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Tōtara Park and the Botanic Gardens both have many similarities and differences. How are they similar and different? Tōtara Park and the Botanic Gardens share one thing in common and that is their environment, things from their environment that are both similar is that they both have many different plants and flowers. Another thing that is similar is that they both have an area to walk,run, or sprint. The difference between these two is that Tōtara Park has the most common plants and other things, and on the other hand the Botanic Gardens have more rare plants. Including African plants and many plants you wouldn’t see commonly. Another thing different about Tōtara Park and the Botanic Gardens is that the Botanic Gardens have a cafe and other things like statues. How do they both connect to Kaitiakitanga? They both connect to Kaitiakitanga because Kaitiakitanga is about land,sea and sky and about its environment, and land includes of nature and our trip to Tōtara Park and Botanic Gardens is learning about their environment and looking how they treat nature and so this is how it connects to Kaitiakitanga.