Core Education

The following questions are posed and answered by a locomotive engineer (train driver) : 1. How did you learn to be a train driver? 2. What is the best thing about your job? 3. Who keeps the track safe? 4. Who checks the train is safe? 5. Does the snow affect the train? 6. Could you explain the difference between a viaduct and a bridge? 7. How many deaths were there while the Otira tunnel was under construction? The cause of most deaths? 8. What is the steepest gradient within the Otira tunnel and the highest point? 9. Using today's technology, how much quicker do you think the Otira tunnel might have been completed in? 10. Have any earthquakes damaged the internal structure of the Otira tunnel?

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. In what ways do you use the railway? Do any of you catch a train to or from school? Who crosses the railway line on their way to and from school? 2. What are the main areas of safety you need to think about when catching a train or crossing the railway lines? 3. What do you think is a good part of the rail system that makes it easy to be safe? 4. Do you talk about rail safety at school? What sort of things do you discuss/learn about? 5. Why is it important to revisit rail safety ideas, even if you catch a train or cross railway tracks often? 6. If you catch a train to school, what do you enjoy about the journey? 7. When you are a passenger in a car near rail, how aware are you of rail safety? 8. Which of you are big fans of rail? Why? 9. What would you say to people who think rail safety has nothing to do with them?

The following questions were answered about rail and rail safety in Aotearoa New Zealand: 1. Compared to 100 years ago, are people at more risk from trains? 2. Apart from trains themselves, are there any other risks to people from the rail network (e.g. electrified wires)? 3. If I am just a citizen who has never been a passenger on a train, how does rail safety apply to me? 4. How is data informing what you do regarding rail safety? What are level crossings and are they the main focus? 5. What procedures do you have to help keep people safe around trains? 6. Are there bells and signs? Are there speed limits? Are drivers and staff trained and educated about safety? 7. Is there technology such as remote cameras at level crossings? Is it helping and if so, how do you know?What potential do you see for rail in our country?

The following questions about rail and rail safety in New Zealand are answered by John who organises Auckland trains: 1. Our country is long and thin with two main islands and lots of mountain ranges so is it difficult for us to have a safe rail system? 2. Is it safer to be a passenger on a train or to drive a car? 3. How are modern trains designed to help keep train passengers safe in the event of a collision or a derailment or a fire? 4. Like on planes, are there emergency procedures for trains? What are they? Are there signs to educate passengers? 5. Why do you think people don’t go on trains more? Do you think it is more about convenience than safety? 6. Who are the main players in rail safety and what are their roles e.g. passengers, train drivers, KiwiRail? 7. How is good rail infrastructure important from a safety point of view? Is technology helping? 8. How do you stop a train? Is there a brake? 9. How many people can a train carry? What is the weight a train can carry? 10. How fast can a train go a

The following questions were posed by schools and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Yesterday we met a Lead engineer. You are a Graduate engineer. What is the difference? 2. Why and how did you become an engineer? Was there an event or a person who influenced you? 3. What do you think is the cleverest part or the best engineering part of the Central Interceptor project? 4. What is the best part of your job, working on Central Interceptor? 5. Please tell us about a day when you did a whole lot of different things, as part of your role on this project. 6. Central Interceptor will cost over a billion dollars. Why do you think this is good value? 7. When will your work on this project finish? What do you think you might do next? 8. Central Interceptor will help urban streams and other waterways to be better. Tell us more about that. 9. Are you on track to complete the CI on time? 10. What is the gradient of the tunnel? Is it quite steep? 11. What happens if you drill and make a mistake? 12.

The following questions are posed and answered by an engineer and an environmental manager: 1. Is Central Interceptor the biggest engineering project you have worked on? What makes it so big? 2. What is the smallest engineering project you have worked on? 3. What is the difference for your work between a small engineering project and a big project? 4. How did you get to be an environmental manager on Central Interceptor? 5. What environmental things do you have to manage? 6. Do you use maths every day in your work? What sorts of things have to be calculated for this project? 7. How is Central Interceptor going to benefit Auckland's environment? 8. How will people notice the benefits of Central Interceptor?

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Mahuru, Norm and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. What species of fish are found in New Zealand wetlands? Can you tell us a bit about some of them? 2. How can we help biodiversity increase around our homes and school? 3. What might New Zealand's wetlands look like in future? What will impact that? 4. Can you tell us more about some plants in New Zealand that are poisonous? Edible? Medicinal? 5. What's the most interesting insect or bug you've ever heard of or seen? Please tell us about it. 6. Norm, why do you love kahikitea? Would they grow in Alexandra? What roles do kahikitea have in a forest ecosystem?

Mahuru and Ruud answered the following questions from students: 1. Bugman, when did you catch your first bug and what was it? 2. Are there any poisonous bugs native to NZ? 3. Mahuru, what do you like about studying wetlands? 4. Why do caterpillars turn into butterflies? 5. When do we have to start thinking about saving our biodiversity? 6. What insects help biodiversity in Mid Canterbury? 7. Where can you find the best example of sustainable biodiversity in New Zealand?

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi)and Greater Wellington Regional Council (Te Pane Matua Taiao). 1. Why are floods our number one hazard (and not earthquakes?) 2. Is there a definition of a flood? 3. What factors cause a flood? 4. Can you design cities and farms so they won't flood? 5. Where in Aotearoa are the most flood-prone places? Where are there no floods? 6. Are there priority places that authorities do not want to flood. For example, is it a low priority if some recreational places flood, such as a walking track or a sports field? Educational videos about floods at https://www.learnz.org.nz/floods222/videos

The following questions are answered by people from MetService (Te Ratonga Tirorangi) and National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA). 1. What are the best ways of finding information when there is extreme rainfall and you wonder if you are at risk of flooding? 2. What should you save first if your home is getting flooded? 3. Where should you go if your home is getting flooded? 4. What should you take with you if you have to leave your home because of a flood? 5. Should you do anything different if you are away from home, say on holiday, and your new location floods? Educational videos about floods at https://www.learnz.org.nz/floods222/videos

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