rata and the totora

Summary :

Rata was told to go cut down the mighty totara and carve a waka out of it. Rata went out the next morning and cut it down with his adze.that night the birds and insects put it back together. He went out again the next day to carve his waka out but he was astonished to see that it was back up.by the end of the day he had started to carveing out his waka it became nightfall and he stuck around hiding in the bushes then the creatures came out and he grabbed the piwaiwakawaka and demanded why they kept putting the totora back up. They told him it was because he didn’t ask for permission from  tanemahuta by not saying the tikanga.

Moral :

Tiakina nga manu ,ka ora te ngahere.ka ora te ngahere ,ka ora nga manu.

Look after the birds and the forest flourishes.if forest flourishes,the birds flourish.

ko wai te toa? who is the winner?

He pai ki au te whutupōro.

He pai ki au te poitukohu.

He pai ki au te  whakawhitiwhiti.

Mayfly report

Mayfly Report

Introduction

The Mayfly is a strange and interesting creature with a lot of strange features it is a native New Zealand insect.

Some of the mayfly features are its two little eyes on the top of its head or its little antennae like tail or its four tiny wings.the mayfly can be found in shallow still water areas and swampy land in between long grass and weeds.

The first stage of the mayfly life cycle is as an egg then the next stage is a nymph then the next stage is the adult mayfly or the spinner to then drop the eggs and start the life cycle all over again

The mayfly has gills that look a little like a tube on the rectum which they  breathe oxygen collected from the water. Some other species of mayfly have vibrating gills which directs more water over their gills increasing the oxygen being sucked in. As I researched the mayfly nymph must always be moving to collect oxygen from the water.

How do the mayfly affect our lives. Well as I read “Mayfly nymphs are an important component of many freshwater ecosystems. Grazing by mayflies is important in preventing the build-up of a large biomass of aquatic algae and detritus, and in nutrient cycling. Because mayflies can be quite abundant in many habitats, they are an important food for many species of predators.”