Get students from 15 schools, about 140, aged between seven and 12. Take them to Moturoa / Rabbit Island. Stir in 23 eco-activities, set a timer for 2 and a half hours and you have the perfect recipe for the Tasman Mission.
Tasman Mission is a competitive event where students learn about the environment by completing fun tasks and challenges at activity stations. The team that completes more challenges and gets higher scores at each station is the overall winner.
This year, the 23 activity stations ranged from making foliage baskets for birds at Natureland, to rescuing a stranded dolphin with Project Jonah. Others included planning recipes to use up near expired food with Nelson Environment Centre through to finding aquatic pests with our Biosecurity team.
Each team tried to complete as many activities as they could in 2.5 hours while also scoring points for their ability to complete the tasks set for them and how well they worked as a team.
This year’s winning team was Kaitiaki from Lower Moutere School, but the rest of those who took part will be dining out on the day for ages.