Weather Bomb In Te Waipounamu! 💣

Wild weather bomb including high winds have flooded up most parts in Te waipounamu ( South Island ).

Around 970 visitors are trapped in a place called Franz Josef and are unlikely to get out until Friday. The only way in or out is by helicopter.  The council says it could take weeks to recover from the floods.

Timaru District remains under a state of emergency, which will not be lifted until at least one of the bridges reopens.

Summary On Graphics

During my twelve weeks at graphics I made a fake plastic juice cartoon box. The hardest part of making this was finding out what colour I was gonna do my backround.

We first started researching to find out what kind of fruit we each wanted to name it, I named mine blackcurrant knot. After that we then all moved on to publishing it on to a paper that folds into a juice cartoon. Once we did that we had to find out where we were gonna draw our barcode, ingredients, our straw our backround and a puzzle or a maze. Once that was all done I then did my backround but again that was confusing so I just did it what ever colour I thought would go with blackcurrant.

Lastly we cut it out then glued that cut out on to another piece of paper. When we were finished glueing it we had to give it to Mrs fergureson so she could laminate it. After laminating it we did out last cut out which was cutting out the laminating peices we didnt need. We then used scissors and a ruler to shaepen the ends to be able to make the folds perfect. Lastly we had to hot glue gun it all together so it wouldn't fall into pieces.

Kebab World Shop Could Face Legal Action From Mcdonals

A kebab store in Geraldine may face legal action from McDonalds.

Kebab World has used a similar logo to the one used by McDonalds.The sign is just a little bit different to McDonalds but not just. They have a upside down version of the M for McDonalds and instead of "McDonalds" in the red bar on the bottom they have "Kebab World" instead. McDonald’s has given the new shop one week to remove all signage.

New Zealands Biggest Solar Farm

The countrys largest solar farm is to e built at Mardsen Pt in northland.

The project will cost $37million. The solar farm will supply 26.7 MW, which is about 10 percent of the refinery's electricity needs.  Tapping into solar-generated electricity is expected to shave around 3-4million from our annual grid electricity bill.

Santa Learns Te Reo Maori

Santa Learns Te Reo Maori 

Children who write wishlists to Santa through the New Zealand Post would get a response in either Te Reo Māori or english. The NZ Post said the traidition had been running for 20 years and dozens of children had already been hand writing letters since August this year. Santa’s little helpers working at NZ Post are aiming for a record of a hundren thousand letters in total this year. Messages can be sent to santa online using the NZ post interactive website. Last year there was 92,395 letters that had been sent to Santa, which has been increasing year on year.

Smart Learners !

As smart learners you know that you understand what people are trying to say and sometimes demonstrate people that dont know what to do. If you are a cybersmart learner you'll spend more time learning on devices then doing other things. Being a cybersmart learner means you are just on devices for the whole time during your programme. While being a smart learner you get to learn new and newer things to do on chromebooks.

Fire At The Auckland Sky City Convention Centre

On the 22nd of october 2019 there was a fire that had hit the auckland sky city convention centre. 

Large flames were coming out of the building just after 1pm. The fire started in the roof cavity and it’s been difficult for firefighter’s to get inside the building and to the top. It then went on the seventh floor before spreading to the sixth. St John says one person has been admitted to Auckland City Hospital in a serious condition and more than 200 people made it out in time before it had started coming down because of the fire happening, there are less and less people not wanting to go to any of the restraurants in or near the Sky City. 

Jacinda Ardern Meets Donald Trump

On September 24th 2019 the New Zealand president (Jacinda Adern) met with the United States President (Donald Trump). There was a 25 minute meeting held at the Intercontinental Hotel in New York. Both Ardern and Trump were taking part in the United Nations  Assembly in New York, All media were banned from attending the first official sit-down meeting between the two leaders Jacinda Adern and Donald Trump. 

Millions Of Children Walk For Climate Change

On September 22nd millions of people had taken part in  the global climate change protest. 

