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.
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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 Great Spotted Kiwi is great Gray kiwi or roara. Their body is pear-shaped, while the head and their neck are small with a long slender ivory-bill.
The great spotted kiwi is also known as treasure.
Kiwis also see in the dark so they hunt at night because there are fewer predators are awake.
Kia ora Charis,
ReplyDeleteIt is great to see that you chose to adopt a 'Great Spotted Kiwi.' They really are such a special symbol of New Zealand, aren't they? I do think of them as a 'treasure' (as you mention in your blog post). Have you ever had the chance to see a kiwi bird in the wild? I haven't, however, I did see one at the Auckland zoo a few years ago. It was pretty cool!
I hope that you have a great day at school and that you continue to post awesome blogs over the coming months!
See you in Term 4 when I come back to talk about the Winter Learning Journey programme.
Cheers,
Rachel :)