Rerekohu

Rerekohu Area School

In 2006 Rerekohu had one intensive week with the full EMR programme. The students’ enjoyed
both snorkel days: the local snorkel day at Horoera, where students practiced snorkelling and diving down in large teaspoon shaped rock pools; and the day at Te Tapuwae o Rongokako marine reserve. Students were surprised to see so many marine creatures with little effort compared with Horoera. The experience the students had has resulted in more understanding and discussion on having a marine reserve closer to home for the community in Te Araroa.

Writing Exercise by students at Rerekohu Area School:

Day at the beach
On Friday we went to Te Tapuwae o Rongo Kako to see the difference between Horoera to Te Tapuwae o Rongo Kako. If you look hard enough you can see them easily you can see the difference between the place at Te Tapuwae a Rongo Kako the creatures have never been harmed and were not scared and I hoped they don’t take the Rahui off. At Horoera they were scared and not as much as Whangara.
Israel Brown

Kicking off and diving to the bottom to have a look at the sea life putting my hand in a hole in one of the rocks ahh something had nipped my hand, reaching in again to see what it was a bloody crab.
Ashleigh Hovell

As I was lying on the top of the salty sea I was looking down at the bottom hoping nothing would crawl out and bite me.
What I saw when I was looking at bottom was incredible. I saw big kina; a few paua and even a couple of cray fish all hiding underneath the ledge. Then just in a blink of an eye I saw a little fish swimming quickly away in terror.
Leon Sealey

The gusty wind hit me as I leapt out of the bus. It was our to get into the freezing water so I slid into the mighty cold mysterious dull looking water. Then a sudden shock hit me as I shivered around in the saltiness of the sea. The next day we went to Whangara to the Te Tapuwae o Rongokako Marine reserve. I really enjoyed snorkelling in the two different places.
Patrick Barnett