Hi, bloggers today I had to make a poster on canva about water I had to but some facts about NZ water. did you know
New Zealand gets its drinking water from many different sources, depending on what area you live in? that is cool right. What have you been doing in lockdown how have you went on a big bike ride on a long walk our have you done some baking. now I am going to show you my poster I hope you like it.
Hi, bloggers how has your lockdown been have you done some baking or have you found some new hobbies. My school started online school yesterday we had a meeting with our home base teacher then we had to do some work from our math teacher and our reading teacher one of the things I had to do was a little story about is there was no colour in the world we had to say what we would miss and what would look wried. Now I am going to show you my little story I hope you like it.
what would you miss the most?
The thing I would miss about the most is all the bright colours of fruits and vegetables the light blue sky and the colour of the grass and the green trees. If there was not colour you would not know what colour your clothes are you could be wearing a pink top and red pants the 2 colours do not go with each other. I think I would not be able to live without colours in the world it would be so sad.
Hi Bloggers for the past 13 weeks we have been rehearsing for our production with was Aladdin I was picked to be Jafar the bad guy we had just done our performances last week I behind on Tuesday night and Thursday night. We had so many photos of all the cast there were some funny ones on there are some good ones of my friends and me. have you seen the movie Aladdin and who is your
favourite character mine would have to be Jafar now I am going to show you some photos I hope you like them.
Hi, bloggers today we made a Voki about Maui and the fish we had to write a script about a video that we had to watch then we had to base the script on the video we had to be in a group of 5 people or less I was with adam and Liam. Then we had to pick a character to fit what we were talking about. now I am going to share my Voki I hope you like it. https://tinyurl.com/yjozv5q7
Kia ora, today I will be talking about why 1080 should be used more in Aotearoa to kill all of the pests in New Zealand. The Department of conservation uses 1080 to kill stoats, rats, and possums because they are killing the native birds of New Zealand. There are two sides to 1080, there are people who want 1080 to be banned and there are people who want 1080 to stay in NZ. The Department of Conservation only drops 2 kgs of 1080 in one hectare, which is the same as two rugby fields next to each other.
Did you know that birds are essential to our ecosystem? Our birds are pollinators, scavengers, predators, and seed dispersers. IIf the birds disappear our flowers will stop blooming and we will lose our native bush. Without the birds, the forests would be in shambles because the birds will no longer be there to pick up the twigs and other materials to make their nests. The population of insects would increase rapidly without the birds being around to consume them. Finally, as birds are seed dispersers, without them we would no longer be able to transport seeds to other areas of the forests and we would lose our native trees. Overall, birds are essential to our ecosystem
The 1080 pallets are just bigger than two 2 dollars and they only weigh 1.3kg. 1080 is centred with cinnamon because the pests enjoy the smell of cinnamon so they will be attracted to the 1080 so they will eat it. 1080 takes time to kill the pests it will take almost 24 houses to kill the pests. The green colour on the 1080 pallets will blend into the native bush of New Zealand
I think that the Department of Conservation should be dispersed in bigger loads to stop the pests killing our native birds there are more pests in New Zealand than ever before so that means more birds has a bigger chance of dying from pests.
1080 is very cheap and efficient for one drop 2kgs costs $12 to $16 dollars for one hectare that is not expensive say if we used traps that would be 507 million dollars that’s a lot of money. That money is coming from the people in NZ if we used traps there would be no money for the community and schools. 1080 pallets are made out of sodium fluoroacetate is used in 1080. Sodium fluoroacetate is also used to make plastic that is weird that 1080 has plastic in it I did not know that. 1080 is a biodegradable poison so when the Department of Conservation drops it and no pests eat, it will degrade into the soil. Let’s say if the Department of Conservation drops some bait into water then we drink it the poison will not affect humans because 1080 has the same Fluorescence as black tea.
I think the Department of Conservation should be dispersing more than 1080 baits because there is a rapid increase in all types of pests. The Department of Conservation said that 1080 kill 95% of possums that is 28.5mil of the 30mil possums in NZ so there is still 2.5mil possums and babies are being $16 born every day and 2kgs of 1080 per hectare. And they don’t drop them that much which is not enough for the rapid increase of pests in NZ. In conclusion, we should be using more 1080 because it is fast and it has a positive effect on the pests of Aotearoa. By being cheap and efficient it works without a big cost. Because if we were using traps then there would not be money for other things, such as sports facilities and community playgrounds. We could build enclosures for the birds because we have spare money by using the cheaper 1080, so there would be no pests in their habitats. With the enclosures, the birds will be able to make the ecosystem better than ever before. With my statements, I hope you have changed your mind about 1080. I want you to see what I see the birds flying freely the birds chirping loud and people able to see all of the native birds of NZ
