About TuiTime

 TuiTime was developed by the New Zealand Ecological Society (NZES) www.nzes.org.nz/.   Its purposes are to encourage teachers to make greater use of ecological studies in their teaching, to encourage students to learn about New Zealand's unique ecology and to engage them in interactive games and activities that teach them knowledge, attitudes and values about ecology.

NZES was formed in 1951 to promote the study of ecology and the application of ecological knowledge in all its aspects.  Through its activities, the society attempts to encourage ecological research, increase awareness and understanding of ecological principles, promote sound ecological planning and management of the natural and human environment and promote high standards both within the profession of ecology by those practicing it, and by those bodies employing ecologists.

Landcare Research Department of Conservation Foundation for Research, Science and Technology

This project was initially funded by the Science and Technology Promotion Fund which is administered by the Royal Society of New Zealand. Additional funding was provided by NZES, Landcare Research, the Department of Conservation and the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology. The improvements and additions to TuiTime were funded by the Ministry for the Environment's Sustainable Management Fund.

Thanks to the many people who contributed their time, energy and resources to make this project possible:

NZES Education subcommittee: Carol West Laura Sessions Jacqueline Beggs
	Heurisko Ltd	Software development and project management
		Shockwave game "Tiaki's Life"
	Hinerau Jones and Miriama Setterington of ' Classy Sisters Ltd' Makers of Te Reo Maori Classroom Products	Incorporation of Maori dimension
Jo Dudley, Teacher, Paparoa Street School Chris Arcus, Ministry of Education		TuiTime Learning Outcomes and school trial
Geoff Moon		Permission to reproduce "Spying on a tui nest"
Teri McClelland		Initial idea
Anne Stewart, John Craig, Sandra Anderson, Karen Denyer, Isabel Castro		Scientific review
Clifton Terrace Primary School, Maureen Green		Teacher & student review
Dianne Brunton, Brian Gill, Ornithological Society of New Zealand, Matt Walters		Other contributions
Sheryl McCammon Tim Galloway		Artwork
Natural History New Zealand		video and audio files
Matt Walters, Plant and Microbial Sciences, University of Canterbury		photographic assistance

Photo credits:
Permission to reproduce the following illustrations has been given by the Department of Conservation (DOC), Landcare Research (LCR), Plant and Microbial Sciences Department (PAMS) at the University of Canterbury, Heurisko Ltd and the Ornithological Society of New Zealand (OSNZ).

Eat to live:
1. LCR - Peter Wilson - beech forest
2. LCR - Jo Rees - caterpillar
3. LCR - Richard Toft - kaka
4. DOC - Tui's curved beak and brush-like tongue. M. F. Soper
5. LCR - beech forest
6. LCR - Bruce Thomas - honeydew drop

Fight for it:
1. LCR - Landcare Research collection - possum
2. LCR - Richard Toft - wasp

Eat or be eaten:
1. LCR - Landcare Research collection - stoat
2. LCR - Landcare Research collection - possum

Death and dying
1. LCR - Jacqueline Beggs - puffballs

Fitting in
1. LCR - Richard Toft - tui flight feather
2. LCR - Richard Toft - tui body feather
3. DOC - Tui, Little Barrier Island. J. Kendrick
4. PAMS, U of C opening of a mistletoe flower, T. Galloway
5. DOC - Tui's curved beak and brush-like tongue. M. F. Soper
6. DOC - Tui tongue close-up. M. F. Soper
7. OSNZ - maps of tui distribution

A Helping Hand
1. DOC - D.P. Murray - Night trap capture in black stilt habitat, showing ferrets, feral cats and harriers, Canterbury
2. DOC - S.C. Barnett - Possum bait station containing barley attached to tree trunk, Pureora Forest
3. DOC - Rat emerging from rat tunnel with poison bait in mouth, Breaksea Island
4. DOC - D. Merton - Stoat trap box containing a Fenn trap baited with an egg, Maud Island 

Glossary
1. LCR - beech tree trunk covered in honeydew
2. DOC - S.C. Barnett - Possum bait station
3. Heurisko Ltd - beech scale insect
4. DOC - bellbird
5. DOC - bellbird and tui
6. DOC - Coprosma robusta berries, Maud Island, February 1998, D. Merton
7. LCR - Jacqueline Beggs - puffballs
8. DOC - Flax flowers, L. Mahinapua walkway. T. Lilleby
9. LCR - Landcare Research collection - honeydew drop
10. DOC - Huhu beetle (Prionoplus reticularis) Oamaru. R. Morris
11. DOC - Kowhai. J. C. Greenwood
12. PAMS, U of C - mistletoe flowers
13. DOC - Peraxilla colensoi flowers. C. Rance
14. PAMS, U of C - mistletoe flowers
15. PAMS, U of C - New Zealand falcon
16. PAMS, U of C - Rata flowers
17. DOC - Stitchbird
18. LCR - Richard Toft - wasp