Pekapeka - Native Bat of Aotearoa

This term we have been learning about some of the weird and wonderful creatures that live in New Zealand. Did you know that pekapeka was the first mammal to live here? 

Bats are also the only mammals in the world that can fly.   New Zealand bats are small and can can fit in the palm of your hand but with their wings open they are about 28 centimetres wide. Pekapeka are nocturnal. At night they fly down to the bush floor to eat worms and insects. We made pekapeka models and wrote pekapeka reports. We chose some of the facts we wrote to display on a model.