The following questions from schools are answered by biodiversity and GIS experts:

1. In terms of the Hokonui seeds, what happens to the seeds after they are harvested and what plant seeds have you collected?

2. What is the role of the Hokonui Rūnanga?

3. Once the trees are planted how long does it take until they are fully grown and how often do you plant new trees?

4. Do you know how much the population of the birds has grown since the restoration work started and if any species have been returned?

5. What impact has being involved in this restoration project had on you and how did you connect or re-connect with your heritage?

6. In Hokonui, after you have cleared pest plants and done restoration planting, how many years before that area looks after itself (e.g. birds spreading seeds). 7. Will you always have to do pest plant and animal control?

8. Ravi, when you are developing apps such as those for Hokonui, do you start from scratch or you adapt from apps you have already made?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/hokonui222/connect-with-experts

Amira Aman and Rochelle Savage discuss how people who have developed their coaching and mentoring skills go on to use and share them in their learning environment.

A resource for CORE Education's online programme: Mentoring and Coaching. Mentoring For Equity - Real life examples shared by Amira Aman and Jamie Taylor

Sarah Whiting describes 'The art of intentional listening'. Activate your listening skills: Intentional listening is the superpower of an effective coach and mentor. It builds trust, forms strong relationships and empowers teams to make meaningful changes.

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CORE Education's facilitator Tutuila Lio Va’auli talks about using the Talanoa approach to recruitment

The following questions from schools are answered by New Zealand Climate Change experts:

1. When you use water to generate power and you take it through the Coleridge penstocks and Power Station doesn’t that affect the water quality?

2. How can we spread awareness to the people who don’t know or believe that climate change is real?

3. Is there any way to not only stop climate change but to reverse it?

4. With the rising sea levels and the risk of erosion, where would they have to prioritize the coastal protection levels?

5. Why do people worry about 1℃ or 2℃ in temperature change when that's really not that much and we deal with that much change every day?

6. In New Zealand what is the largest cause of global warming or climate change?

7. What do you say to people who agree there is global warming and climate change but say people have not caused it?

8. When will climate change affect people in a bad way?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/climatechange221/connect-with-experts

The following questions from schools are answered by NZ climate change experts:

1. What action do we have to take to help our rivers' ecosystems?

2. How does pollution affect the weather patterns?

3. How can we encourage people to get connected with nature?

4. How did climate change not get noticed as a major problem by governments until recently?

5. Why and how is agriculture such a big polluter?

6. Why do we as children need to make change if we've done nothing wrong?

7. How has renewable energy changed over time?

8. How does climate affect the environment?

9. Is landscape a factor in climates of different areas?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/climatechange221/connect-with-experts

The following questions from schools are answered by biodiversity specialists:

1. What is your favourite part of the BioBlitz?

2. What predators do ants have?

3. Which animal found on the BioBlitz is likely to survive the longest?

4. If you stood still for an hour how many birds would you see?

5. How many different types of toadstools and mushrooms are there?

6. Which animals are the rarest on the BioBlitz?

7. What are the lines underneath the mushrooms?

8. How long does a BioBlitz take? Do you stay out camping overnight?

9. How long does it take to find something on a BioBlitz?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/bioblitz191/connect-with-experts

The following questions from schools are answered by biodiversity specialists:

1. What is the weirdest bug you would find in your backyard?

2. How many species of bees are there in NZ?

3. Why are some wasps pests?

4. How many species of preying mantis are there?

5. How many species of butterflies in NZ?

6. How many NZ ants are there?

7. What does the Mt Somers weta eat?

8. Have you ate a bug on purpose before?

10. How can we improve our biodiversity at our school?

11. What do you think is the most interesting insect in NZ?

12. What types of animals would you find in your back yard?

13. We know the bullet ant has a horrible sting! What would be the most poisonous or venomous insect in NZ?

14. What NZ bugs are at the top and bottom of the food chain?

15. What is the rarest animal in NZ?

16. Are there any bee species that can kill humans in NZ?

17. What is the most harmful pest to our enviroment?

18. How many native insects are there in NZ?

19. What is the most common insect in NZ?

20. What is your favourite bug in NZ and why?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/bioblitz191/connect-with-experts

The following questions from schools are answered by biodiversity specialists:

1. What is the coolest name a native animal has?

2. How many BioBlitz have been done in New Zealand and for how many years?

3. Why are BioBlitz useful?

4. How many different animals do you think a BioBlitz in Ō Tū Wharekai will find?

5. When is the best time of the year to do a BioBlitz and why?

6. How do you know if an animal is a native when you see it?

7. How long can it take to find an animal in the BioBlitz? Do they move during it?

8. Do you think you would find some of the same animals and plants if you did a BioBlitz here in Johnsonville?

9. Do you repeat a BioBlitz to see if it things have changed?

More at https://www.learnz.org.nz/bioblitz191/connect-with-experts