Prisoners are Now Allowed to Vote!

In 2010 the government removed voting rights to all prisoners. But they have made it legal for prisoners to vote that are sentenced to less than three years in jail. They will start with 1,900 prisoners to be prepared

Mr government aims to help be productive New Zealand citizen upon their release. Leader Simon Bridges said at the next election they will change the law back.

I think prisoners should be allowed to vote .

Volcano In White Island 😱

Professions have alert a high chance of volcano in Whakaari's island.

The highest level on the scale is five, Which is only give a major volcano eruption. People need to be aware of this and stay away from the island.

This will be a recent volcano in the last couple of weeks.

Prince Charles and the Duchess arrive in New Zealand

They will be going to to North land, This is their third time visiting NZ. During their Auckland stay, Prince Charles and Camilla will receive an official welcome at Government House and meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Arden.

It will be the first time a member of the royal family has visited Waitangi since the Prince of Wales’ visit 25 years ago. The couple will fly out of New Zealand next Saturday.

I am happy a royal family has visited New Zealand

Manaiakalani Film Festival!

Every year we go to the cinemas to watch short films that student have created, Two students go on stage and present on what here film is based on.

When we went on Wednesday to the cinemas, I was excited to see all the interesting films but mostly exited to watch our schools one. Our classes film was formed on sign language. My favourite one was a tamaki college film because it represents how different and unique people are and we cant judge them.

This year was my last year going manaiakalani but I had a good time for my last year and enjoyed watching the films.

New Zealand largest water slide!

This Water slide was officially opened on Friday morning. 

All the features cost around 4 million and took 3 years to build so it is strong for adults and children.
The first people to try the slide was a school called Leith Field.

I hope i can try this slide one day.

Kiwi Can Jam!

For the past few weeks we have been practicing kiwi can jam.  Kiwi can jam is a bunch of schools that act and play different types of kindness, our school did integrity.

 The destination was at Vodafone event center. It was huge and we were preforming in front of 14 schools. We were like the fifth school to start I was really scared because it was a big stadium.
When we finished I was so relived because i didn't have to be nervous anymore.

I want to Thank every one that participated in this.

Smart Relationship!

When your online there could be  a lot toxic and mean people, so you have to make sharp choices with people you collaborate with online. Make sure to try manage a strong and positive relation ship with others, know if they support you and comment nice things about your blog but mostly have a good connection.

Try understand if you think think someone is being offensive and aggressive if they seem like that ignore them. As we are young we need to make smart decisions that don't involve mean words.

I think having a smart relation ship is important.

Santa Learns Maori

Santa is learning Maori so that children in New Zealand can write back in either English or Maori this is  a part of culture.

It is a tradition that children send letters to Santa, it has been going on for 20 years. From now until Christmas kids will be writing letters. Last year there was 92,000 letters sent. Santa's helpers are aiming for 100, 000

I think this is good because some kids cant speak English.

False Fire Alarm!

Fire Fighters was getting prepare after receiving a call at 7:40 am  at New market Mall.

 Everyone was worried there was a fire but it was just smoke from a generator.  there was a lot of fire engines but the smoke seem to settled down.

Its is good that none was injured and it wasn't a fire.

Face Recognition for Sheep!!

Dunedin company have made a special announcement they are designing a technology facial recognition for sheep.

This technology can help farmers in many different ways. It help them identify different sheep because they all look similar. This project has received $40,000 dollars

This is helpful in the future.

Fire At Auckland City

A large fire hit Auckland city at a very big building. This happened around 1 pm on Tuesday.

Some of the people that were in the city got injured. People that were in the city had to leave as soon as possible because of the pollution.

I would like to give credit to all the fire fighters because they worked so many hours just to get the smoke out.

Wellington Airport Colours seagulls!

sea gulls have become a huge problem for Wellingtons pilot because they see cants the sea gulls from kilometers away. 

They have decided to colour sea birds so they cant get injured. The food dye will wear of in 2 weeks

I think it is good that Wellington Airport has arranged this.

Hard Material!!

Today at Tech I got a lot more work done than I expected. After I finished measuring the pieces of wood I needed I moved on. It was time to start some real work.

I have never done wood work before so I was scared to start, but I wanted to finish quick so I can see my mirror. Mr Grundy checked my work and gave me a hack saw to cut the wood. I have never cut wood I was afraid I might not cut it straight. After I cut my first piece of wood I felt relived because my hands we getting tired.

I cant wait to finish my work.

Hack saw

Spark Sport!

New Zealand and Spark sport had made a special announcement that they will be streaming
New Zealand Cricket (NZC)  games online for people to watch. They had a deal with the online services . 

This deal will be lasting from April 2020 to April 2026.

I think this is a good deal because people wouldn't have to waste money on sports.

Assembly!!

On Monday we had a special assembly for Jessica. The assembly was to congrats Jessica for being a young leader for the Saint Peters community.

