From pests to taonga
Welcome to our week of fun, hands-on Zoology activities. Over the next few days, you’ll get a taste of how scientists in the Te Tari Mātai Kararehe | Department of Zoology study Aotearoa New Zealand’s amazing animals.
What you’ll do this week:
- Eco-sanctuary visit – Explore native habitats at Orokonui Ecosanctuary
- Dissection – Examine animal anatomy up close during a wallaby dissection
- Impact studies – Learn how humans and introduced predators affect native species
- Skull and teeth analysis – Determine an animal’s lifestyle from its bones