on the environment we rely on so heavily for survival. MGC Thrift Shop Marlborough Girls College Environment Club The Zoe Luffman Environmental Fund supported the revamp of MGC's Hidden Treasures Thrift Shop, encouraging students to choose to re-use before buying something new and keeping textiles out of the landfill. The thrift shop team started their efforts off by hosting a fashion show! Wētā whare for Blumine Island Marlborough Girls College Environment Club The Marlborough Girls College team put together yet another exceptional project - constructing, delivering and placing Wētā Whare on Blumine Island, a predator-free sanctuary 22 km from Waitohi Picton. QCC Kōrora Nesting Boxes Kahurangi Bruce, Nevaeh Streeter, Courtney Edwards These amazing young women designed, built, and painted kororā nesting boxes before delivering them to Lochmara Lodge! The team were involved in every step — from idea formation and planning through to implementation. What incredible and inspiring wāhine we have in our community. QCC Edible Garden Connie Herbert, Claire Hope & Nadia Dowrick The team have transformed their school's edible garden by purchasing seeds, soil, establishing a worm farm, and installing raised garden covers. The QCC Kaitiaki group have also been growing swan plants shared with the wider community, and their worm farm is happily munching through leftovers from the school kitchen and staffroom. DONATE This fund also welcomes any additional donations to keep the fund, and the support for these young Marlburian women, continuing for as long as possible. To donate, please go to: https://givealittle.co.nz/cause/zoe-luffmans-environmental-fund to make your donation. Any funds collected via this page will automatically be allocated to Zoe Luffman’s Environmental Fund.

Pelorus March 2019 Exploring the beauty of Momorangi Bay We went to explore the beautiful Momorangi bay with our group. The kids did a bush scavenger hunt around one of the wee loop tracks, then we walked up to the look out to check out the view. After a wonderful picnic lunch we explore the shore line completing a grid search in groups documenting what we found with in our grids. Using books we looked up different shells, seaweed and even a few crabs to work out what they were called. Then it was time for some fun, a bit of jetty jumping and some paddling made for an awesome end to a great day. Exploring Momorangi Bay

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Find Out More About Each of These Events Below Children's Day Celebrations Every year Conservation Kids NZ endeavors to celebrate both National Childrens Day in March and World Children's Day in November. We aim to create fun and engaging events for tamariki and their whanau to attend and engage with and experience nature. One of our key outcomes at CKNZ is to ensure every child in Marlborough has had the opportunity to experience the amazing ocean and marine life of the Marlborough Sounds and also experience the wider outdoor Marlborough environment. Below you can find out more about each of our Childrens Day events and some of our past events. Our Children's Day events are only achievable thanks to the kind sponsorship of local businesses. If you or your business are keen to help sponsor one of these events, please feel free to contact us Contact us Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki National Childrens Day - Ocean Adventure Cruise - Celebrated in March Each Year Conservation Kids NZ endeavors to celebrate Te Rā O Ngā Tamariki - National Children's Day in March each year. We have a mission to ensure every child in Marlborough has experienced our amazing marine environment! Each year we celebrate our wonderful tamariki by hosting an Ocean Adventure Cruise to the amazing Lochmara Lodge! Come along to follow our adventure and celebrate Childrens Day with us. Find Out More World Childrens Day - Experiencing Nature Day - Celebrated in November Each Year Conservation Kids NZ also endeavors to celebrate World Children's Day in November each year. We have a mission to ensure every child in Marlborough has experienced our fantastic outdoor environment! Each year to celebrate our wonderful tamariki we host an experiencing nature themed day at different locations around Marlborough. On the day we offer multiple ways for tamariki to engage with and experience the different habitats in nature. Come along to follow our adventure and celebrate World Childrens Day with us. Find Out More