This week is Conservation Week. Cummings Park Library in Ngaio is having a special after school session on Friday the 12th. They will have Juliet Cooke there from 3.30-4.00pm to tell us all about Kiwi Kids Conservation Club, as well as a colouring-in competition with spot prizes. So if you’re aged between 5 and 12 years old make [...]

Did you know that Wellington is hosting the World Environment Day on Thursday, June 5, 2008? I’m sure you are wondering what this is all about. Well it is a major international event that aims to promote awareness and action on global environmental issues.
 
The Wellington Zoo is also into it. There will be talks in the Wild [...]

NZ Post Book Awards finalist - Non Fiction category
Weather Watch New Zealand
By Sandra Carrod, published by Reed 2007
Why is the West Coast so wet? Why is Wellington so windy? Why is Auckland’s weather so changeable?
Here at last is a weather book with all NZ content. A large format book, it is attractively set out and [...]

After reading the post by Bridget about the book awards I decided to check out some of the books on the website. Weather watch New Zealand by Sandra Carrod is full of the most coolest weather stuff. Did you know that there are about 25 tornadoes a year in New Zealand? I didn’t. I thought that only the [...]