Makaraka School - Learning on the beach!

We all love Kai Moana!   The mighty Tangaroa provides a large variety of Kai that is very good for us!  From  fish to shellfish to seaweed there is something for everyone!  

On Monday May 10, our whole school went to Kaiti Beach and Gisborne Fisheries to learn about Kai Moana in the natural environment and how it is processed after it is harvested. We ended the day with a walk to collect rubbish!  We need to look after Tangaroa!  

At the rocky shore we had Amy from the Marine Reserve came to talk to us about the Moana and help us to identify some of the species. We spent some time looking around the rock pools and even found an octopus hiding in there! 

AQ highlight at the beach was the lunch Mr Swann made for us!  Mussels on the open fire!  We learnt that you can harvest them and eat them right on the spot!  

Yum

We had two fisheries officers come and tell us about their job and how they check the boats and catch that people do around the East Coast!  

Make sure this doesn't happen to you! 

Mr Zame showed us around his family business.  How fish are processed and bought into the factory.  We saw the pools of crayfish waiting to go off to China!  They love East Coast Crays!  

What a fun and exciting learning day!