Easy native wildlife conservation word search
Kākāpō, takahē, kiwi and a ranger on the island: ten short words in a ten by ten grid. Every word runs across or down, so young kaitiaki can find them on their own.
- Hoiho
- Island
- Kākāpō
- Kiwi
- Nest
- Ranger
- Takahē
- Trap
- Tree
- Tuatara
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
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- Hoiho
- Island
- Kākāpō
- Kiwi
- Nest
- Ranger
- Takahē
- Trap
- Tree
- Tuatara
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About this word search
Some birds and animals in New Zealand are very rare. The kākāpō is a big green parrot that cannot fly, the takahē is a blue bird with a red beak, and the hoiho is a penguin with yellow eyes. Rangers and helpers look after them on safe islands and set traps to catch the animals that hunt them.
The grid is ten by ten and every word goes from left to right or from top to bottom. Tuatara is the longest with seven letters. Kiwi, trap, nest and tree have four letters each. Kākāpō is written KAKAPO, without the little lines over the letters.
When the words are found, children can draw an island with the rare animals safe on it. Talk about what they can do to help, like keeping a cat inside at night.
Ways to use this word search
In the classroom
Print it as a task for early finishers, or to open a lesson on this topic. With the QR code on the sheet, students check their own answers.
At home and on the go
Pack a few printed sheets for the car, the ferry or the bach. A pen is all you need, no screen required.
Play together
Print the sheet twice and race each other. Whoever finds all the words first wins. Or play it online and see who is fastest.
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