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Yr 8 Students enjoy their Tawharanui camp

The first week of March saw the Y8 students at Mahurangi College camping at Tawharanui Regional Park, as part of their unit of study, Kaitiakitanga (Guardianship). The students went snorkelling, discovered creatures in the rocky shore, were challenged to take part in paddle boarding, explored the native bush, worked with TOSSI planting the next generation of trees and searched the wetland for Takehe. All that in just 2 days. We conquered the wind, the rain and the heat, had great fun and all went home exhausted.

Thanks to all of the parents and Y12 student leaders that helped during the camp, without you we would not be able to complete all of the activities with our students. A special thanks to EMR for taking the students into the ocean snorkelling, to Pete James for providing a horse float to transport our gear, Cat Railey for collecting salt ice from Leigh and Adam Ashleigh at Leigh Fisheries for providing the ice. A huge thank you to Mahurangi Technical Institute and Kim Lee for the loan of their marquee, without which we would have been washed away! May the adventures long continue!
Debbie Hamer TIC Yr 8