Otago Coast field trip

Otago region

Moeraki Boulders Scenic Reserve. Photo: N Vallance.

Moeraki Boulders Scenic Reserve

Map of New Zealand showing the Otago region.

Take your students on a field trip to the Otago coast where they can learn about the area's rich natural and cultural heritage.

The teaching resource focusses on three key sites on the Otago coast that have special cultural and conservation values to all New Zealanders. The sites are all prominent headlands: Katiki (Moeraki peninsula), Matakaea (Shag Point) and Huriawa (Karitane Peninsula).

Highlights:

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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

Conservation for prosperity. Tiakina te taiao, kia puawai