Auroa School students Ella McKenna, Sophie van den Brand, Lily Malo and Maddi Goodchap have won a national title for their science project making sound lures to attract predators to traps. When it comes to trapping the predators that harm New Zealand's native wildlife, a group of South Taranaki students are making a big noise. ANDY JACKSON/Stuff Auroa School students Ella McKenna, Lily Malo, Sophie van den Brand and Maddi Goodchap with the trophies and medals they received for winning the national Tahe Rua Toru Tech Challenge. The sound lures project was originally set up with funding from the government's Curious Minds programme, with support from Taranaki Regional Council staff, the Taranaki Mounga Project, the New Plymouth Airport, Fonterra and the school community. The lures won a Taranaki Regional Council Environmental Award in 2020, and the regional Tahi Rua Toru challenge in 2019.

Source: Stuff February 25, 2021 16:52 UTC