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Homepage of Tiritiri Matangi

Background

Tiritiri Matangi homepage 

 

An Island Environment

Geology

Inner Hauraki Gulf

Offshore islands

Island sanctuary

Marine reserves

Tiritiri Matangi marine reserve

Hauraki Gulf weather

 

People and the Environment

Lighthouse story

Meet DoC's Ray Walter

Restoration

Supporters of Tiritiri Matangi

Visitors

Weather recording

Weed control

Land use

 

Threatened Species

Birds of Tiritiri Matangi

Classification systems

Bellbird pics

Bellbird facts

Hihi pics

Hihi facts

Hihi release

Kokako pics

Kokako facts

Tui pics

Tui facts

Kereru pics

Kiwi pics

Penguin pics

Takahe pics

Takahe or pukeko?

Wattle birds

NZ honeyeating birds

 

 

The lighthouse on Tiritiri Matangi - Image: Heurisko Ltd. Click for more. Camera provided by Lacklands Ltd.
Updated: August 29, 2001

Tiritiri Matangi ('looking to the wind' or 'wind tossing about') is an island in the Hauraki Gulf that lies 4km off the coast of the Whangaporoa Peninsula.

Virtual Field Trip Two (October - November) will visit Tiritiri Matangi.

On this page, links to Background pages appear on the left and Links to Activities appear on the right.

Note: As pages become available the links will become "live".

Refresh/reload this page each time you visit during August, September and October to make sure you get the latest information.

 

Activities

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Science: Living World

T1 Hihi life history

T2 Plants and animals

T3 Endangered Hihi

T4 Habitats provided by islands

T5 Which bird is the Kokako?

T6 What do Hihi look like?

T7 Food chains

 

Science: Planet Earth and Beyond

T8 Finding out about weather

T9 Weather on Tiritiri

T10 Weather prediction

T11 Sea change

T12 Marine Reserve debate

 

Technology: Materials, Structures and Mechanisms

T13 Finding out about bird sanctuaries

T14 Protecting hihi

T15 What's happening locally

T16 Bird sanctuary: A specialised environment

T17 Protecting animals on the bird sanctuary

T18 Animal protection, then and now

T19 Investigate Tiritiri Matangi

 

Social Studies: Place and Environment

T20 Changing environments

T21 How did people use the land?

T22 Land use impact

 

Social Studies: Social Organsiation

T23 Options and outcomes

T24 Rights and responsibilities

 

Social Studies: Time, Continuity and Change

T25 Living on Tiritiri Matangi