Weather Bomb Hits Te Waipounamu

A huge weather bomb has hit large parts of Te Waipounamu.

With crazy weather, that includes high winds and torrential rain, have soaked large parts of southern New Zealand.


Townships on the West Coast including Franz Josef and Fox are cut off as washouts and slips blocked State Highway 6.

Last Woodworks Class For The Year

For the last Day of Tech I had a little bit to do. I just had to put the front of the helicopter on and add the perpilors to it which was easy but long because it took half the leason for him to get to me which was very annoying but I did get it done at the end of the lesson which was good. To be honest I think my helicopter turned out good in the end. I think I did a good job on making it.

Air NZ To Offer In-Flight Exercise Classes

Air New Zealand has teamed up with a fitness company  called Les Mills to create a series of free inflight exercises.

By the beginning of this month, everyone of Air New Zealand's international passengers will have access to a series of stretches, exercises and meditation.

They are doing this because they hoped for passengers to have a good experience with their flight.

New Zealand Largest Waterslide opens

At a water park there has been a new slide release. The slide has been name Conical Thrill and is 13.5 metres high.

One of the interesting features of the slide is that it includes a twisting hydroslide before a steep drop that propels people up a vertical wall for a moment of weightlessness. The new slide was open on Friday morning. New thermal pods connected by waterfalls were open as well.

I for one wish to go to the water slide because it looks really big. I am also curious on the weightlessness bit. I also want to try out the vertical floor thing when it opens and you fall through it. If I were to rate the slide I would rate it 10 out of 10 from how cool it looks.a

Being cybersmart

The importance of learning about Cybersmart is so we can be safe online and not get scammed. If you go on a site you do not do at all you should be careful.

Watching out for emails that request money or you to click on a link to get some money those are scams.

Kiwi FireFighter To use Vr Headsets to Train

Firefighters will begin to use Vr headsets to do some training and prepare them for complex missions and unsafe scenarios.

The FLAIM system that was made in Australia, creates real life scenarios in the vr headset and it

includes protective clothing that generates realistic heat.

That means that the firefighters can go in the buildings that have a lot of fire while they are safe in the real world.

Wood Works

Today at tech I was sand papering my joint so the wood could fit in it. It took a while for it to be able to fit. After a couple of minutes I went to  Mr Grundy to show my work but he just ignored me:(

New Political Party

The new party Sustainable New Zealand wants to highlight environmental issues facing New Zealand.  

The party is launching on November the 10th at Wellington’s urban ecosanctuary Zealandia.  

The newly form party's top three politics include healthy water, saving native species from extinction. 

New Zealand Might become the first 'dark sky' nation

New Zealand currently has three accredited dark sky sites. Aoraki Mackezine international dark sky Sky Reserve. Great sky barrier.


The 'Dark Sky' Title is an area with exceptional quality of starry nights and a commitment to protecting the animals that are nocturnal.

Local Elections Take Place Around New Zealand

The regions of New Zealand  have successfully completed all the body elections for this year.


During these elections, regions in New Zealand will vote for their mayor, city councillors and district health boards.

The votes of the country were mixed. The Electionsnz.com chief running returning warmick lamp said "turnout has been trending down for sometime"

Endeavour Sails Around New Zealand

The Endeavour Ship is apart of a flotilla, known as a Tuia 250.  This ship is a replica of James Cooks Endeavour and is sailing around New Zealand. The journey began on September the 28th. During the holidays the ship docked in Gisborne.

In some parts of the country  the flotilla has been met with protest. 

Kereru Count Begins

New Zealand yearly great Kereru count has started for 2019.

The New Zealanders are being asked to keep an eye out for the country wood pigeon after the sixth annual Great Kereru  Count got underway on Friday.

The project is aimed  at helping more scientists learn more about the kereue's behaviour.


Around 8000 siblings were logged on the great Kereru count website last year.

New Zealand Trying To Trademark Kia Ora

Intellectual Property of Office New Zealand has said the airline  applied in may to trademark showing in the greeting.

The Maori Council has said it would take the airline to court if it goes ahead with the trademark.

Intellectual property council  said the request was unlikely to be approved because the words were a common greeting. 

Trip To Rainbows End!

On the 31st of August I went to Rainbows End. We went to Rainbows End for Riiana's birthday.

