Core Education

1. When we studied how healthy our waters are we found lots of water snails, but we didn’t find a large variety of other invertebrates - do you know why? 2. What do you think is the most effective water test? 3. Is it ok for us to take a river stone for a souvenir or is this not acceptable? 4. When does a river become unhealthy? 5. What type of plants can help awa and which don’t help? 6. What do you think about tourism - does it make a difference to the awa? 7. Do fish or other water-life affect the water quality? 8. What would your iwi like to change about the way your local river is used? 9. By swimming in awa, are we helping it or not? 10. What are some of the best ways to clean our rivers and keep it clean? 11. How do you tell if the rock is a good one for carving and how do you carry out these heavy rocks? 12. How do we know if it is safe to swim in a river or not? 13. What is the healthiest river you monitor and what makes it healthy? 14. If the awa is blue, does this mean it is safe to drink? 15. how