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.