Report- kiwi

L.I : To write a report which describes aspects of a living or non-living thing in detail.

SC : My report contains :

• A title
• A general or classifying statement
• A description that is accurate and detailed (technical and subject - specific vocabulary)
• Conclusions a personal comment
• The language is factual
• written in third person
• It written is present tense

Kiwi’s

 Kiwis are the main icon of New Zealand and are one of our native birds. There are approximately 1,000 kiwi left in Hawke's Bay and 70,000 left in New Zealand.

 Kiwis have their nostrils on the end of their noses because of such a long bill and it helps them to find food for themselves and their chicks. Adult kiwi usually mate for there hole life and are strongly territorial the kiwis chicks are in their eggs for 70-85 days and come out fully feathered. Kiwis are a flightless bird but many years ago they used to have small wings but could never fly with them. Over time the tiny little wings started to go and now kiwis only have one set of little helpers.

 If you live near any kiwis please make sure you keep an eye on your cat or dog or anything that could be a threat , and like I said at the start how there are only 70,000 kiwis left in New Zealand well there is a problem the number of kiwis are going down because stoats and other threats are killing them.

 Make sure you keep your dog tied up and cats inside at night if you live in or near a kiwi habitat and this can really help keep all kiwi safe.

 Try and avoid taking your dogs into kiwi areas or if you do always have them on a leash or have a professional train them.

 Kiwis are the main icon of New Zealand and I chose them because of this very reason and to see if I could learn anymore about this amazing bird the Kiwi and I have I learnt that we are slowly losing the number of kiwis in New Zealand because of other threats to them.