Learning Bioblitz Skills

Written By Kim Manunui

Our Student Leadership teams were lucky to head out into the field and learn from local ecologist, Alana Delich this term. She kindly ran a mini bioblitz session with our junior student leadership teams down by the Waikato river. We uncovered an old sign for a restoration planting done by Taupo Intermediate School 20 years ago. It was interesting to see how big the trees were, but also how big the weeds were! We had a go at using the inaturalist app to identify the species of plant, birds, fungi and bugs that we found there. The students particularly enjoyed bug hunting and identifying the various critters that they found.

Our Coordinators also had the opportunity to learn about how to do a community bioblitz when they headed to Hamilton to check out The Fairfield Project. Unfortunately, the terrible rain meant that some plans had to change, but we still had lots of fun and learnt a lot. We would like to thank Hamilton City Council and The Fairfield Project for making us feel welcome and sharing their knowledge with us. We learnt a lot that we hope to use for projects in Taupō in the future.

Kim Manunui

Hi, I’m Kim and I work with a great team to help individuals, as well as small and not so small businesses get their message, product and services to the world using digital media and creating wonderful websites that don’t cost the earth.

I was born in Canada, and grew up around Vancouver and the mountains of British Columbia. My love of pristine environments led me to New Zealand and eventually to the mountains, lakes and rivers of the central North Island which is home. My family’s heritage is here, and it’s from here that Korio traverses the planet.

The digital world is never static and neither are we.

And I say ‘we’ because I work with an awesome group of talented people who I gather together as required to complete a project.  Whatever your business, not-for-profit or individual needs are we gather the best team to get the job done.

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