Last Friday students studying Level Two Geography attended a field trip to various places in the Manawatu. The focus of the field trip was to examine the natural environment of the Manawatu region - how it was formed and how it has changed over time. Part of the day was spent measuring aspects of river processes (for example river flow rates and river bed characteristics) at two sites on the Turitea Stream.
Other places visited were the Ashhurst Domain, looking at landforms and the nature of the forest and soil, Hiwinui, and the Manawatu River within Palmerston North, where students looked at the river protection works at the end of Ruahine Street, and the changes being made to the cliff at the end of Albert Street.