The protest is said to be the biggest protest we've ever had. Protesters from over 150 countries have taken part in demonstrations. The aim is to try put pressure on the MP'S, governments and councils to do more about climate change. Lots of children all over the world think that adults and big companies aren’t doing enough to tackle climate change and they want their voices to be heard. The strikes are going to be before the United Nations Climate Change Summit. Jacinda Ardern (The Prime Minister) will be attending for New Zealand. Those taking part want world leaders to take more urgent action to protect the planet now and in the future.

Flight postponed As Pilot Loses Passport

On Thursday the 12th there was a flight from Vietnam that was postponed 11 hours after the pilot had lost his passport.

The 160 passengers had to wait for a replacement pilot to be found but becuase the flight was late at night it wasn’t possible until the following day. The flight finally took off at 9.40am on Saturday. It was supposed to leave at 10.35pm on Friday. The airline booked travellers into hotels and provided breakfast.The airline is also investigating exactly how the pilot lost his travel papers.

Prime Minister Ardern Meets With Twitter CEO

On september the 9th Jacinda Ardern had a meeting with the twitter CEO ( Cheif executive officer ).

Jacinda Ardern had talked with Jack Dorsey ( The CEO ) about getting rid of some extreme groups on the social media site ( Twitter ).

 Ardern and Dorsey had a meeting in Paris earlier this year about the Christchurch Attacks. A spokesperson for Ardern said ''conversations between the two have been ongoing'' and it is possibly about the christchurch attacks. 

A number of social media sites have been criticised for not doing enough to keep people safe online and get rid of extremist views.

Measles Outbreak Hits New Zealand

On September the 1st, New Zealand had a massive outbreak of measles. 

The measles have mostly affected children younger than five and those aged between 15 and 29. Auckland Regional Public Health Service has said that New Zealand has now lost immunity against measles.

There will be more people in the hospital in a few more days or weeks trying to cure people with the measles. Measles are very contagious so when one person is infected, it could spread to about 15 or more people when they cough or sneeze. 

Funding For Hamilton To Auckland Rail Service

In Hamilton the citizens funding have raised enough for a new rail service from Hamilton to Auckland. That means that there will be a station in Hamilton and it will be made by next year. It will cost around $92 million.

The final aim is to get the train all the way into Britomart which is in Auckland City. The transporter Minister Phil Twyford announced the funding on Friday, saying that more and more people are travelling around on different rail systems makking it even longer. Passengers will need to know that the new route is going from Hamilton to Papakura, so therefore they would need to switch trains. 

Last COOKING!!!! Mince Gravy With Patato Salad

Today at tech me and my buddy made Mince Gravy With Potato Salad.

If you would like to try make this here are the ingredients and steps.

Ingredients/Equitments
Potato
Mince
Onion
Bis-to
Flour
Mayonnaise
mixed vegetables
Plate
Pot
Pan
Bowl
Measuring cup
spoon
fork

Step 1: Boil your potato until it's cooked.
Step 2: Fry your mince and onion together.
Step 3: Add one cup of bisto and flour together to form a gravy.
Step 4: Add vegetables to a bowl and boil it on the stove.
Step 5: When your mince and your potato's are cooked place them on the table.
Step 6: Add some mayo into the potato salad and then mix.
Step 7: Mix your vegetables into your mince.
Step 8: Place your potato salad onto your plate.
Step 9: Place your mince onto the other half of the plate.

Government Pledges To Fight Homelessness

On Sunday the 18th of August the government fights to give homeless people about $54,000,000 dollars so the homeless people living on the side of the roads will be reduced.

The money will go towards programmes that support at-risk individuals and families. The plan is to get them to stay in a stable and comfortable house. The news was announced by Minister of Social Development Carmel Sepuloni late last week.The plan is to have 67 intensive case managers and navigators to work with homeless people. Their role will be to work with those in most need.

Fossils From Human Sized Penguin

On Thursday the 14th of August there were human penguin sized fossils found in Waipara.

