Tātai Aho Rau Core Education

Hugh from Wellington City Council answered the following questions from students about Walking and wheeling - choosing a more active mode of transport: 1. How would you define an active mode of transport? (Are ebikes? We use our hands and feet when we drive - why is that not an active mode of transport?). Are there other similar terms we might come across that have similar meanings? 2. What exampl...

Aileen from Hutt City Council answered the following questions from students about Our changing streets - What our streets will look like in the future and how we might play a part in shaping how they look: 1. Can you give an example of your favourite street? Why is it your favourite? 2. And your least favourite street. Why is it? 3. Can our streets be better places? How? 4. If you were to make so...

Hugh from Wellington City Council answered the following questions from students about Walking and wheeling - choosing a more active mode of transport: 1. How would you define an active mode of transport? (Are ebikes? We use our hands and feet when we drive - why is that not an active mode of transport?). Are there other similar terms we might come across that have similar meanings? 2. What exampl...

The following questions are posed and answered by a locomotive engineer (train driver) : 1. How do you build and test a New Zealand diesel train and what materials are involved? 2. How do you get trains onto a track after they are built and how do you get them off if they need a repair? 3. What is the speed of a train at a crossing and is there any way to tell it is coming other than the lights or...

The following questions are posed and answered by a locomotive engineer (train driver) : 1. How did you learn to be a train driver? 2. What is the best thing about your job? 3. Who keeps the track safe? 4. Who checks the train is safe? 5. Does the snow affect the train? 6. Could you explain the difference between a viaduct and a bridge? 7. How many deaths were there while the Otira tunnel was unde...

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. In what ways do you use the railway? Do any of you catch a train to or from school? Who crosses the railway line on their way to and from school? 2. What are the main areas of safety you need to think about when catching a train or crossing the railway lines? 3. What do you think is a good part of the rail...

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. Compared to 100 years ago, are people at more risk from trains? 2. Apart from trains themselves, are there any other risks to people from the rail network (e.g. electrified wires)? 3. If I am just a citizen who has never been a passenger on a train, how does rail safety apply to me? 4. How is data informin...

The following questions about rail and rail safety in New Zealand are answered by John who organises Auckland trains: 1. Our country is long and thin with two main islands and lots of mountain ranges so is it difficult for us to have a safe rail system? 2. Is it safer to be a passenger on a train or to drive a car? 3. How are modern trains designed to help keep train passengers safe in the event o...

The following questions were posed by schools and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Yesterday we met a Lead engineer. You are a Graduate engineer. What is the difference? 2. Why and how did you become an engineer? Was there an event or a person who influenced you? 3. What do you think is the cleverest part or the best engineering part of the Central Interceptor project? 4. W...

The following questions are posed and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Is Central Interceptor the biggest engineering project you have worked on? What makes it so big? 2. What is the smallest engineering project you have worked on? 3. What is the difference for your work between a small engineering project and a big project? 4. How did you get to be an environmental manager...

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Mahuru, Norm and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. What species of fish are found in New Zealand wetlands? Can you tell us a bit about some of them? 2. How can we help biodiversity increase around our homes and school? 3. What might New Zealand's wetlands look like in future? What will impact that? 4. Can you tell us more about some plants in New Zealand that are poisonous? E...

Mahuru and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. Bugman, when did you catch your first bug and what was it? 2. Are there any poisonous bugs native to NZ? 3. Mahuru, what do you like about studying wetlands? 4. Why do caterpillars turn into butterflies? 5. When do we have to start thinking about saving our biodiversity? 6. What insects help biodiversity in Mid Canterbury? 7. Where...

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi)and Greater Wellington Regional Council (Te Pane Matua Taiao). 1. Why are floods our number one hazard (and not earthquakes?) 2. Is there a definition of a flood? 3. What factors cause a flood? 4. Can you design cities and farms so they won't flood? 5. Where in Aotearoa are the most flood-prone places? Where are t...

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). 1. What are the best ways of finding information when there is extreme rainfall and you wonder if you are at risk of flooding? 2. What should you save first if your home is getting flooded? 3. Where should you go if your home is getting flooded? 4. What should you...

A segment from Jamie Taylor's longer podcast - Is school ready for me? This focuses on Collective responsibility.

Jamie Taylor has a kōrero with Rochelle and discusses what the kura | school and the whānau can do to support her son starting school.

The following questions from schools are answered by Lindsay-John (L-J: 1. What type of eels are in your river and how old are the oldest eels? 2. What is the most common plant you grow, and how many plants have you grown in your native nursery? 3. How long (tall) can a plant grow in a year? 4. Why are you restoring the river and how long will it take? 5. What type of possum traps do you use and h...

The following quesions from schools are answered by Lindsay-John (L-J): 1. I wonder what kinds of weeds are growing in the Waipoua Awa? 2. How can we help to restore our local awa? 3. What kind of fruit and/or other food are you hoping to grow? 4. How are you planning to look after the trees? 5. How are you going to clean up the river? 6. How are you going to make sure the river doesn't dry up? Mo...

Erana Haerewa, the manager of Te Puna Reo o Puhi Kaiti and also the winner of the Prime Minister’s Awards for Excellence discusses Ngā mahi a rēhia - with Te Ao Māori views of giftedness.

Anahera McGregor discusses the importance of Mana Whānau for tamariki and their whāau in Early Years Education.

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