Opinion: It's time for the Government to pay for our conservation future

Opinion: New Zealand's endangered wildlife was in the headlines today when guarding minister Maggie Barry announced the Department of guarding draft threatens Species Strategy in Wellington. Here at Forest & Bird, we give the strategy a four out of 10. While it has some worthy actions, it isn't supported with the funding Doc needs to take charge  about protecting native species, meaning they will continue to act as an ambulance at the bottom of the cliff.

Car catches fire on Auckland's Northwestern Motorway

Emergency services have rushed to a car on Northwestern Motorway. The car smash with a barrier between Patiki Rd and Great North Rd before turning into flames at 7:45am on Sunday, the fire service says. They described the car as being well burning when crew arrived.

Wellington number one in global quality of life survey

It turns out that no other city is better then wellington on a good day, according to a sort of life survey charged by Deutsche Bank which has rated the capital number one. The capital has beaten 46 city's to come first in the survey, which measured factors including cost living, rottenness, conditions and house prices. Wellingtons know we live in the best spot on Earth, and now the rest the world is listing about it as well

Bill English Says He Did Not Know About Pike River Robot Footage

Prime Minister Bill English says he did not know footage from Pike River Mine released by Newshub on Sunday even existed. Full video retrieve by Newshub shows an overheating robot exploring the Pike River mine. Twenty nine miners died in 2010 Pike River disaster and the government has argued gas levels make it too dangerous to renter the mine to get the bodies.

Plane making emergency landing in Palmerston North.

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A plane has made an emergency landing in Palmerston North after changed from Nelson. Air New Zealand confirmed the aircraft landed without anyone hurt at 4.45pm. A fire service spokesman said earlier the issue was with the plane's landing gear, which was not safe for people in the plane. 

Cyclone Debbie leaves trail of destruction in Queensland

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Cyclone Debbie has been decline to a category one storm but it's still left a trail of damaged across north-eastern Queensland. It's moving slowly north towards Collinsville, leaving behind it broken buildings, base and 50,000 homes and businesses without power.

One Woman in Townsville is trying to find her husband who's in Queensland town of Proserpine. Jenny and David Clarke spoke on phone on Tuesday morning during the peak of storm, when the rood came off the house.

Rare forest ringlet butterflies found on Little Barrier Island

A population of rare native butterflies has been found on Little Barrier Island in the Hauraki Gulf. Rats and wasps have reduced the forest band to only small pockets around the country.

Moths and Butterflies Trust spokeswoman Jacqui Knight says five Butterflies were seen on the same day, and it's clue to what predators are wiping out the popular insect's numbers.
Now that we found it is in good numbers on great barrier we are thinking it could be rats and wasps.

'Thousands' of Dunedin homes to be lost to rising sea.

A University of Otago professor is concerned thousands in south Dunedin are at risk of being swallowed by sea rising levels by 2034. But while the sea level rise is a serous risk, two other scientist are concerned his calendar will cause unnecessary panic.

Professor Kim Flynn, and resigned Professor in politics at Otago University, told Dunedin City Council in presentation that around 2000 houses in south Dunedin will be claimed by rising sea levels by 2034.

Keep saving water Auckland

Auckland households face water restrictions until the end of the month despite hitting savings targets.

Aucklander's daily water drinking has dropped to 382 million litres, well within the necessary range of 400 million litres or fewer.

Water care congratulated residents but warned that if savings did not continue, partially treated water might need to be released into the system and then people would have to boil water.

Tamaki Collage Working With Mr Grundy Technology!

For Technology the year 7 are in Mr Grundy's workshop and the year 8's have to go to the Kitchen because they are cooking. At Mr Grundy's workshop he was showing us his cool creations and telling us how he made them. He said that if we come out with a great creation that hes never seen he will give us high marks! When he was showing us his creations he was telling us that you have to always have to use housing joints so you can connect your  wood to the part of the creation that you just made. We are going to learn how to craft the creations that Mr Grundy made. or even craft our own creations.


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Game Masters

3/3/17

Today this morning Me, Room 11 went to room 12 for the game theatre. When we got there we sat down waiting for the game master. When they got here they told us about this new game. They never told us the name. When they started to teach us the game they were acting. The names of the characters for the games are T the son,  Dave the dad, Maria the mum, Jack T's friend,Bryan Maria's boyfriend and Rebecca Bryan's daughter. When they acted we had to swipe on our hands for the game to start. After the game they gave us a badge and taught us a new hand shake. It was fun!

The Power Cut!

There was a power cut in the weekend but my TV, plugs and games were turned off. My nana said she herd a loud explosion sound when she was reading her bible. When we were waiting for the power to turn back on, I went over my neighbors house and ask them if there power was off, But Suddenly they "said no". They said "They were cleaning before it get night". Just as it was getting darker the power came back on, and then I felt safe but I wondered what had happened to the power.

Our Digital Art

Last week we had to make Tekoteko. First we had to draw a Tekoteko on a paper and when we finish we have to use a bigger one and color it in when we finish drawing it on the big paper.

When we finished our TekoTeko we have to do the same on  sumo-paint, on our Chromebook. It was fun we had to draw the body parts.
And That's How You Make A TekoTeko.

Duffy And Global girl

14/02/17
A week ago we went to assembly to watch the Duffy theater. When we sat down they asked us about if we know the Duffy song and we said yes so we sang then they got ready to act. It was fun they showed us how reading is cool and they were funny too  when they got near the end of the show. I really enjoyed the Duffy show. They showed me how reading is fun!

Google CEO Sundar Pichai answers 7-year-old's job application

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When seven-year-old Chloe Bridgewater wrote to google asking for a job, she proably
wasn't expecting a reply from the head of a global tech giant.

But the Liverpool girl got on - by old fashiond snail mail, no less.

Chloe's handwritten letter laid out her case for being a google employee, saying she was good at spelling, reading and maths.