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Hinemoa Nepia, Nicholas Wiechern, Kevin McLean, Texas Thompson, Coby Nahu-Nikau, Julie Gibson and Casino Panaho.

Year 11 Geography Field Trip

T

he purpose of the year 11
Field Trip was to enable
students to assist them with
the NCEA Level One paper,
Examine resource use in
farming or mining.
One focus was how
organisations look at
rehabilitation.
The students
wanted to gain insights from
Mayor Peter Harris.
Mr
Harris
shared
information about the
geographic area of the
Waikato District. He also talked
about the work that is in
progress and work already
done around the district.
He shared some issues of
the council and showed us the
chambers where all official
meetings are held. He too was
interested in the issues of
rehabilitation and shared his
ideas.
The students thoroughly
enjoyed spending this time
with him and found him to be
very interested in the young
people of Ngaruawahia.
The
students
then
investigated the library and its
resources on Geography. This
was very interesting and

students now know that they
have wonderful source they
can use at any time.
The next stop was Perry
Quarries where we were
shown around by an ex
student of Ngaruawahia, Kevin
MacLean who encouraged our
students to look at career
paths in geology because of
the shortage of people in this
industry.
He shared about
how many people were
on site and how deep
the
hole
was
(appro ximately
34
metres below sea
level).
The students were
concerned about the
rehabilitation of this
mine but Kevin assured
us that planning of this
was underway.
All
students were thrilled to
be able to see a mine
such as this in progress
it was very rewarding
for their studies.
We then went to
Weavers Park where
we could see a coal
mine
that
had

undergone rehabilitation. The
mine itself was no where to be
seen and did look like a natural
lake.
The W aikato District
Council has provided
amenities such as a boat
ramp, two jetties for boating
and sailing, plus a diving
platform for deep diving
training. Kayaking, waka ama,
rowing, multi-sport events and

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triathlons, education studies,
picnic and leisure activities
have all quickly become an
additional part of Weaver's
Park everyday life. It’s all good.
The last stop we made was
to the Huntly power station
where we all enjoyed touring
through the site. We watched
a presentation on the history of
the Huntly power station and
the changes that occurred.