All teachers decided who they should give the leader award to but they all made final decision and choose Jessica. The reason thy choose Jessica was because she was a hard working person and always mad an effort to help people. She always organizes special event like assembly And helps Miss Hamilton.

At assembly Jessica's family members came to support Jessica. Mrs Golder said a long speech about her. All the prefects were saying what they liked about and how she has improved.  At the end Jessica was thanking everyone with  joy and happy tears.

I think Assembly was amazing.

Kakapo Hits high record!

Its is known that kakpos  hit the high record.

In 1991  a group of 51 kakapos were alive, last year there was 148. Experts believe that there are more kakapos since 1900s. The population has increased 70% from a few years ago.

Kakapos are not very good at breeding, Vets monitor them  because they are very fragile. As soon as they a strong enough they give them back to there parents. Because they are endangered animals.

I hope kakpos stay alive in the future.

Wood Work

Today my class and I went tech. When I arrived at tech I still had to continue with my paper work on eight things I want to design. I had had to choose one design I wanted to create, it was a hard decision but decided to make the mirror.

When I finished my drawing I moved on to the next step which was to write why I wanted to make the mirror and who it was for. The mirror was for me to decorate my desk with and so I can see how to put my earrings on.

I am excited to see complete finish on my design.

Hard Materiel

On Wednesday we switched Tech groups, my group and I moved to wood work. First, Mr Grundy gave us a couple of rules, because some machines are very dangerous.

We had to write 8 things we would love to make then we had to choose one. Near the end of our session we played a game against Mr Grundy but, no one could beat him.

 I had lots of fun a Tech.

Measles Has Hit New Zealand!!

A lot of people in New Zealand have a tragic disease called measles.

Measles is a contagious disease that spreads easily. This disease is treatable but is most likely to go to young kids. It is important to get vaccinated at a local clinic to prevent this disease. This illness appears for only a couple of days or weeks.

World wide 937 people have had measles, but most of the people are from Auckland. We have had 778 cases.

Remember to get vaccinated to protect yourself from measles.

Skip Off!

Next Friday skipping will begin. I am excited to see who can skip the longest without stopping. I mostly want to see what other classes have planned for their skipping display.

Our class has started practicing for the skipping display. On the day parents will come and watch their children skip.

I hope it doesn't rain.

Tech!

Today at tech I started on my board. I have changed my decision to do noughts and crosses because there wasn't  much time to do ludo.

For my board  I Made it smooth with 100 sand paper and brushed of the dust with a sweeping brush. After I attached the wood together with super glue, it took 15 minutes for the glue to dry.

I hope my game turns out great.

Train That Can Go To Auckland From Hamilton.

Transport Minister  Phil Tyword announced the funding on Friday.

A lot of people will be funding money for this transport to come true. Some may want to go to visit  relatives, friends etc.

This will launch next year.

Wellingtons Art Gallery Gets a New Sculpture!

The sculpture is  called Quasi,This was designed by an artist named Ronnie Van Hout. This is about 5 meters tall.

The sculpture is a hand with a serious hand in the middle. The sculpture was on Christchurch's art gallery but now its in wellington.

I think the sculpture looks good and others will love it to.

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Tech!!

At tech we started smoothing our  deign with sand paper so it can be soft. I decided to help Sione, Joanlisi and Agueer with there game because they had a lot to do. I exported my tinker card design to the teacher so she can make it 3d. When she is done I will soon start painting them in different colours.

I will need to make my dice and a few things three d before we move clases. I hope I can finish early.

Kayaking

On Friday we went to Wero Whitewater Park. The activity we were participating in  was kayaking, I was indeed excited to go kayaking because I have never experienced it before.

The instructor explained to us how to use a paddle facing the right way when your in the
water. First he arranged us in our heights so we were able to fit our boat. 

 As soon as we received our kayaking boats I started feeling  nervous because I didn't want anything bad to happen. When we got in the water I instantly fell out the water because I was rowing the paddles to hard.

I hope I get the chance to go kayaking again.

Poem!!

On Friday we did poems. Mr Reid choose me and six other students. My poem was about life and the meaning to it. I was really nervous to do my poem in front of a lot of students but I managed to calm down.

When it was almost my turn I got really shy but I stood up there and did my poem . I mumbled a little bit but got through it.

When I revived my certificate I
felt proud that I did well.

Tech!!

Today at tech Mrs Ferguson started to create our games with the 3d print. Before we start making it 3d we had to visualize how we wanted to create it ad try make it come to life. 

I found out that if we wanted to make it 3d we had to put each set of shapes on another design. Mine is going to take a long time because I have 16 small pieces and big board.

 I hope I finish by the end of this term.

boardgame pieces

Glass Cracks On the Sky Towers Building

Apparently the Glass deck at the sky tower where people walk on to get a good point of view was unexpectedly cracked.

There are three platforms layers of glass. The one at the top has been cracked. The glass will be fixed so none is allowed to visit the area.

I hope they get this fixed as soon as possible so people can observe our land