PLANTS & THEIR MEDICINAL USES

In Term 2 we looked at native NZ plants and trees that serve as rongoa (medicinal use of plants). This investigation came about from our interest in trees and finding out what we knew (which was a lot), with what we wanted to know more about.

Our investigations began with identifying native NZ plants and trees. There were many.
Then we wanted to find what RONGOA was and how it is and was used as a way for treating medicinal problems.

We each took one plant or tree and researched its properties.

It helped us to identify more plants in our school environment and equipped us with some knowledge when we were out and about too.

Here are some of the plants and trees that we chose.