Little River Rakiura Track Stewart Island credit B Maryns

Stories from Halfmoon Bay School

Working towards our vision, together

For Conservation Week 2021, the Department of Conservation ran a writing competition for Rakiura's Halfmoon Bay School students, and the Predator Free Rakiura Group sponsored some of the spot prizes and helped judge the winning entries featured in the story below. 

In 2019, we asked the school's students to tell us about the year 2050 and what the island is like now we have a Predator Free Rakiura. Read their answers in the other stories featured below.

Image by Sayla Ware
Writing Competition Winners 2021

For Conservation Week 2021, the Department of Conservation ran a writing competition for Rakiura's H...

kaka stewart island
My occupation is ornithologist

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay Schools students to tell us about the year 2050 and what the...

Ryan McRitchie King Photo Letitia McRitchie
I manage the Stewart Island mountain bike...

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay School's students to tell us about the year 2050 and what th...

My job is biosecurity

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay Schools students to tell us about the year 2050 and what the...

White capped albatross Stewart Island.Rakiura Photo Jake Osborne CC BY NC SA 2.0
My job is a vet

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay Schools students to tell us about the year 2050 and what the...

Stewart island robin / toutouwai. Photo - DOC
I'm a tour guide

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay Schools students to tell us about the year 2050 and what the...

Banded dotterel, Rakiura. Photo - James T Reardon
We take schools from all over the...

In 2019 we asked the local Halfmoon Bay School's students to tell us about the year 2050 and what th...