Recovery Work Continues in Tongariro National Park
In the app: the whole story at your level, listening, the quiz and the word cards.
The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
The Department of Conservation is helping nature.
- A2
The Department of Conservation is working in Tongariro National Park.
- B1
In late 2025, fires burned more than 3000 hectares of land in Tongariro National Park.
- B2
In late 2025, fires burned more than 3000 hectares of alpine ecosystems in Tongariro National Park.
- C1
In late 2025, fires burned more than 3000 hectares of alpine ecosystems in Tongariro National Park.
- C2
In late 2025, fires burned more than 3000 hectares of alpine ecosystems across Tongariro National Park.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- hectare
- A unit of land area equal to 10,000 square metres.
- ecosystem
- All the plants and living creatures in a particular area considered in relation to their physical environment.
- recover
- To return to a normal state after a bad experience or damage.
- landscape
- Everything you can see when you look across a large area of land.
- pest
- Insects or animals that destroy plants, food, etc.
- native
- Growing or living naturally in a particular place, not brought from somewhere else.
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Read the original for the full report.