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To become a Totaranui KIWI RANGER

If you are aged 6 and under do four activities.

If you are aged 7 to 9 do five activities.

If you are aged 10 to 110 do seven activities.

But you don’t have to stop there – why not do them all!

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KIWI RANGERS are people who…• Care about Totaranui and Abel Tasman National Park• Care about native plants, animals and conservation• Think this place is special and want to know more

When you are finished, take your KIWI RANGER booklet to the Totaranui Camp Office (03 528 8083), where a ranger will check it and award your badge.

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Welcome!Nau mau haere mai. Totaranui is a place full of history, wildlife, forests, beaches and awesome adventures. Take your time to discover why this is such a magical part of Abel Tasman National Park!

Let’s get started!

Or post it to us - see the inside back page for more details

Choose one circled and one crossed activity - explain your reasons . . .

Remember to look for the helpful signs around the campground and park to guide your choices…

Our national parks are special – they protect our amazing forests, animals and historic places. Totaranui is in the heart of Abel Tasman National Park and we all have a part to play in looking after this place. We also have to keep ourselves, and others, safe while visiting.

Look at the picture. Circle the activities that are allowed in Abel Tasman National Park, and put crosses through those that aren’t.

KIWI RANGERS are people who…• Care about Totaranui and Abel Tasman National Park• Care about native plants, animals and conservation• Think this place is special and want to know more

Welcome!Activity 1: Caring for the National Park

If this bird was a person what words would you use to describe its personality?

How does it behave (is it in groups, behaviour with its young , does it run, what it eats, sounds it makes etc)?

What are special features of the bird (feathers, colour, beaks, claws etc)?

Sketch of the bird and/or it’s foot print

Keep a running tally of the different sightings and places you have found your bird.

Number of sightings List of places seen

Activity 2: My Bird!

Choose a bird and quietly observe it for at least 10 minutes.

You can have some truly unique experiences at Totaranui. Complete at least one row, or why not try for them all!

Activity 3: Isn’t Nature Amazing!

Track a weka

Fill a jar with layers of sand with different

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SEE THE LEVEL OF LIGHT

OBSERVE THE VARIETY OF PLANTS

Both the Pukatea Walk and Goat Bay Track host a huge variety of forest types, from original giants to recent regeneration. Here you can discover the many ways parts of the same forest are so different. On either track, stop for at least a minute at each of the posts numbered 1, 2, 3, 4 & 5. Use your senses to carefully observe the amount of light, moisture, birdlife, variety of plants, height of the canopy, and temperature. Mark on the graphs the levels you find at each stop.

Activity 4: Fill Up Your Senses!

At the end of the walk connect your dots on each graph. Compare the graphs to find out which of the different features follow similar or different patterns. Write your findings here…

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The rocky headlands around Totaranui are made of granite. They are slowly being broken down by wind and waves to create sand for the amazing beaches here. Draw an interesting outcrop of rock. Emphasise those parts where the waves are most likely to break the outcrop down…these are called joints!

HINT: The quieter you are the more activity you will see in the pools!

Now explore the rock pools to find these living things in and around them. Tick those you can find, and draw one of your own discoveries!

KINA MUSSEL PERIWINKLE TUATUA

LIMPET DRAW YOUR OWN NEPTUNE’S NECKLACE CATSEYE

ROCK CRAB CUSHION STARCHITON

SEA ANENOME

Activity 5: Nature’s Rock Art!

Signs of animal life Where spotted Animal’s name Protected (if known) or pest?

There are many animals here, but you don’t always see them. But often they leave a sign to show they’re about. Keep a sharp eye, ear and nose out for signs of animal life. Write or draw the signs you observe, location and if possible, work out what animal made it. Is it a protected species or a pest? Remember plumage (patterns and colours of feathers on a bird), feathers, footprints, sounds, poo and even smells are all signs that help you solve each animal’s identity!

Activity 5: Nature’s Rock Art! Activity 6: Be an Animal Detective

(other than seeing the animal)

There is a huge variety of native trees around Totaranui - from ancient rata to giant mamaku ferns, and from nikau palms to regenerating manuka and broadleaf. Find a special tree and really get to know it.

Sketch your tree’s leaves, and any fruit or flowers

Make a bark rubbing

HINT: The tracks to Anapai, Waiharakeke, Goat Bay and Pukatea Walk are great places for this activity

Activity 7: Tree-mendous Totaranui!

Describe your tree’s special features

How tall is the tree? (Imagine how many people would have to stand on top of each other to reach the top)

What’s happening on the forest floor around your tree - are there any seedlings, insects etc?

What birds fly around this tree?(Remember to be patient and quiet)

Why did you choose this particular tree?

Totaranui, in Maori, means big or many totara. It’s one of New Zealand’s largest

native trees. Today there are only a few totara, as much of the surrounding hills

were cleared by European settlers. But now the forest is being allowed to return.

Around Totaranui you’ll see huge differences in the types of forests as various stages

of forest regeneration takes place. This includes canopy height, types of trees and

ground cover. In the drawing, circle which type of forest your chosen tree is in.

ORIGINAL FOREST

NATIVE FERNS & SHRUBS

FULLY REGENER-ATING FOREST

GORSE MANUKA KANUKA

CLEAREDAREAS

WAINUI

AWAROA INLET

UARAU POINT

ONETAHUTI

ANAPAI BAY

WHARIWHARANGI BAY

ANATAKAPAU BAY

TOTARANUI

WAIHARAKEKE BAY

Maori named many of the places around Totaranui. Each name gives a clue to something special about that place. Use the glossary to work out some of the meaning behind each name.

