What are Takahe school champions?

They’re kids like you who have become passionate about saving this endangered species and are finding ways to raise money!

Mitre 10 Takahe Rescue just discovered recently that school champions exist! Moe Gath and Renzo Makoni of Fendalton Primary in Christchurch wrote to us and told us about how excited they were to save the takahe after they learnt all about it in their class.

Congratulations Moe and Renzo – you raised $46.00 which is a fantastic amount for a school food stall.

The boys food stall had popcorn and cakes and they even went to the trouble of creating Takahe icing on all the little cakes – we thought the red legs and a bright red beak made the icing look really delicious! After they had counted all the money they each wrote a letter to Phil Tisch who is head of the Department of Conservation’s Takahe Recovery Group to let him know about all the things that they had learnt.

Learning about Takahe relies on enthusiastic teachers so we’d like to thank you teachers too for providing all the extra encouragement.

If you or your class want to try some fundraising ideas to help save Takahe, please contact Jane Arnott on 0274 715 785 and you might end up featured on this page too!