The fossilised bones were found by a lovely lady named Leigh Love. Apparently the fossils have been there for about a year and had only been found yesterday. There were Five other penguin species have been discovered at the same site. It is believed that the species was alive between 56 million and 66 million years ago. Evidence showed that the bird weighed up to 80kg and was about 1.6m tall. The discovery makes this one of the largest penguins ever discovered.

Cooking!!! Butter Chicken

Today at technology we made butter chicken.
If you would like to try and make it, here are the steps and ingredients.

Ingredients
onion
chicken
butter chicken sauce
spices
cream
rice

Steps -

1 - Dice half an onion and a slice of chicken.

2 - Add oil to your frying pan and add your onion.

3 - Once your onion is brown add your chicken into the frying pan.

4 - Add your butter chicken sauce, cream and brown sugar to the frying pan.

5 - Cook all of your ingredients together until it bubbles.

6 - Wait for about 10-15  minutes until its all cooked.

7 -  Grab a plate and serve butter chicken with rice.

8 - Eat and enjoy.

Warehouse Creates New Zealand’s First Online Mall

On august the 5th the warehouse launched a one stop online-shop. It has been announced  as New Zealand’s biggest online mall.

Last Thursday morning a The Market was launched with over 1500 stores on it. The new website cost at-least $12 million or over to build. New Zealand is currently the lowest for people buying stuff online. There is a lot of people thinking that this was a good idea because all they need to do is order and it'll be brought to them. It is much easier because now they wont have to go anywhere with the weather;

KAYAKING!!

Today we went to Wero White Water Park for kayaking. It was our second time going there but the first time we went we did something different with a group but today we did KAYAKING!! buy ourselves.

I fell out of my kayak about two times and pushed three people put of the boat. The water was freezing cold but even colder with the wind blowing at us. we had three tutors but they didn't tell us their name. One of my friends didn't fall out but she got wet four by one of the tutors. When we got out i got my bag and went straight to the shower because i was really cold.

It was so much fun.

COOKING!! Mince wrap

Today at tech me and my buddy made Mince wraps.
If you would like to try and make it yourself here are the ingredients and steps.

Ingredients
Onion
mince
pastry sheets
flour

Put oven on 200 degrees Celsius.
Steps

Step 1 - slice and dice the onion.

Step 2 - Fry mince.

Step 3 - when onion is all diced up add into mince and fry the mince and onion until mince is cooked and onion is brown.

Step 4 - add homemade sauce into mince.

Step 5 - Wait for the sauce to desolve.

Sauce
Add 2 tbsp of flour an a half a cup of hot water into a jug, stir for 5 minutes and take it off the heat.

Step 6 - cut two pastry sheets into 4 equal pieces on both.

Step 7 - fill up four pieces of pastry with equal mince.

Step 8 - with the last four pieces lay on top and press edges down with a fork.

Step 9 - put in oven for about 20 minutes or until crispy.

Step 10 - After its been 20 minutes take it out and let it cool down for about 5 minutes.

Step 11 -  After 5 minutes eat and enjoy.

COOKING!! Chicken Wrapper

Today at tech we made chicken wraps. If you would know how to make it , here are the ingredients and steps.

Ingredients:

Lettuce 

tomatoe

chicken

 mayo 

chicken 

Step 1: Dice your lettuce and tomato.
Step 2: Place your wrap on a chopping board.Step 3: Spread mayo on the wrap.Step 4: Sprinkle your chicken on the wrap.Step 5: Sprinkle the rest of your ingredients on the wrap.Step 6: Add some cheese on top.Step 7: Wrap it up then cut it in half.Step 8: Enjoy!

Police Force Protestors From Ihumātao

On Wednesday the 24th of July, Auckland police issued eviction notices for the protestors living in Ihumātao.

 Ihumātao is a small settlement in South Auckland that has deep cultural that is important to Auckland and New Zealand. The problem for Ihumātaohas been going on for years. A large building company want to use the land to build houses. However, a group called SOUL believe the land has a strong cultural significance. They have been living on the land protecting it and stopping the building process. This latest move by Council and Police is an attempt to solve the problem and enable a housing development to start.

