While out foraging for edible plants and herbs along a Kaitāia stream, a group of schoolchildren noticed there was also a large amount of rubbish along the stream bank - so decided to do something about it.
So last week, for Peace Week, the group of home-schooled children from the Far North Home Schooling group, along with some parents, went back to the stream to have a good clean-up.
And after collecting about 30 bags of rubbish last Wednesday afternoon, they declared “there’s tonnes more trash out there”.
Parent Alana Barruel said the children had been foraging recently along the stream bank, off Bank St, looking for edible plants and herbs.
Their foraging was a success, but, Barruel said, the children were concerned at just how much rubbish they encountered during their searching.