Reported Dog Attacks on New Zealand's Smallest Penguins Rise
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The same story at six levels
How the first sentence reads at every level, from A1 to C2.
- A1
DOC has news about dog attacks on kororā.
- A2
Data from DOC shows more reported dog attacks on kororā.
- B1
Data from New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) shows a rise in reported dog attacks on kororā.
- B2
Data from New Zealand's Department of Conservation (DOC) shows that reported dog attacks on kororā rose from four in 2021 to 28 in 2025.
- C1
Weighing 1 kg, the kororā is the smallest penguin in the world.
- C2
Tipping the scales at 1 kg, the kororā is the smallest penguin in the world.
Key words
Words from the B1 text, with their meaning.
- offence
- an illegal action or a crime against a rule or law
- classify
- to put things or animals into an official group or category
- incident
- an event that happens, especially something unusual or unpleasant
- compliance
- the act of obeying rules or laws
- coastal
- on the land near the sea
- frequent
- happening often, with short times in between
Rewritten with AI from facts reported by Department of Conservation (New Zealand). Read the original for the full report.