Keep New Zealand Beautiful Week

Keeping NZ clean from Courtney on Vimeo.

oliver and charlie and tupaia from Courtney on Vimeo.

Mentos and Diet Coke Experiment

Our two Jack's organised this experiment with our whole class.  We then published our findings from the experiment in different forms.  Talie used popplet to mind map her interpretation.  Have a look...

Zac's Speech on Dreams

Zacspeech from Courtney on Vimeo.

Zac was away for speech finals so I thought we would share his speech on our blog.

Haast Eagle

Haast Eagles

Introduction

Haast eagles or Harpayornis moorei is the largest ever eagle in the world, but sadly is extinct. The haast eagle lived in the south island of New Zealand 

Habitats

The Haast eagle lived in the south island of New Zealand and where the Moa lived.

Appearance

Haast eagles females are larger and heavier then males.The females weighed 10 to 15 kgs and males 9 to 12 kg. There wingspan where 2.6 m or 3m males again were slightly smaller.

Hunting/Diet

The Haast eagle hunted their food by watching from above and swooping down for the kill. They preyed on Moa's, ducks , rails, wekas and pigeons.

Cause of extinction

Humans settlers (1280) preyed heavily on the flightless bids of NZ and making the Moas extinct so the Haast eagles didn't have their main source of food.  Habitat loss was also part of this.

Conclusion

The Haast eagle are extinct and lived ages ago and their was probably so much to learn from them but sadly they are extinct. Hopefully no more endemic birds in NZ go extinct.

By Jack G