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September 6, 2024

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Article written by Shem Banbury - Kiwi Kids News Editor

This article was written using AI as an assistive tool for research and writing.

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On Saturday morning, a group of Year 8 students met at a beach near Tauranga for a community clean-up. They brought gloves, sacks, and water bottles. At first, the sand looked almost clean, but as the group moved closer to the rocks, they found bottles, food wrappers, and fishing line tangled in the seaweed. One student noticed that small pieces of plastic were hardest to collect because they blended in with the shells. By midday, the students had filled eight large bags. Their teacher said the real success was not only the rubbish they removed, but also the way the students helped protect the wildlife that lives along the shore.

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The students brought gloves, sacks, and water bottles to the beach. A group of students cleaned up a beach and helped protect the wildlife there. The students found that small pieces of plastic were hardest to collect because they blended in with the shells. By midday, the students had filled eight large bags with rubbish.