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The following questions are answered by outdoor experts: 1. What is the success rate for rescues? 2. What technology do you use when there is a power cut, or no nearby electrical source? 3 Is your equipment waterproof, what else proof? 4. What equipment do you use? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial images 5. Do you ever save animals, do you need to use different technology for animal rescues? 6. How many rescues in a year do you make? 7. What are shifts like as a rescuer? 8. What was your worst incident and how did you know how to get there if it was a new and strange environment? 9. What technology could you use to save someone in mid-air? 10. What tech issues have you had and what did you do to overcome these? 11. What is your favourite rescue story? 12. What do you do when you end up getting in trouble? 13. Do you get a longer break after a rescue? 14. What happens when people don’t know who you are? 15. Whats your favourite type of rescue? 16. When was your last rescue? 17. What’s your most technical rescue c

The following questions are answered: 1. When you create a map how do you know things are in the right place? Vocab: Ortho-rectified aerial image. 2. What are the different types of maps, and how would each one help? 3. How do you use a compass in the right way? Vocab: Bearing. Note: Map north is different from magnetic (compass) north. 4. How do you transfer your compass bearings onto a map? 5. What is the difference between a digital map and a paper map? Vocab: Cartographic representation. 6. What are some safety precautions to take with you if you are going on a trip out bush? Other: Hydration? Leaving intentions. 7. Apart from food, medicine and water, what would be the three most and crucial pieces of equipment to take into the outdoors? Appropriate footwear - tramping boots. 8. What do you think about GPS and how useful is it when performing a search and rescue mission? 9. Is an EPerb necessary? Vocab: PLB - Personal Locator Beacon. 10. What's the best best of advice you can give to a young adult who

The following questions about tsunami are asked and answered: 1. You have called the field trip lessons from the Chathams, so what is the number one lesson that you can share with us about tsunami in Aotearoa New Zealand? 2. What mātauranga Māori can you share about natural hazards like tsunami in Aotearoa? 3. What area of Aotearoa is at most risk of tsunami and why? 4. What has been the largest tsunami to have ever hit Aotearoa and how do you know? 5. What are the best preparations that we can all make for future tsunami events? 6. How can we find out more about the natural hazards that exist in our local area? 7. What would happen if a tsunami hit a dam or something like that? 8. What causes earthquakes? 9. Countries that are most at risk of tsunami, are they leading the world in research? 10. If you are out a sea and there was a tsunami, could you dive under the tsunami? 11. What height can tsunami get up to?

'The ultimate metaverse experience? To be able to create a space of who we are.' - Alicia Ngaropo-Tuia Listen to the podcast where facilitators Alicia Ngaropo-Tuia and Karl Summerfield discuss what the metaverse is (and isn't), its potential for education and consideration around equity and safety.

The following questions from schools were answered by Andy and Susan from KiwiRail: 1. We think rail is a really safe way to get around so we are wondering why rail safety is such a big thing? 2. Andy, tell us about digital shield and how and why it was developed and how it is used? 3. Is rail safety harder to do in Aotearoa than other countries? 4. Susan, how is VR used in your work? How successful is it? 5. Andy, what other tech things are you developing for rail? 6. Susan, what else tekkie is on the horizon for your work? 7. If everything on the rail network is getting safer, what responsibility rests on individual people to keep themselves safe? 8. What have been the biggest improvements in rail safety in the last 10 years? What do you think will happen in the next 10 years? 9. We need to reduce carbon emissions to slow climate change and reduce its effects. Do you think rail has a role to play in reducing carbon emissions and in sustainability overall? 10. Andy and Susan, we guess you are big fans of

Hugh from Wellington City Council answered the following questions from students about Walking and wheeling - choosing a more active mode of transport: 1. How would you define an active mode of transport? (Are ebikes? We use our hands and feet when we drive - why is that not an active mode of transport?). Are there other similar terms we might come across that have similar meanings? 2. What examples do you have of places where active modes of transport are used a lot. Why do you think this is? 3. What about where active modes aren't used much? Why? 4. Do you use active transport yourself? What sorts, when and why? 5. What are the benefits of choosing more active modes of transport? 6. What are some of the things we need to be aware of to make active transport modes successful/safe? 7.Are active modes of transport increasing? Why/why not? 8. How have active modes of transport evolved over time? How do you see them changing in the future? 9. What are some things we can do today that could increase our own use

