Activity Stations
Thanks for visiting Lake Rotopiko
Thanks for visiting Lake Rotopiko and taking on the Wetland Discovery Trail challenges! Here you will find more information about the features at each station.
Station 1: Water
- How to use a Secchi disk, RMB Environmental Laboratories
- Peat lakes, Waikato Regional Council
- Guidelines for landowners in peat lake catchments, Waikato Regional Council
- Watch a video about a farming family restoring a peat lake, You Tube
Station 2: Water Birds
- Pukeko, Department of Conservation website, listen to their call on this website
- Australasian bittern, Department of Conservation website
- Australasian bittern video, You tube clip
- Black swan, NZ Birds Online, listen to their call, click the speaker icon
Station 3: Eels/ Tuna
- Longfin eels, educational resources and other information, Manaaki Tuna website
- Eels, Department of Conservation website
- Watch a video on saving the longfin, You Tube
- Watch a video on feeding eels, You Tube
Station 4: Fernbirds/ Matata
- Fernbird/ Matata, Department of Conservation
- Fernbird, NZ Birds Online, listen to their call on this website, click the speaker icon
- Watch some video of Fernbirds/ Matata, on YouTube
Station 5: Pateke
- Brown teal, Brown Teal Recovery Group website
- Brown teal stories and games, Brown Teal Recovery Group website
- Pateke, NZ Birds Online, listen to their call on this website, click the speaker icon
Station 6:
Fred The Thread
- Fred the Thread, Science Learning website
- Giant cane rush, Te Ara, NZ Encyclopaedia website
- Kopuatai Wetland, home of the giant cane rush
Station 7: Kahikatea Swamp Forest
- Woody wetlands factsheet, Department of Conservation
- Kahikatea forest, Waikato Regional Council
Station 8: Lizards/Moko
- New Zealand lizards, Department of Conservation website
- Skinks and Geckos Science page, Science Learning website
Station 9: Waikaka/ Mudfish
- Mudfish, Department of Conservation website
- Black mudfish, NIWA website
Station 10: Pest Fence
- Animal pests in NZ, Department of Conservation
- Animal pests, Te Ara NZ Encyclopedia
- Watch a video about plans to rid NZ of possums, rats and stoats, You Tube
- Become a Pest Detective - learn how to spot signs of pests in our wilderness
