LEARNZ
About the Meridian-sponsored LEARNZ programme
LEARNZ is an interactive education programme that uses online tools such as live audio conferencing, web diaries, and videos to take students to places they would never usually get the chance to visit, without the expense and time of a physical field trip.
Meridian works in partnership with LEARNZ so trips featuring Meridian wind and water assets are offered to students as part of their virtual field trips education programme.
In term one LEARNZ registered students visited Meridian’s two North Island wind farms and in term two students took a virtual trip to the central South Island to learn about Meridian’s Waitaki hydro stations. In term three students visited Meridian’s southern-most hydro stations and its White Hill wind farm in Southland.
In October more than 2,000 primary, intermediate, and secondary school students from around the country participated in a virtual field-trip to the North Island’s east coast to learn about the pōhutukawa.
The four-day LEARNZ-run Project Crimson field is used to teach students about biodiversity, coastal ecosystems and habitats, land use, resource management and plant biology.
The east coast virtual field-trip also revealed pōhutukawa and rātā are in danger of becoming extinct.
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LEARNZ Project Crimson participating schools
Northland Region
Christian Renewal School
Pamapuria School
Portland School
TKKM o Kaikohe
TKKM o Rangiawhia
Taipa Area School
Auckland Region
Bayview School
Botany Downs School
Elm Park School
Fruitvale Road School
Glenbrook School
Hillpark School
Mairangi Bay School
Otahuhu Intermediate
Owairoa School
Parakai School
Randwick Park School
Rosehill Intermediate
Sacred Heart College
Southern Cross Campus
Tomarata School
University Of Auckland
Waiheke High School
Willowbank School (Howick)
Waikato Region
Aberdeen School
Deanwell School
Hamilton Seventh-Day Adventist School
Hauturu School
Mangakino Area School
Mokau School
Mountview School
Pukenui School (Te Kuiti)
St Paul’s Collegiate (Hamilton)
Tauwhare School
Te Rapa Early Education Centre Infants
University of Waikato
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Hawkes Bay Region
Havelock North Intermediate
Te Aute College
Bay Of Plenty Region
Kaingaroa Forest School
Otakiri School
Westbrook School
Manawatu-Wanganui Region
Lollipops Educare Palmerston North
Massey University
Gisborne Region
Mata School
TKM o Tokomaru
Wainui Beach School
Westmount School
Taranaki Region
Waitara East School
Wellington Region
Belmont School (Lower Hutt)
Newlands School
St Brigids School (Johnsonville)
Canterbury Region
Beckenham School
Broadfield School
Cashmere High School
Diamond Harbour School
Dunsandal School
Halswell School
Ilam School
Lincoln University
Merrin School
Roncalli College
St Peters School (Beckenham)
Otago Region
Dunedin North Intermediate
Tahuna Normal Intermediate
Tapanui School
The Terrace School (Alexandra)
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A little piece of paradise
Cultural uses of pohutukawa
Meet Graeme Atkins
Restoring the land
The future of project crimson
Threats and pests
Meet andy bassett
Meet Gordon Hosking
Meet Sandy Bull
A final word for Thursday
A helpful tree
A treemendous garden
A well adapted tree
Cross pollination
Meet Ruud Kleinpaste
Nectar and honey
Planting in Whangara
Eco sourcing seeds
Erosion on the east coast
Final word for wednesday
Meet Lana Hope
Seedlings
Succession
The project begins
Tuahini point
Welcome to Gisborne