IALT: Write about New Zealand being peat free by 2050 or leaving them alone, while giving three reasons why they support my answer.
Activity 2: After your great visit to the Otorohanga bird house it is time to hop back onto the bus and head towards the Hawke’s Bay – your resting place for the evening. Hawke’s Bay is a beautiful region of New Zealand. It is known for its wineries and gorgeous scenery. When you arrive in Napier, the largest city in the region, you go for a walk through Waitangi Regional Park and notice that many of the leaves on the native trees have been damaged. Curious Kiwi tells you that they were damaged by possums, non-native predators, from Australia. People in New Zealand are working hard to trap and kill these predators.
Their goal is to remove all of the possums (and other predators) by 2050. Go to the ‘Predator Free 2050 website’ to read more about their work.On your blog, tell us whether you agree that New Zealand should be predator free. In your opinion, is it right to kill all of the predators (eg. possums) or should we just leave them alone? On your blog tell us what you think and give us, at least, three reasons why you think this way.
Once you have finished your blog post, it is time to relax for the evening. You and your friends have a nice dinner and then head to bed. You are just about to fall asleep when you hear something moving around outside your hotel. It sounds like a large bird. Maybe it’s a Moa…
This task involved me to take a stand and call for ban against pests that endanger the risk of New Zealand losing our native animals to pests that aren't native here. Like Possums, animals that don't care about any other animal but themselves because they only think about them, not the safety and health of others around them.
This task made me feel like I was in a debate with others who wanted to leave pests , and encourage them to continue to ruin the environment without being stopped. I love these kind of activities because it helps me to debate against others for when I have a real one in life.
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Many thanks :)
1 comments:
Hi Gary,
How sad is it that our native species are being wiped out by these possums and other pests! We used to go possum hunting when I lived on the farm and possums are sneaky and quite gross pests, so I agree with you that we should get rid of them!
You're quite the debater, Gary, well done on bringing some good points on why we should get rid of the pests and preserve our native species!
Nicky :)
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