Animal Care in Tauranga
What you'll learn
The course is the same online course wherever you study from. Its modules:
- 1. Subject 1 – Animal Healthcare
- 2. Subect 2 – Pet Selection and Care
Animal & wildlife near Tauranga
Places in and around Tauranga where you can see this field in action.
SPCA Tauranga Centre (opens in a new tab)
The SPCA's Tauranga centre in Gate Pa takes in just over 2,000 animals a year, which makes it one of the organisation's busiest centres.
Students of animal care or welfare can look into the centre's listed volunteer positions and its foster programme to get hands-on time with shelter animals.
Western Bay Wildlife Trust (opens in a new tab)
A community conservation group monitoring little blue penguins (kororā) and grey-faced petrels at Mauao and Moturiki, which also runs wildlife rescue across the western Bay of Plenty.
Bird and wildlife students can follow the trust's seabird monitoring and ask about helping with its fieldwork and habitat restoration.
Ōtanewainuku Kiwi Trust (opens in a new tab)
A community charity founded in 2002 to protect North Island brown kiwi, kōkako and other native species in the unlogged Ōtanewainuku Forest, 20 km south of Tauranga.
Conservation students can see a working predator-control and kiwi recovery programme close to the city and check the trust's volunteer page.
University of Waikato Coastal Marine Field Station (opens in a new tab)
A university research station at Sulphur Point that supports field research and training in Tauranga Harbour and around the Bay of Plenty, including seaweed aquaculture research.
Marine studies students can follow the station's harbour research and, later, the public programmes planned for the university's new marine facility at Sulphur Point.
What our students say
Highly Recommend
It is one of the most fun and easiest courses, It has all the information you need, plus if you do it in order there is no doubt you can pass it.
I enjoy it so much and its a course that has helped me decide on what I want to aim for in the long run. The tutors are awesome and help you throughout and give great feedback on each module/lesson you do! Highly recommend it!
When I decided that I wanted to study I…
When I decided that I wanted to study I was quite hesitant and wasn’t too sure at first but from the first phone call till even now has been quite amazing.. the tutors are just absolutely great and really friendly and caring… The course is easy to follow assignments not too hard but still challenging… I would recommend them to anyone thinking about online study for sure…
Easy to understand and great support
I have been conducting a 12 week course, the information provided has been easy to understand and extremely informative. If at any point i have run into difficulties, my tutor has been there to give assistance and advise me the best way to progress forward.
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Sources for the local information on this page
- spca.nz/centre/tauranga-centre/volunteer-foster
- givealittle.co.nz/org/westernbaywildlifetrustforpenguinsandpetrels
- sunlive.co.nz/news/358915-local-collaboration-to-protect-mounts-penguins.html
- kiwitrust.org/
- waikato.ac.nz/research/institutes-centres-entities/centres/coastal-marine-field-station/about-us/
- waikato.ac.nz/about/major-projects/marine-research-and-education-facility/
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