Creating a brochure

Walt: create a brochure

The focus of my brochure is to "stop people from polluting the Omaru Creek." I think that we need a clean creek because it’s more better for the environment and makes the community a bit better.

Tamaki River Family Tree

This is my Tamaki River Family Tree. I had a great time drawing this up. On one of the branches is Omaru Creek, the creek that we are studying.

Omaru Creek metaphor poem - Te Taiao o Tāmaki

Heather is a lumpy grey rock that holds onto rubbish flowing by.

Heather is a tall bulrush that sways from left to right in the breeze.

Heather is a stinky stench lingering through the bushes and into people's nose.

Statistical Investigation - Te Taiao o Tāmaki

Walt:  conduct a statistical investigation.

We used google maps to determine the walking  distance to 124 Apirana Avenue. This is the entrance to the Omaru Creek that we are studying. The screenshot shows the route, distance and time from my house to the creek. Zain lives the furthest which is 4.8 Kilometers and it would take him 59 minutes to get there. As for Jolie who lives the closest which is 550 metres yet it would take her 7 minutes. Harrison who lives in East Tamaki calculated the distance from Glen Innes Station which is 550 metres and it would take 7 minutes, it’s similar to Jolie’s. Next, we will be calculating the mean and the median.

Omaru Creek - Te Taiao o Tāmaki

Omaru Creek was in urgent need of help with sewage from local residents flowing in. The local residents were putting fat and rubbish down their drains which caused massive blockage. Both public and private pipes were affected.

Taking action the Maintenance Crew cleaned out the creek. Putting these things down drains is just unacceptable since they do not break up in water. While it’s in the pipes it forms large clumps which blocks the water from going through.

Such instances are called “dry weather” overflows. The name is because not much stormwater has went through the wastewater network.

Although it’s not the Maintenance Crew's responsibility to clean out private pipes they knew that in order for the creek to be clean it had to be done. They cleaned out all the rubbish that was in the creek such as rotting mattresses, drinking cans and kids toys. Afterwards they flushed the creek with fresh clean water and tested it for over five days.

This is the condition of the creek at this current time. We are hoping that once we are done with it, it will look more cleaner and in a much better condition. We at Glen Innes School have chosen a section of the creek closest to Apirana Avenue for our project. When visiting the creek we found a few things that very much weren’t where they belong such as an aerosol can, metal bucket, moss/algae, branches, overgrown weeds, metal pipe and a strip of cardboard.