Native bush word search
Kauri, rimu and a ponga arching over the track. Twenty words from the New Zealand bush, for a wet day before or after a walk under the canopy.
- Beech
- Canopy
- Fern
- Fungi
- Kahikatea
- Kānuka
- Kauri
- Kawakawa
- Lichen
- Mamaku
- Mānuka
- Moss
- Nīkau
- Ponga
- Rimu
- Stream
- Supplejack
- Tōtara
- Track
- Waterfall
This is the same puzzle as on the printable sheet. Every word you find turns green and is crossed off the list.
Make your own versionIn the bush
Name
| I | A | L | F | S | N | M | E | K | H | A | R | R | S |
| N | S | I | A | I | W | I | S | I | U | S | I | I | O |
| I | T | X | R | A | M | U | K | W | M | U | R | M | A |
| P | R | U | T | O | T | A | R | A | P | P | F | U | H |
| C | A | N | O | P | Y | N | E | T | U | P | R | C | O |
| K | C | I | K | R | G | R | T | E | N | L | E | E | I |
| H | K | S | A | U | T | W | S | R | Y | E | S | S | N |
| M | E | S | W | S | E | G | E | F | B | J | I | E | N |
| A | E | M | A | D | I | F | E | A | E | A | H | R | A |
| N | N | A | K | T | N | R | T | L | L | C | T | D | P |
| U | E | M | A | M | O | S | S | L | I | K | O | N | O |
| K | T | A | W | U | T | R | E | L | T | L | I | G | N |
| A | D | K | A | H | I | K | A | T | E | A | N | T | G |
| T | F | U | N | G | I | T | K | K | A | N | U | K | A |
Find these words
- Beech
- Canopy
- Fern
- Fungi
- Kahikatea
- Kānuka
- Kauri
- Kawakawa
- Lichen
- Mamaku
- Mānuka
- Moss
- Nīkau
- Ponga
- Rimu
- Stream
- Supplejack
- Tōtara
- Track
- Waterfall
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About this word search
The New Zealand bush is unlike any other forest. Kauri grow to an enormous size, and Tāne Mahuta in Waipoua Forest is the largest living kauri known. The kahikatea is the tallest native tree, the nīkau is the southernmost palm in the world, and the ponga, the silver fern, is a symbol of the whole country. Supplejack vines tangle across the track and kawakawa leaves are often full of little holes.
The grid is fourteen by fourteen and the words run across, down and diagonally, never backwards. Supplejack is the longest at ten letters and has the only J on the board. Kahikatea and waterfall have nine letters. Rimu, moss and fern are the shortest at four. Macrons drop out, so tōtara becomes TOTARA and nīkau becomes NIKAU.
Take the sheet on your next bush walk and tick off each tree or plant you can name. At a kauri track, it is also a good moment to talk about why everyone cleans their shoes at the boot station.
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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