When we first got there we went on the stratosfear. On the stratosfear once we let go we were going upside down. The second time we were going upside down I shouted to t-pose to them which was awkward because we could barely stretch our arms.

I then went off on my own to go Go Karting. It was fun because two of the people that were Go Karting got stuck when they were going to park there Go Karts. When it was my turn to go on the Go Karts I came first place because all the other people stopped.

Wellingtons Hand Face Sculpture

In Wellington there is a new five metre tall sculpture.

It was made by a person called Ronnie Van Hout. The sculpture is called Quasi.

The statue shows a large hand balanced on two fingers, with a human face in the palm. The original statue is at the Christchurch art gallery.

Reception to the new statue for the city has been mixed. Some people like it and other people hate it.

Funding For Hamilton To Auckland Train Service

92 million dollars in funding was Approved for the service. The train service will be available next year.

Transport Minister Phil Twyford announce the funding on Friday, He said that"more and more people are travelling between cities.

The train will run from Hamilton to Papakura. Passengers will have to go to the  Auckland  transport public system.

Mince Gravy With Potato Salad

Ingredients:
Vegetable oil
Potatoes
Peas,carrots and corn

Partner: Jessica

Step 1- Boil the potato until it is cooked.

Step 2- Fry the mince with onion add 1 cup of bisto and flour

Step 3- Serve with potato salad

Butter Chicken

Step 1- Dice the onion chicken
and put it in the frying pan and leave it until it is cook

step 2- Add butter chicken sauce spices, cream.
Stir for 10 mins and serve with rice.

Kayaking At White Wero Waterpark

On the 9th of August we went back to White Wero but not to raft, we went to kayak.

Before we started kayaking we had to put on the swimsuit  shoes, life jacket and helmet.

Instead of it just being for an hour we got to kayak for 2 hours.  I enjoyed kayaking even though  I tipped over but luckily I was not the only person that tipped over twice.

Mince Wrap

Step 1-Dice the onion and fry it with mince until it is cook

Add a 2 Tbsp of flour and 1 cup of hot water stir for 5 mins and take it off  the heat.


Step 2- Cut into equal 4 piece the pastry
Fill up the bottom sheet with mince

 Close with the top sheet  and seal all of the edges with the fork.

bake for 20 minutes.

Countdown Is Going To Stop Selling Energy Drinks To Children

In early September, people will need to be 16 or older to buy energy drinks.

Countdown said they are restricting energy drinks due to high levels or sugar and caffeine in these drinks. Energy drinks are not recommended for young people and already carried warnings on packaging.

The new move has had widespread support from health professionals throughout New Zealand. Many suggesting the government should bring in tighter rules, but the New Zealand Beverage Council, a group representing drink manufacturers, said it was disappointed at Countdown’s decision.

Chicken Wrapper

Ingredients
-lettuce
-tomatoes
-chicken
-cheese
-tortilla

Step 1- Dice lettuce and tomatoes

Step 2- get your tortilla  and put your fillings in it, the  fillings are tomato ,cheese,chicken and lettuce

Step 3-  Wrap the chicken up and then put it on the plate and the the side you wrapped put it on the bottom  of the plate

Mini Quiches Tech

 Partners: Me and Jessica

Ingredients 
4 eggs
ham
cheese
pastry
cup of milk

The tools we needed for this were
A knife
A lit to make the pastry circle
cooking Oil
Muffin trays




Step 1- Whisk 4 eggs with 1 cup of milk

step 2. Dice the ham


step 3- Add Cheese and line up the pastry into the muffin tray

step 4- Tin and bake 180c for 20 mins

Hump Ridge Walks Wins Great Walk Title =D

The new walk won a special contest to select New Zealand's Next great Walk.

The 61km track in the South Land will now go through some upgrades, transforming it from a two night to a three night experience. It will officially become a great walk in 2022.

It is my first time hearing about the great walks  and reading about it makes me want to go on one. Maybe when I am older I will go on a great walk.

Trip To Invercargill

On the 11th of July my family and I went to Invercargill. When we arrived at Ivercargill the first place we went to was Kings, my mum's favourite place to get fish. After we got something to eat we went to our hotel.

 A couple of days later we went to Queens Park for lunch. The food there was really nice, especially the fish they had. A few days past and it was now time to leave Invercargill and come back to Auckland. I really liked Invercargill because it was really quite and nice.

