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.