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//Tena Koutou formal greeting to three or more people ko te maunga my mountain is Tararua ko (name of river)te awa my river is Ruamahanga ko (name of tribe ) te iwi my tribe is Ngata Kahu ko ( your name ) ahau my name is Onisty tena koutou acknowleging the people who have passes on tena kotou acknowledging the people present Tena koutou katoa acknowledging the people still to come//

=//The Banded Kokopu report. //=

//The Banded Kokopu is one off the native fish in New Zealand, and are very important to our environment. The baby Banded Kokopu’s are related to the White Bait family.

The Banded Kokopu’s life cycle starts off as an egg, larva then a baby White Bait. After Growing into a White Bait it finally turns off as a Banded Kokopu. Later on in life it swims off to find a mate and rotates the life cycle over again. Banded Kokopu become adults when they are two or three years old. Adults can breed every year and can live for more than nine years.

Adult banded kokopu live in the pools os small forest-covered streams. They like to live under banks, rocks or logs.

Moving up and down the streams. In Autumn the water gets very high in the rivers. When there are big floods the adult kokopu swim on to the forest floor beside the streams. The kokopu lays it eggs on the forest floor where no one can see or reach them. When the flood comes up to the forest floor the eggs hatch in to larvae, which are young fish. Then the larvae are washed down to the ocean. When they are out at sea the young fish feed and grow bigger.

In the middle of spring, when the fish have been out at sea for about four months, they return to the rivers and streams, where they will grow more as well.

Did you know? Banded Kokopu’s are very good at climbing. They can climb up and dpwn waterfalls.

The Banded Kokopu breathes by swallowing water and then it pumps it over it’s gills. The Banded Kokopu’s gills take oxygen from the water before it is pumped out of it’s body.

Banded Kokopu’s are long thin fish with pale stripes across the body. They can grow up to 26 cm long.

What do they eat? Banded Kokopu’s only come out at night to hunt for food. They eat beetles that have fallen off the native trees, into the water.

What effect do human’s have on them?

Human’s have effected the Banded Kokopu’s by putting pollution, oils, and chemicals that harm the native fish in drain. The stuff that get put in the drain by human’s are floating down stream into the rivers and the creeks.

As Kaitiaki of the banded kokopu i could help it by writing a report of the bad things that are happening because of humans. I now know that banded kokopu’s are important to our greater region and are not living as well as they did back in the old days. We really need to look after them and the world other wise there will not be any more native fish here.//

=//Catchments// = //What river or stream has has the largest catchment area? Otaki and Waikanae

Name the streams and rivers that enter the Tasmen sea? Waikanae and Otaki

“ The streams and rivers that enter the Cook Straight? Lake Onoke Wainuiomata Orongoronga

Name the streams and rivers that enter the pacific ocean? Pahaoa, Whareama

What catchment is our school in or is closest to? Ruamahanga

What is the closest mountain significant to Iwi in our school? Maungaraki mountain//

=The freshness of Nature =

I am sitting here all alone, smelling the freshness of the air and the fresh water. As I am relaxing back in the shade, I see the sun light shine right through the soft green bushes onto the clear water.

It feels like soft bendy glass that has melted on rocks. The fish and eels are swimming by smoothly as I wander back to the bus.

More nature senses comes closer to me, as I breathe in. It’s like nature is trying to tell me that it is important to the earth.