persuasive writing

WALT- research native birds and write a persuasive piece about it.

Morepork/ruru

Hi my name is Kiesha and today I will be talking to you about the Morepork and why it is endangered and their history. I hope you enjoy.





Firstly, the Morepork is a yellow eyed night creature that sleeps during the day and hunts during the night. They are native to New Zealand and are also going extinct because of their predators the weasel, ferret, stoat, possum and rabbit. Hunters like to kill Morepork because they are slow so they are easy to catch. Hunters like to hunt these birds to make korowai.





Did you that in Maori tradition the Morepork was seen as a watchful guardian of the night. It belonged to the spirit world as it is a bird of the night but the high pitched “yelp” call was a sign of bad news or warnings to the people.





In conclusion I think Morepork need to be protected from the predators otherwise they will all die or go extinct because we weren’t protecting them.