Student projects from the living village.

Year 3 ākonga built a shoebox diorama of Whakarewarewa, sculpting mud pools and whare from clay and cotton-wool steam to show how the village lives alongside geothermal heat.

Students measured and graphed water temperatures at three geothermal features, comparing their data and explaining what makes a geyser erupt.

After learning the tikanga of harakeke, ākonga wove panels and wrote recounts of the process and the stories shared by kuia during the visit.

A collaborative mural capturing the living village, geothermal features and mana whenua, painted by a Year 9 social studies class.

Senior students modelled a wharenui in clay, researching the geothermal heat transfer that keeps the village warm and presenting findings for NCEA.

A digital infographic explaining how geothermal energy powers the region, created as part of an NCEA Level 2 science investigation.