🐦 Part 1: Native Animals and Biodiversity

1. Which of these is a native New Zealand bird?

Kiwi

Sparrow

Magpie

Blackbird

2. What does biodiversity mean?

Only plants in an area

The variety of all living things in an area

Only animals in an area

The number of trees in a forest

3. Which of these are types of biodiversity? (Choose all that apply)

Species diversity (different types of animals and plants)

Ecosystem diversity (different habitats like forests and wetlands)

Genetic diversity (differences within the same species)

Weather diversity

4. What does kaitiakitanga mean?

Fishing in rivers

Guardianship and care for the environment

Building houses

Planting vegetables

5. Fill in the blanks:

The _____________ is New Zealand's national bird and is found nowhere else in the world. This makes it an _____________ species to Aotearoa.

🌿 Part 2: Matching Activity

6. Match each native animal to its special feature by drawing lines:

Tuatara

Kākāpō

Wētā

Kiwi

World's heaviest parrot and cannot fly

Large insect that has been around since dinosaur times

Flightless bird with nostrils at the end of its beak

Ancient reptile with a "third eye"

🎨 Part 3: Creative Response

7. Draw a native New Zealand animal in the box below:

8. Write about your drawing:

The animal I drew is called: ___________________________

9. Explain why this animal is special and how we can show kaitiakitanga to protect it:

10. Name two things you can do to help protect New Zealand's biodiversity:

1. _________________________________________________

2. _________________________________________________

Aotearoa Biodiversity and Kaitiakitanga

Aotearoa Biodiversity and Kaitiakitanga

🐦 Part 1: Native Animals and Biodiversity

🌿 Part 2: Matching Activity

🎨 Part 3: Creative Response

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