Kaupapa Kereru Calendar

During the last few years Kaupapa Kererū has worked with the 12 Banks Peninsula Primary Schools developing the Kaupapa Kererū Calendar. The calendar includes school childrens drawings of kererū and information on Ngāi Tahu values and history, the history of kererū on Horomaka / Banks Peninsula, kererū ecology and the results of our research.

The calendar also includes survey forms which Banks Peninsula residents fill out whenever they see kererū. The information we ask residents to record are:

  • Time and day kererū were seen
  • Number of kererū seen
  • Location of kererū
  • What activity the kererū was doing
  • If feeding what foods the kererū were feeding on

Information from the Calendar survey forms is then passed onto our Kaupapa Kererū students who use the information to assist their own research projects. At the 2002 International Wildlife Congress at the University of Canterbury Kaupapa Kererū presented a paper reviewing community involvement in the Kaupapa Kererū Project, in particular analyzing the Kaupapa Kererū Calendar.

International Wildlife Congress Paper by Kaupapa Kererū

If you would like to know more about Kaupapa Kererū Calendar contact:Craig.Pauling@ngaitahu.iwi.nz