Aileen from Hutt City Council answered the following questions from students about Our changing streets - What our streets will look like in the future and how we might play a part in shaping how they look: 1. Can you give an example of your favourite street? Why is it your favourite? 2. And your least favourite street. Why is it? 3. Can our streets be better places? How? 4. If you were to make some changes to a street or public place, how is it decided what those changes would be? 5. What might an ideal street or public space look like? 6. How can people get involved in making decisions about street or public space redesign?

Hugh from Wellington City Council answered the following questions from students about Walking and wheeling - choosing a more active mode of transport: 1. How would you define an active mode of transport? (Are ebikes? We use our hands and feet when we drive - why is that not an active mode of transport?). Are there other similar terms we might come across that have similar meanings? 2. What examples do you have of places where active modes of transport are used a lot. Why do you think this is? 3. What about where active modes aren't used much? Why? 4. Do you use active transport yourself? What sorts, when and why? 5. What are the benefits of choosing more active modes of transport? 6. What are some of the things we need to be aware of to make active transport modes successful/safe? 7. Are active modes of transport increasing? Why/why not? 8. How have active modes of transport evolved over time? How do you see them changing in the future? 9. What are some things we can do today that could increase our own us

The following questions are posed and answered by a locomotive engineer (train driver) : 1. How do you build and test a New Zealand diesel train and what materials are involved? 2. How do you get trains onto a track after they are built and how do you get them off if they need a repair? 3. What is the speed of a train at a crossing and is there any way to tell it is coming other than the lights or barrier arms? 4. What is the weight of an average train and how strong does a bridge need to be to handle a train? 5. How does wild weather like earthquakes, lightning, and floods affect trains and tracks? 6. How does a train balance on a train track and how do they stay and move along on them? 7. Is there a gear system and how does it and the brakes work?

The following questions are posed and answered by a locomotive engineer (train driver) : 1. How did you learn to be a train driver? 2. What is the best thing about your job? 3. Who keeps the track safe? 4. Who checks the train is safe? 5. Does the snow affect the train? 6. Could you explain the difference between a viaduct and a bridge? 7. How many deaths were there while the Otira tunnel was under construction? The cause of most deaths? 8. What is the steepest gradient within the Otira tunnel and the highest point? 9. Using today's technology, how much quicker do you think the Otira tunnel might have been completed in? 10. Have any earthquakes damaged the internal structure of the Otira tunnel?

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. In what ways do you use the railway? Do any of you catch a train to or from school? Who crosses the railway line on their way to and from school? 2. What are the main areas of safety you need to think about when catching a train or crossing the railway lines? 3. What do you think is a good part of the rail system that makes it easy to be safe? 4. Do you talk about rail safety at school? What sort of things do you discuss/learn about? 5. Why is it important to revisit rail safety ideas, even if you catch a train or cross railway tracks often? 6. If you catch a train to school, what do you enjoy about the journey? 7. When you are a passenger in a car near rail, how aware are you of rail safety? 8. Which of you are big fans of rail? Why? 9. What would you say to people who think rail safety has nothing to do with them?

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. Compared to 100 years ago, are people at more risk from trains? 2. Apart from trains themselves, are there any other risks to people from the rail network (e.g. electrified wires)? 3. If I am just a citizen who has never been a passenger on a train, how does rail safety apply to me? 4. How is data informing what you do regarding rail safety? What are level crossings and are they the main focus? 5. What procedures do you have to help keep people safe around trains? 6. Are there bells and signs? Are there speed limits? Are drivers and staff trained and educated about safety? 7. Is there technology such as remote cameras at level crossings? Is it helping and if so, how do you know?What potential do you see for rail in our country?

