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Curriculum

Secondary

The following DOC field trips are suitable for students in secondary school.

Auckland

Cape Rodney-Okakari Point Marine Reserve
Great Barrier Island
Kawau Island
Mangere Mountain
Miranda Wildlife Refuge
Motutapu Island
Tiritiri Matangi Island

Waikato

Kauaeranga Valley
Pirongia Forest Park
Pureora Forest Park
Ruakuri Caves & Bush Scenic Reserve
Te Whanganui-A-Hei (Cathedral Cove) Marine Reserve
Waikato wetlands

Bay of Plenty

Bay of Plenty forests
Gold mines of the Waiorongamai Valley
Lake Okataina
Lake Okataina Scenic Reserve
Sulphur Bay

Tongariro/Taupo

Tongariro National Trout Centre
Whakapapa

East Coast/Hawke's Bay

Boundary Stream Mainland Island
Cook Landing Site & Cook's Cove
Gray's Bush Scenic Reserve
Hinerau Track
Lake Waikaremoana
Morere Springs
Ngutuoha Nature Trail
Otatara Pa
Sunrise and Swamp tracks
Te Angiangi Marine Reserve
Te Tapuwae O Rongokako Marine Reserve
Waiotahi Spit

Wanganui

Egmont National Park
Manawatu Gorge

Wellington

Kapiti Island and Kapiti Marine Reserve
Matiu/Somes Island
Oriental Bay seascape mural
Rimutaka Forest Park

Nelson Marlborough

Abel Tasman
Cable Bay
Cloudy Bay
Lake Rotoiti
Pelorus Bridge
Ship Cove & Motuara Island
St Arnaud

West Coast

Franz Josef Glacier
Punakaiki
Wetlands

Canterbury

Aoraki/Mount Cook National Park
Ōtukaikino Wildlife Management Reserve (Wilson's Swamp)
Peel Forest
Pōhatu Marine Reserve
Temple Basin

Otago

Aramoana
Catlins
Catlins Coast
Okia

Fiordland

Deep Cove
Kepler Track

Southland

Bluff Hill/Motupōhue Scenic Reserve
Croydon Bush & Dolamore Park
Forest Hill Scenic Reserve

Activities

Action plan
Be prepared
Biodiversity
Land deed

Conservation education

Mountains
Native bush
River life: braided rivers in the MacKenzie Basin
Seabirds

All Meet the Locals teaching resources (for year 9)

Find out more

Publications

View and download all teaching resource publications

2012 Meridian sustainability calendar (PDF, 1100K)

Learn more

LEARNZ website Register for a conservation/biodiversity virtual field trip

Natural Heritage Collection website offers schools free images of NZ's native species

View the Wildtrack children's nature series on NZ on Screen

Contacts

For more information:

Contact your local DOC office

Or email conservED@doc.govt.nz