Term 4 Week 7 -  PLEASE BRING TOGS EVERY DAY THIS WEEK

Topic: CAMP – Rainbow Warrior
Since we’re on our way to Matauri Bay next week, we have a little bit to find out before we get there. One of our activities will include a walk up to the Rainbow Warrior Memorial. Please read the following information, and answer the questions below. YOU WILL BE AWARDED CAMP GROUP POINTS FOR COMPLETING THIS.

The prominent headland at the northern end of the main beach at Matauri Bay is called Pukepika. A signposted walking track inside the camping grounds leads to the plateau on the summit of Pukepika and affords spectacular views over the channel between the mainland and Motukawanui Island – the largest island of the Cavalli group. In the stretch of water to the north lies the Rainbow Warrior, brought up from Auckland and scuttled here to provide an artificial reef for sea life and an attraction for divers. To commemorate all who sailed in the Rainbow Warrior, local hapu (sub-tribe) Ngati Kura and New Zealand China Clays Ltd commissioned a sculpture for this site. Between 1988 and 1990, internationally-acclaimed Kerikeri sculptor, Chris Booth, created a large-scale work comprising an arch of rocks and basalt pillars, all brought from the nearby rocky shore at Piakoa, 6 km to the south. To avoid any disturbance to sea life, all the rocks used in the sculpture were removed, with much difficulty, from above the high water mark. The 66 large round basalt boulders that form the 10 metre arch weigh almost ½ a tonne each. The main stone of the central basalt column weighs 6 tonnes. It supports a smaller 4 tonne basalt column and between these 2 great stones is the dented bronze propellor from the sabotaged Greenpeace ship. A large flat boulder inscribed with a map indicates the ship’s final resting place, 6 km to the north.
Two plaques set into the ground in front of the sculpture read:

Please answer the following questions:

How will you know how to get to the Rainbow Warrior Monument?
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Who arranged for the sculptor to create a sculpture to commemorate the sailors?
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How many boulders (rocks) make up the Rainbow Warrior Memorial and how high is it?
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How do you think people should behave when visiting a Memorial like this?

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What kind of behaviour might be inappropriate while visiting this site?

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BONUS! Find out one interesting fact about the Rainbow Warrior to share

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