The following questions about rail and rail safety in New Zealand are answered by John who organises Auckland trains: 1. Our country is long and thin with two main islands and lots of mountain ranges so is it difficult for us to have a safe rail system? 2. Is it safer to be a passenger on a train or to drive a car? 3. How are modern trains designed to help keep train passengers safe in the event of a collision or a derailment or a fire? 4. Like on planes, are there emergency procedures for trains? What are they? Are there signs to educate passengers? 5. Why do you think people don’t go on trains more? Do you think it is more about convenience than safety? 6. Who are the main players in rail safety and what are their roles e.g. passengers, train drivers, KiwiRail? 7. How is good rail infrastructure important from a safety point of view? Is technology helping? 8. How do you stop a train? Is there a brake? 9. How many people can a train carry? What is the weight a train can carry? 10. How fast can a train go a

The following questions were posed by schools and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Yesterday we met a Lead engineer. You are a Graduate engineer. What is the difference? 2. Why and how did you become an engineer? Was there an event or a person who influenced you? 3. What do you think is the cleverest part or the best engineering part of the Central Interceptor project? 4. What is the best part of your job, working on Central Interceptor? 5. Please tell us about a day when you did a whole lot of different things, as part of your role on this project. 6. Central Interceptor will cost over a billion dollars. Why do you think this is good value? 7. When will your work on this project finish? What do you think you might do next? 8. Central Interceptor will help urban streams and other waterways to be better. Tell us more about that. 9. Are you on track to complete the CI on time? 10. What is the gradient of the tunnel? Is it quite steep? 11. What happens if you drill and make a mistake? 12.

The following questions are posed and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Is Central Interceptor the biggest engineering project you have worked on? What makes it so big? 2. What is the smallest engineering project you have worked on? 3. What is the difference for your work between a small engineering project and a big project? 4. How did you get to be an environmental manager on Central Interceptor? 5. What environmental things do you have to manage? 6. Do you use maths every day in your work? What sorts of things have to be calculated for this project? 7. How is Central Interceptor going to benefit Auckland's environment? 8. How will people notice the benefits of Central Interceptor?

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Mahuru, Norm and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. What species of fish are found in New Zealand wetlands? Can you tell us a bit about some of them? 2. How can we help biodiversity increase around our homes and school? 3. What might New Zealand's wetlands look like in future? What will impact that? 4. Can you tell us more about some plants in New Zealand that are poisonous? Edible? Medicinal? 5. What's the most interesting insect or bug you've ever heard of or seen? Please tell us about it. 6. Norm, why do you love kahikitea? Would they grow in Alexandra? What roles do kahikitea have in a forest ecosystem?

Mahuru and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. Bugman, when did you catch your first bug and what was it? 2. Are there any poisonous bugs native to NZ? 3. Mahuru, what do you like about studying wetlands? 4. Why do caterpillars turn into butterflies? 5. When do we have to start thinking about saving our biodiversity? 6. What insects help biodiversity in Mid Canterbury? 7. Where can you find the best example of sustainable biodiversity in New Zealand?

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi)and Greater Wellington Regional Council (Te Pane Matua Taiao). 1. Why are floods our number one hazard (and not earthquakes?) 2. Is there a definition of a flood? 3. What factors cause a flood? 4. Can you design cities and farms so they won't flood? 5. Where in Aotearoa are the most flood-prone places? Where are there no floods? 6. Are there priority places that authorities do not want to flood. For example, is it a low priority if some recreational places flood, such as a walking track or a sports field? Educational videos about floods at https://www.learnz.org.nz/floods222/videos

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). 1. What are the best ways of finding information when there is extreme rainfall and you wonder if you are at risk of flooding? 2. What should you save first if your home is getting flooded? 3. Where should you go if your home is getting flooded? 4. What should you take with you if you have to leave your home because of a flood? 5. Should you do anything different if you are away from home, say on holiday, and your new location floods? Educational videos about floods at https://www.learnz.org.nz/floods222/videos