Cooking!!! Mini Quiches

Today at tech me and my buddy made mini quiches. 
If you would like to try and make it here are the ingredients and steps.

ingredients
eggs
milk
ham
cheese
pastry
oil

Steps 

1. Preheat oven to 180 digress Celsius and whisk 4 eggs with one cup of milk.
2. Slice and dice ham.
3. pour oil oil in a one of the muffin holders, grab a pastry brush and spread around each 12 holes.
4. put cheese, diced ham and the 4 eggs with milk.
5. put it in the oven for about 15 to 20 minutes.
6. Take it out of the oven and let it cool down for about 5 minutes.
7. After it has cooled down take it out and put it on a plate for about 2 minutes.
8. Take one to eat and enjoy.

Hump Ridge

Today Hump Ridge was titled as the great walk.

The new walk won a special contest to select New Zealands next great walk. The 61km track in South-land will now experience a series of upgrades, transforming it from a two to a three-night experience. means it will officially Become a great walk in 2022.

WORLD CHAMPION - Silver Ferns Win Thriller

People know that earlier this morning the silver ferns and Australia had a game of netball.

Australia was known as one of the favorites people for going in a competition. They had been the world champion since 2003 but Today's result means that New Zealand has now won the title 5 times. The match itself was exciting.The Silver Ferns led 28-25 at half time and then by 4 at the little end of the 3rd quarter. Australia fought back in the final quarter and won it by three goals but New Zealand had enough strength to hang on. 

Chocalate Muffins

Today at tech me and my buddie ( Kate ) made Chocolate muffins.

If you would like to try make them here are the ingredients and steps.

ingredients
South Raising Flour
Sugar
Cocoa
Chocolate chips
Oil
Milk
Yoghurt  ( your opinion )
Vanilla essence
Chocolate sauce ( if Wanted )

Steps
Step 0 - Put oven on 180 degrees Celsius

Dry steps
Step 1 - Put one and a half  cup of South raising flour
Step 2 - Add half a cup of sugar
Step 3 - Add one quarter of cocoa and 50 grams of chocolate

Wet steps
Step 4 - Add half cup of oil in a diffrent bowl
Step 5 - Half a cup of milk
Step 6 - Add one egg
Step 7 - Add 2 tablespoons of yoghurt
Step 8 - 1 teaspoon of vanilla essence
Step 9 - Add Dry ingredients into wet
Step 10 - Mix well and place into cup cake tins
Step 11 - WH=hen you see its not watery take it out and let it cool down for about 10 minutes
Step 12 - Eat and Enjoy

Tamaki Estuary Trip

On Monday our whole school went to the tamaki estuary to pick up all the rubbish. Each one of us had a little buddie and they had a bucket to put all the rubbish in it. My buddies were Labrohn and Mya. They were little so they were the ones spotting out all the rubbish and putting it in the bucket.We found two glass bottles and heaps of plastic bags, cardboard, news paper and paper bags so i picked up the bottles and let my buddies go pick up all the other stuff. At the end when we got down to the cool park we dropped our buckets and the teachers from Auckland Zoo ( Frasser, Hazel and ) said they'll count it all up and give us the amount of how many  peices of rubbish we picked up. We went to eat but some people wanted to go on the playground more then eat.

Kumara Frittata

Today at tech me and my buddy made something we haven't tasted before / Kumara Frittata.

If you would like to try make it yourself here are the steps and ingredients.

ingredients
Kumara
onion
milk
eggs

Steps

Step one - Peel the Kumara and crate cheese.

Step two - Whisk 4 eggs with one cup of milk.

Step three - Mix with Kumara and pour into a small baking tin.

Step four - Bake at 200 degrees Celsius for about 15-20 minutes.

Step five - Take it out and serve it on a plate.

Step six - Grab your knife and fork and enjoy.

Spaghetti Carbonara.

Today at Tech me and my buddy made Spaghetti Carbonara.

