The Fish Highway
There is a maze of water and sewage pipes under Wellington’s pavements, beneath manhole covers and bundles of cables.
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Series: Connected 2013 level 3 - Food for Thought...
Category: Non-fiction
Strand: Nature of science
The Fish Highway
Words and Illustrations by Adele Jackson.
The oldest pipes are lined with bricks. They snake under the streets.
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Connected 2013 level 3 - Food for Thought
In this Connected series there are five articles ("Why is the Moon Upside Down?"; "A New Zealand Crocodile?"; "Fast Rust"; "You Can Count on It"; "The Fish Highway").
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3 of 5Fast Rust
What doesn’t breathe but can’t live without air, doesn’t drink but needs water near, never sleeps and won’t rest much, is stronger than steel, but crumbles at a touch?
4 of 5You Can Count On It
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