Presentation to Nelson City Council Thursday 12 December 2013
Ngā Mana Kākano o te Wairepo
Karakia, mihimihi (Ariana)
Waiata – Te Tai Aroha (Freedom)
Presentation (Eita, Tessa, Kalley-Bo, Reann,
Kenneth, Renata)
Kia ora, we represent Ngā Mana Kākano o te
Wairepo, the whānau classes at Victory Primary School. York Stream is the awa
that runs through our school. This term we have been learning about stream care
and how to care for our awa. We have been learning about what a stream needs to
be healthy and what makes a stream unhealthy. Our awa, York Stream is
unhealthy. Our awa is polluted, with no life force and there are none of the
signs of a healthy river. People keep throwing rubbish into it. Parts of it are
dangerous for baby animals such as ducklings because they get stuck. Our stream
is unsafe, we can’t even go down to the water because it is so polluted. We
want our awa to be clean because for so long it’s been dirty, with no little
creatures living in it. We would like it to be flowing water, filled with
living creatures with trees and birds on its banks. We are presenting you with
this petition, it has been signed by all of the tamariki in Ngā Mana Kākano o
te Wairepo.
Dear Nelson City Council,
We want you to clean all of the rubbish out
of our awa. We want the pollution to be fixed so that ika, tuna and koura can
live in the water. We want more native trees planted along our awa to help keep
it cool and clean. We want fish ladders installed to help native fish migrate
upstream. We want a new fence built where York Stream runs through our school.
We want the area just before our awa goes underground to be enhanced and
improved.
Ngā Mana Kākano o te Wairepo
Victory Primary School
Mihi whakamutunga (Latavia)
Waiata – Ko te Waipounamu (Freedom)
