Kapiti Island Blog

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Mahina &Taine

Hello, we are group 4. We are a group of two that include Taine Hata and Mahina Cullinan. We are both involved with the Kapiti Island course that is happening this week. This week our learning intention is to focus on pests and pest management in NZ/Kapiti Island. We have chosen this learning intention because we both find it interesting. It is really important to know about pests and the damage they create to our wildlife. Learning about this will help us learn what we can do to prevent it and help keep the endagered species alive.

Kapiti Island

Our first morning session was with Mr Maxwell, we did a quick introduction about Kapiti Island and some of the history about it. We learnt about the arrivals on Kapiti Island and also what happened when these people arrived and the outcomes that include war. We have already learnt that Kapiti Island is a sacred place and has a lot meaning behind it. We are both excited to be learning more about the history near our community and are both excited to have the opportunity to do this.

PEST FOOTPRINTS

30.11.16

This mornings session today, we learnt how to make a tracking tunnel. We used plastic bottles, peanut butter, die and sponges. We placed them outside to monitor the pest activity around Kapiti College. If a small pest goes to eat the peanut butter it will stand on the die aswel and leave footprints on the white paper so we can identify which kind of pest it is.


https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DFKJ01ujdhkW7VQl7CFzyNcdJtlw9XJkJd-DMb02-Oc/edit#slide=id.p - this is the link to our Name the Pest, Pick the Native slide where we talk about Stoats and the damage they do and Kakapo a vary indangered species.

 https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Fl_EFX6qLeeHdvJM7-zrCDOpQjehst40SRfPtLHTS4o/edit- Pros and Cons of different pest control methods.




1/12/16

At the top of Kapiti Isalnd. Mahina, Taine and Mr Brannigan.

Today was the first day of december and the summer has just started. Today was the day we went to Kapiti Island. We arrived at the Kapiti Boating Club at 8:40, checked our gear for rats, ants and seeds. We cleaned our shoes to get rid of mud and we boarded the boat to Kapiti Island. We arrived at the island at about 9:15 and landed at  the Southern end. We looked at the whale pots and went inside the visitors shelter and learnt about birds and we saw some weka. Some of us decided to walk the Wilkinsons Track but a small group decided they would take the steeper and harder track which was the Trig Track. The walk my group did was the Wilkinsons Tack and our walk was 3.8km to the top and it was around 2 hours to reach the top. The walk had many birds along the track and it wasn't too hard. Both of us really enjoyed the walk and made lots of memories while doing it. It was a great experience and we learnt heaps along the way. 

2.12.16
One of the most enjoyable things we learnt along the way was about the different bird species, invasive species and how pest life affects New Zealands native life. Our Kapiti Island course was a great experience and was amazing doing these fun activities with the rest of the groups in our class. I would deffinately do this again.