Moanamana – taking action to protect our oceans
In this recorded professional learning session, Simone Marsters is joined by Alisa Torgersen and Dean Stanley to explore the amazing mahi students are doing to protect and enhance their local marine environment.
RŪNĀ, is a Yachting New Zealand project that supports kiwi kids to learn from the past and to steer toward a sustainable future. In this webinar, you will hear about Moanamana – one of RŪNĀ modules available. This project supports schools and students to take action on marine ecosystem degradation at the local level by creating a network of NZL Blue Belt sites around Aotearoa New Zealand's coastline and waterways.
What an awesome journey! Thanks for sharing.
Dean shares inspiring examples what schools in Te Kahui Ako o Motu Kairangi in the eastern suburbs of Wellington have been working on, alongside Worser Bay Boating Club, to help restore marine ecosystems in their corner of Wellington harbour.
Moanamana – taking action to protect our oceans
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A fantastic initiative. You are inspiring and it takes a team to succeed.
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Related content
This webinar is part 2 in a series, watch part 1, Monitoring the moana – participatory science methods.
For all Hub resources on estuaries and seashore environments, including the significance of estuaries to Māori, marine animal adaptations and marine habitats – see our Estuaries and Oceans topics.
The Ministry of Education’s Building Science Concepts series includes:
Book 21: Life between the Tides: Sandy Shores, Mudflats, and Rocky Shores
Book 22: Tidal Communities: Interdependence and the Effects of Change.
Citizen science
Use the Spyfish Aotearoa project to encourage your students to explore, discover, count and identify unique fish species that live within our marine reserves.
The Love Rimurimu – an ocean of potential for seaweed project creates opportunities to learn about seaweed.
Useful links
Explore what a Moanamana experience could look like for your class on the RŪNĀ website and register your interest here.
Acknowledgement
Thank you to Dean and Alisa from RŪNĀ.
This webinar was delivered with support of the Marine Studies Centre Otago University and Coastal People : Southern Skies, Centre of Research Excellence.
