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Campion College Impact Project by Eli and Kahu

We aim to learn about the mauri of the Taruheru River and what we can do to restore it.
Restoring the Mauri of the Taruheru River
March 2nd 2018
Uncle Ray Farmer took us on to Tarere Pa.  We paid our respects and learnt about the tangata whenua of the area.
We learnt how to test the water quality of the Taruheru River.
Water Quality
Campion Bridge
Pilmers Road
Temp C
22.6
20.1
pH
8.12
9.33
DO%
56.5
6.0
Conductivity
33433
761.0

March 9th 2018
Water Quality
Campion Bridge
Pilmers Road
Temp C
20.0
-
pH
8.8
-
DO%
52
-
Conductivity
-
-
We learnt:
  1. What C, pH, conductivity and DO mean
  2. How to manage this webpage
March 11th 2018
We learnt how to see if an eel is healthy 
Our learning outcome is to see if the eels are healthy or not

Our task is to dissect 2 eels.

We caught the eels on Friday and put them in the freezer to die.  This is humane.

We cut them open to look at their heart, gills, liver and stomach.

One eel had 2 fish in its stomach.

We will learn about the anatomy of an eel.
ShortfinA
ShortfinB
Length 
52cm
45cm
Weight
260grams
255grams

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We dissected our first eel
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March 16th 2018
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This is Kahu and I checking our eel net.
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This is the Taruheru river from the campion road bridge on March 16th 2018. This is three days after a cyclone.
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We caught and released this very large female longfin eel. She was one metre long and two kilograms heavy. We were suprised to catch such a large longfin eel. We estimate that she was 20 years old. Longfin eels are endemic to New Zealand. This means like the kiwi they are only found in New Zealand. We let her go into the river because longfins are endangered.
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The yellow eyed mullet is important to the environment because it is a important food source to our eels. The Latin name is Aldrichetta forsteri.
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The Common bully is endemic to New Zealand. This means like the Kiwi it can only be found in New Zealand. It's also important to the environment because it is another a important food source to our eels.
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This is a otolith which is more commonly knowing as a ear stone. Eels have 2 of these behind there ear. They are important because they tell us the age of an eel. You can tell how old the eel is by counting the number of growth rings.
March 23rd 2018
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Our Gibson / Te Kani Whanau joined us today.
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