If you would like to try make it, here are the ingredients to use and the steps on how to make it -

Ingredients-
- Spaghetti
- Carrot
- Onion
- Zucchini
- Bacon
- Cheese
- Cream

Steps-
- Boil Spaghetti with 3 cups of water in a pot.
- Bake your bacon in a metal baking tin at 200 degrees Celsius.
- Scrape Zucchini, carrot, onion.
- Mix spaghetti, vegetables, cheese, cream.
- Scoop it into your bowl with a tong/wooden spoon.
Enjoy!

Wero White Water Park

Last week Friday Our classroom went to Wero White Water Park.

We got changed into our togs then we all went over to all the instructors to put our wet suits, water boots, helmet and life jacket on.

After that we went across to our Class tutor Ethan. He talked to us for 20 minutes after that he split us up in groups of six. In our Group we had Leanah, Jessica, Riiana, Kotipi, Limiteti and Storm ( Me ) . Our group instructor was JJ.


We learnt how to:
Cross A River
Paddle
Keep Safe
Find out the depth of the water
How to float in fast water
How to get a person back in the boat

Silver Corn Beef With Vegetables

Today at technology we made silver corn beef it is like a soup.
If you would to try and make it yourself her is what u will need and how to make it.

Ingredients: 
cabbage
potatoes
carrot
onion
cauliflower
broccilli
tomato
corn beef
salt ( your option )
pepper ( your option )
chilli powder ( your option )

Steps:
Step 1 -  add 3 cups of water into a pan,  Put on high.
Step 2 - Slice meat cabbage, potato, carrot and onion then put it into the frying pan.
Step 3  - After that mix all it up then slice the cauliflower, broccilli and tomato. Put in the frying pan with others.
Step 4 - add all your spices.
Step 5 - mix around and wait for about 20 - 30minutes to sit.
Step 6 - keep checking on thew water making sure it is above all the vegetables.
Step 7 - when the potatoes are soft take it out and prepare on a plate.
Step 8 - Eat and enjoy.

Flu vaccine

New Zealand’s Immunisation Advisory Center has announced that New Zealand are short on Flu vaccine / immunisation. 

Just a week into the flu season the Ministry of health said that '' almost 1.3million people have had that vaccine '' which is about the same number that had them last year.





The flu vaccine is a much common cold and flu-related illnesses. It has caught around 400 deaths just over a year in New Zealand. With low storage of flu vaccine the ministry of health says that '' it will only be given only to eligible for publicly jabs, including the elderly, those with chronic illness and pregnant women. 

English Breakfast

Today at technology we made English breakfast. If you want to try and make it yourself, here are the steps and the ingredients you'll need.

Ingredients
sausage
bacon
egg
baked beans
bread
butter

Step 1 - Toast the bread in the oven at 200 digress Celsius using a flat baking tin.
Step 2 - Fry sausage, bacon and egg in a frying pan with oil.
Step 3 - Tip out oil and put heat up baked beans.
step 4 - Put all your baked food on to a plate.
step 5 - lastly, you may enjoy your food.

Government Delivers 2019 Budget

On the 30th of may, the government had officially said out the budget for 2019.
The heading announcement in the budget was a decision to put $1.9 billion dollars towards mental health, that includes a brand new front-line service. The 2019 budget also was to allocate $1bn to the railway system and that will give some schools extra funding to replace parents donations.


This budget has been tagged the ‘Wellbeing Budget’.

Samoan Language Week

As most of yous should know yesterday was the start of Samoan language week.

Samoan language week is the first of seven Pacific language weeks to be held this year. This years theme is "weaving an environment for a better future".

Here are Samoan phrases that you may want to try this week.

Welcome back - maliu mai
Thank you - faafetai
Your welcome - faafetai foi
Sorry - malie
Please - faʻamolemole
Hello - talofa
Goodbye - tofa soifua
Respect others - Faaaloalo i isi
Beautiful - aulelei

Mount Cooks Visitors hit 1 million

On the 22nd of may 2019 the Mount Cook mountain hit 1 million Visitors.