ANA – caveAWA – riverHARAKEKE – flaxHAU – windKURA – be red/scarletMARA – garden

NUI – big, manyONE – sandPAI – goodRATA (rata - red

flowering tree)RAU - much

ROA – longRUA – twoTAHUTI – to run alongTAKAPAU - floor matTOTARA (totora is a large

native podocarp tree)

TONGA - Southern Wind UA – rain

WAI – stream or riverWHARANGI (wharangi is a

small tree)WHARE(I) – house

Activity 8: What’s in a Name?

GLOSSARY

Dig a 20cm hole into the mud. Draw and describe some of the animals living here.

Look around, draw and describe what you see on the surface.(HINT: look for snails and trails, bird tracks, digging holes and crabs!)

Estuaries are wonderful places to play and explore. But stay safe: only explore estuaries an hour before, or after, low tide. NEARER HIGH TIDE OR AFTER RAIN ARE NOT SAFE

Check the camp notice boards for today’s tides – enter them here.

In the estuary, walk barefoot across some sand or mud for at least 20 steps. How does it feel?

(use super-descriptive words!)

LOW TIDE

HIGH TIDE

(Remember to check out all the amazing changing colours and patterns of the sand in the estuary.)

Activity 9: Between the Tides

Funniest thing that happened

Favourite camp-meal I ate and/or cooked

Most interesting person I met . . . because . . .

New friends I made (and where they’re from)

The one thing I wish I’d remembered to bring

My favourite memories of Totaranui

Strangest sounds heard at night

Activity 10: Camp Journal

Totaranui is on one of New Zealand’s Great Walks. Other Great Walks that are famous include walks like the Routeburn, Milford and Tongariro Crossing. Go for a day trip to one of the nearby campsites or huts on the Abel Tasman Track, such as Waiharakeke Bay and Awaroa Hut to the south, and Anapai Bay, Mutton Cove and Whariwhariangi Hut to the north.

Back at the camp office look over the list of NZ Great Walks.

Write down one you’d like to do, including your reasons why...

Circle the things you’d want to take if you were on a 3 day trip through this area.

Activity 11: What a Great Walk!

jandals

water bottle

jeans

thermals

map

sunscreen

iPod

companions

food

suitcase

beach ball

beach ball

sleeping bag

beach towel

pillow

lots of books

bag to bring out your rubbish

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pets

best looking clothes

Totaranui hasn’t always been part of a national park. In the Camp Office look at the displays and historical photos to discover some of its past life.

What activities are different to what’s going on at Totaranui today?

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What activities have not changed?

100 years ago, Totaranui was mostly farmland. Now it is a regenerating forest. Predict

what Totaranui might be like in 100 years time.

When was Abel Tasman National Park created?

This is the anniversary of what important date in New Zealand history?

Activity 12: From Farm to National Park

Around the park (and on the ‘Becoming a Kiwi Ranger’ page in this booklet) you can find out about

Project Janszoon, and the work they are doing. Does their work change

what you think Abel Tasman National Park will be like in 100 years?

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C K T O R E A P A N G O K A M I R O K

Totaranui is home to many of New Zealand’s native birds! Many have both Maori and English names. How many of the following birds can you find both in the word search and during your walks?

Ruru - MoreporkHawk - Kahu

Karearea - FalconBellbird - Korimako

Karuhiruhi - Pied shagGannet - Takapu

Putangitangi - Paradise duckBlack back gull - Tarapunga

Kotuku - White heron

Kingfisher - KotarePiwakawaka - Fantail

Banded rail - MohupereruKawau - Black shagTomtit - Miromiro

Kereru - Wood pigeonOystercatcher - Torea pango

Shining cuckoo - Pipiwharauroa

Activity 13: Native Birds of Totaranui

DID YOU KNOW?

2042 will be the 400th year since Abel Janszoon Tasman

arrived in New Zealand. It is also Abel Tasman National Park’s 100th birthday.

This place is a lot different now than it was long ago. It used to be full of the sound of

native birds singing. But human activity changed it – fire was used to clear land for farms,

trees were cut down and animals hunted. Project Janszoon

is working to remove both plant pests that crowd native plants and use up their nutrients, and also

animal pests that eat native plants, birds and geckos. Another goal is to bring back kakariki, a

native parakeet, and kaka, a noisy parrot. Our hope is that by 2042 we’ll be celebrating

a park again full of native plants and animals. Find out more at

www.janszoon.orgKIWI RANGER™ has been jointly developed by Mick Abbott

and Carli Richter at Shades of Green. Our thanks to Pam and Hugh Mytton, Greg Napp, Sarah Mankelow, Phillipa Gardner, Graeme

Ayres and everyone at Totaranui and DOC Golden Bay, and also Devon McLean and Wendy Reeve from Project Janszoon for the great

ideas. Thanks also to Joel Bretherton and Lawrence Elliott for the wonderful design work.

It’s now time to return to the Camp Office to get your certificate signed and be awarded your KIWI RANGER badge.

Just before doing this we’d like you to think about something you’ll do when you get home that’s good for nature and the environment.

What will you do now?

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Becoming a KIWI RANGER™

What I’ll do . . .

© 2015 Departmentof Conservation

To receive your badge take your finished booklet to

the Totaranui Camp Office (03528 8083), where a ranger

will check it and award your badge. You can also post your completed booklet to DOC Golden Bay, PO Box 166 Takaka 7142, and we’ll check your booklet and post out your badge.

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