Trip To Tamaki River

On Monday the 1st of July we went on a trip to the Tamaki Estuary. We went there

to pick up rubbish. We started from the start of the walk path all the way to the end of the walk path.

We continued to pick up the rubbish we saw until we arrived at the park. We all had to get partners. When we got to the end we got to play on the park for a bit then we went back to school.

Wero WhiteWater Park

On the 21st of June we went on a trip to Wero WhiteWater Park. When we got there we first got into the water and learnt how to cross the river and after that we were then able to go and  raft. We rafted around the whole place only 3 times. After that we had a swim. Then we rafted back to where they got the rafts from.

  

I enjoyed that trip because we learnt how to raft. Learning to  rafting was also our first trip of the term. 

Silver Corn Beef

Today at Tech we had some beef... no, not fighting beef but FOOD BEEF! Well, silver corn beef.


The ingredients to make it were

Step 1.  Slice your meat and boil with - cabbage,potato,carrot,onion we also added cauliflower  and broccoli .

Step 2. if you want to spice up your food you can use salt,pepper or chilli power

Step 3. Make sure you clean up the area you made the food

Flu Vaccine Shortage In New Zealand

Around all of New Zealand there as been a shortage of Flu Vaccine. A week into flu season only 1.3 million  people around New Zealand have taken their flu shots. That is almost the same flu shots that were taken last year.

I think having a flu vaccine shortage is bad because if the vaccine runs out that means the people that didn't get their shots wont be as immune to sickness and then they will get sick and if they are in public they might get people around them sick and that is not good.

England Breakfast at Tamaki College

English Breakfast recipe/steps

step 1. Toast the bread in the oven

step 2. fry the sausage, bacon and egg

step 3. heat up the bake beans

Presentation

1. get a white plate and out your sausage bacon and egg on the plate

2. get your toast and butter it if you want to and put the bake beans on your bread if you want to.

Teacher Strike 2019

Around 50,000 teachers in New Zealand went on strike and didn't show up for school so that means around 750,000 students were not taught according to a Kiwi Kids news article. I for one really like that the teachers went on strike because that means no school but it wasn't good for the teachers because some teachers that go on strike meant they get less money even though they are going on strike for the money.


The government and the teachers are currently in  negotiations to decide how much the teachers get paid for the next three years.

Samoan Language Week

Today on the 27th of May is the start of Samoan language week.  Samoan week is an event that many people across New Zealand do. It's the first of seven pacific language to be held this year.

Most people try learn about the Samoan language. I like Samoan language week because it is apart of  my language and I want to learn about the Samoan language

because so far I only know how to say hello and bye

Morning Powhiri

On Monday the 13th of April we had a Powhiri.

The reason for the Powhiri is because we had two guest come to school. They came here because they are going to learn about our education. The people that came to learn about our schools educations names were Richard and Pan.


There company is called ERO. ERO stand for Education Review Office. I liked the powhiri because it was quick so my legs didn't get extremely saw.

Kiwican

We went to our schools multipurpose room for an introductory lesson. The people that  were running the lesson were Mrs Mac  and Miss Tuia.


                                                           What is Kiwi Can?

Kiwi Can is a program for primary schools that teaches things like integrity and respect. Also teaches us many other things like honesty. Kiwican goes around the entire country of New Zealand so they can go and do some fun filed learning activities.

The Activities we did

The actives  we did were bang changes and GKQ.  After that we asked them questions about them and what they did at Kiwi Can. .


                                                             Opinion And Thoughts
                                                            I thought Kiwi Can was fun because I like the activities we did.

Duffy show

On the 19th of February the whole school went to the Multipurpose room to watch the Duffy Show.
The show was called Stuck In The Game.The performers first told us some rules for what we needed to do.

 The protagonist, Duffy went to Sam's house because Duffy's parents were on holiday.When Duffy got to her house, Sam was just playing on her console.  Duffy was trying to get her attention but she didn't notice him so Duffy did a dance that  made him get stuck in the game.

He had 20 minutes to get out or he would turn into pixels .

Wood Works

Yesterday on the 14th all the year sevens and eights went to go do tech for the first time in 2019.My group was with Mr Grundy and he made us sketch out things we wish to make with the wood.We were allowed to copy the objects that were already made.