Native Bush Trip

On Wednesday 11th of May 2016, The Glenbrae seniors went to

Waitakere Ranges Forest. Here’s what they learnt

•  What we learnt, we learnt that red berries are a sign for birds to come and eat the berries, when they eat the berries, the birds eat the fleshy part and in the middle of it, it will release a hard seed - which comes out after excreting and where it drops new berries will grow.

• We also learnt that a kauri tree can live up to 20 centuries old and it can grow up to 400 metres tall.

• The kauri tree is one of biggest trees in the world. The famous kauri tree is located in the far north of New Zealand. The name of the biggest tree in New Zealand is Tane Mahuta, Tane Mahuta is the god of the forest.

• We learnt that the forest people will take leaves from the tea tree and make tea out of it, most adult men would call their kids to come and climb up and grab the tea leaves .

• We also had the chance to learn about the bird rates. Waitakere birds have gone down because of the pests mostly the possum have eaten the birds and the other things in the forest but now we put traps in the forest and now the possums have died and the bird rates have gone up.

• I learnt that an adult kauri tree can grow up to 400 metre tall. A kauri tree can live for 2000 years. The oldest tree in New Zealand is Tane Mahuta lives up to 1,250 years and it is still standing there until today.

In the end, we all had a good time. Thx for watching