Wairarapa Moana

1. Our trip to Aratoi
By Samantha

2. Trip to Aratoi...
• Aratoi is a art gallery and museum in Masterton.
• We arrived at Aratoi we meet Miss Whaiti who was
going to tell us about Lake Wairarapa’s history and
native animals.
• On the following pages are some interesting things I
found out and also from the book we got....

3. Eely Facts
• The long fin eels is only found in New Zealand,
While the short fin eel can be found in south east
Australia and around the Pacific.
• New Zealand eels breed only once, possibly near Homemade fishing hooks
Tonga(long fin) and Samoa (short fin) and then die.
• Both main species of eel are found in Wairarapa
Moana, Lake Onoke and surrounding areas.
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4. Wairarapa Moana...
• Wairarapa Moana is the maori name for Lake
Wairarapa.
• The signing of the gifting of the lake was at Papawai
on the 13th January 1896.
• The lake was not sold it was simply given as a gift.

5. Interesting...
• While the mountains on both sides of Wairarapa
Moana are rising, the lake bed is too, but more
slowly. Looking south from Western Lake road, the
far skyline near Lake Ferry is warped into a broad,
open ‘U’
• Possums were released around Featherston in 1872
to become an environmental pest and threat the
local economy.

6. What I learnt...
• While room14 were at Aratoi I learnt
that we should be more respectful of
our eels and our environment.