Kia ora, in Te Ngahere the year Sixes on Tuesday we were going on a trip, the trip was to the Bird Song/Project Island Song. The day before the trip people from the Project Island Song came to Paihia School and told us about what they do and what they have done in the pass, in the pass when the Europeans came they would of said they couldn’t think because of how loud it was because their was too much birds the people said. Around 2000 the noise died down so much because of pests that the Europeans brought to New Zealand. The next day I couldn’t wait to go to school because of the trip. The Project Island Song has saved 7 islands, the island that we were going to was called Urupukapuka. We were going to that island because it is bigger than the other 6 islands. When I got to school I was very very excited and as soon as the first bus got at school we waited a few minutes until it was time we leave. We were at the wharf and limited people got jobs, my job was to be the media team that I volunteered for, there was one boy me and a girl called Marley. After that we went on the boat. We were halfway and turned off the boat and went to make sure everyone was quiet. We saw some Pied Shags and birdlings in their nests. We were gliding on the water zooming past many Islands until we reached our destination. I was in Roopu rua tahi and we were making traps first. Matua Shane said to get into groups of 3 and one pair of 2. We were finishing the last screw and then we were finish, we got told to decorate it. We got felts and thought of stuff that would attract the pests. We thought of meat, cheese and peanut butter. It was finally time until we swap to go and plant. We went up hills and saw the most beautiful view that I have ever seen, we were at the biggest hill and there was an ocean but there was a MASSIVE MOUNTAIN. We were at the garden and I looked back at the hill and saw how steep it was, I was devastated when I saw it but carried on. We got told the steps and followed. When we were finish we gave it a Karakia and hope one day it will grow up strong and big. We were back where we created the traps and left.
Have you ever gone to the Project Island Song?
Hi River, I´m Tabby from Ahipara school. Great job with this blog post! It was super detailed and you clearly put a lot of time and effort into this, it sounds like you had loads of fun! What was your favourite part? Maybe next time you could split your work into paragraphs. Keep up the good work!
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