Biology Trip to Wellington

Toward the end of Term One, a group of Year 13 Biology students and Senior International students travelled to Wellington to visit Te Papa and the Wellington Zoo. For the biologists, the visits provided an opportunity to explore aspects supporting their learning of evolution, and with the large number of primates visible at the zoo. Our closest living relatives, the chimpanzees, were cooperative and seemed to enjoy the sunny Wellington weather as much as the humans did. Not only was use made of the wide range of human ancestor skeletal material at the zoo school, but we were also privileged to be able to watch an anaesthetised gibbon receiving its biennial health check-up. For the International students, the visit was one of a range of opportunities the College provides for them to expand their kiwi experience and leave them with fond memories of NZ.