This term the Extension group and a few other students from Team 5 went to KPMG in the City. As you all know this term's topic is "Something in the Water" or "He mea i roto i te wai", so KPMG planned a whole event for us to do that ties in with our theme. We mainly learned about Sustainability. Sustainability of the Environment and Ocean.
We had a delicious Morning Tea and Lunch, made from KPMG's Kitchen Staff. We met Lucy and Susan who are aquatic ecologist. Ecology is a branch of Biology and studies how the plants and animals are connected to their environment and their surroundings. Overall, they make sure that the environment they are living in is healthy and safe for them.
We later then walked a five minute stroll down to Sustainable Coastlines. The building was quite cozy and had nice, peaceful beach vibes. We looked at photos of some Ecosystems and Land that has been destroyed and is still healthy. We also talked about some products that hurt and help the environment!
We created our own robots from our Maori God we were assigned to. My group had Tangaroa; the God of Sea in Maori Mythology. In Tongan Mythology, he was recognised as the God of the Sky. We had a rubbish product we had to make our robot based around that. Our rubbish tool was Ghost nets. Ghost nets are Fishing Nets left by Fishermen. We made a robot that would swim and pick up any rubbish and most importantly the Ghost Nets.
I would like to thank KPMG and the Sustainable Coastlines for letting us go there. I learnt many things today and I can't wait til the next trip which is next term!
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