The visitor details show how many people in new Zealand have great seasons. Visits to Stewart Island were also up 76 percent on last year with a total of 17,000 visits but visits to North-land's Tāne Mahuta walk up by 44 percent, with 152,000 visits.

Inter-School Football 2019

On Wednesday 15th of May Our football team went into the inter-schools football at Pt-England reserve.

I was the person to kick-off (captain) for the girls. The year 7 and 8 girls versed seven schools and the year 5 and 6 boys versed fifteen schools.

The boys came 6th out of 15 and the girls came 6th out of 6. We had a tie in 3 games and we lost 3. That was a Fun game.

New Zealand Teachers Go On Strike

On May the 29th this year, there will be a teacher strike day.

That means no school for primary, intermediate and college children and the teachers will be combined with over 50,000 people while holding up signs to persuade the ministers  to spend more money on boosting teachers. For the past four years the ministers have already offered 1.2m dollars. All college, primary and intermediate teachers have been offered a pay-rise of 3 per-cent a year.

Anzac Service At Ruapotaka School

On the 12th of April Ruapotaka School had our own service for Anzac.

If you have no idea what Anzac is, Anzac is a day to remember the soldiers who fall for our country.  First we sang the national anthem, our school prayer and our whole school song.

After that we had the special guest come up to bring all the kids to the front, who had a poem, story or art work to share about Anzac. Lastly we had a 1 minute silence and then we were all free to go.

Kiwi Can

Today we had our first lesson of Kiwi Can.

There were five rules that we have to follow.

Our tutors Mrs Mac, Mr Matt and Miss Tuia taught us some games and the names of the three games we played were bang, GKQ ( General Knowledge Questions ) and Changes. They asked us questions about Integrity and Honesty.
The Rules Were :
1. Respect others

2. Ask Questions if you don't know

3. Listen to the speaker.

4. Don’t be shy give it a try.

5. Have Fun.

Kiwi Can encourages people to step up and to not be afraid of anything.

Tekoteko Art

Every Friday Mr Reid teaches us art skills or something to do with art.

For the past few weeks we have been focusing on our tekoteko. If you don't know what a tekoteko is, it is a Maori carved figure that is normally on a roof of a Marae to show greetings to new people and family members of the Marae. 

We have now all finally done the tekoteko and ready to move on to Samoan and Tongan designs. I am so happy to move on.

Learning Our General Knowledge

For the past two weeks Room 12 has been Writing about General knowledge. If you don't know what that is, its is information that is important and you should know by now.

General knowledge is things that are so important. They are facts that are also interesting.

School Assembly Led By Room 12

On Monday the 18th of February we had assembly lead by room 12.

We sat in our individual classes, which is our normal routine. Then we sang our national anthem, karakia and our school song. After that we had one person from each class that has achieved to come up and get a book. There were heaps of kids.

In the end when our assembly was up we all went to go pick up our hats from outside and went back to our class. I was happy because my feet had pins and needles.

Room 9 Team Assembly

On Monday the 11th of March, Room 9 led the syndicate assembly.

The assembly was fun, they played a game called Maths bang, where two students from each class challenged  each other.

There were two songs. One of them was Don't Give It Up and the next was Stand By Me. At the end of the assembly we all gave a special clap to Room 9 for the effort they put into their awesome hosting skills.

Cyber-smart 2019 Passwords

Today we are writing about Cyber-smart. If you don't know what that is, it is a site where you can pick one thing that you want to write about and you have to explain what it is, I chose passwords.

The reason I chose passwords is because some people's accounts are getting hacked. They're giving out there password to random people. If you're going to give your account out make sure you are able to actually trust them and not just give it to them and to give it to someone you have had a good communication with. Make sure to have a secure password.

My first day back at school

Last week Monday i returned to school.

It was awkward but fun at the same time. The reason it was awkward was because most of my friends weren't here but it was fun because I got to know new people. I was so exited to come to school because I had took a week off school. I was sick but I'm glad I'm back at school now and most off my friends are back.