Possum's

Possums eat all the native birds food and kill them,

They were first brought here to NZ in 1837.

Possum’s only come out at night, so they are called nocturnal,

There are about 30 million possums in NZ.

They can weigh between 1.4 - 6.4 Kgs,

Around 9,000 tonnes berries,Leaves and fruit are eaten every night.

Possums are native to Australia and are protected there,

Possum’s are a pest to new zealand.

The box method

My mum didn't believe me when i thought her this method.

She was so impressed with me,

so she calculated it and it was the same

Te Whare Wananga o Te Maro

The Whare

SC:

- explain the purpose of the whare 

- explain why it is the shape it is.

- name three main parts

There are 3 iwi

Top one is from takitimu waka

Ngati ranginui.

Middle one Ngati pukenga.

Bottom one is from matatua

Ngai te rangi.

There is a rope running through them with every houses colour.

The Tahuhu is the backbone of the Whare and the Heke is the ribs of the Whare

Valentines day

St Valentines was a Roman priest who was secretly organising weddings for soldiers. He was jailed then sentenced to death by the King on February 14th AD 270. We exchange cards, candy, gifts or flowers, with our special valentines. A special valentine is someone that you love.


American spend up to 3.6 billion dollars on Valentines gift each year. 50 million roses are sold each year on Valentines Day. 73% of people who buy flowers for Valentines day are men and 27% are women.15% of the US women send themselves flowers on Valentines day. Eros is the greek god of love and his roman form is Cupid.

Waitangi Day

Why are these people carrying this banner?

The treaty of Waitangi was singed on 6 February 1840,

40 Chiefs signed the treaty and 500 signed it later.

The land was shared through the community,

if you disrespected the treaty of Waitangi you were punished badly.

The main purpose of the treaty of Waitangi Was to,

make peace between the british and the Maori.

Fielding from the series stands.
 2011
 Stephen Roucher

Memento of absence

 This painting/drawing(There will be no photo because we were not allowed to) represents the kiwi past time. A rugby stand we are all familiar with. Rugby is our national sport. In this picture i see, a well maintained empty stand in a sports park. At the front of the stand is a painted mural. In my opinion the artist is trying to show emptiness since it has no people in it.
I rate this a 4 out of a 5.

 This painting/drawing was in the Tauranga Art Gallery on Sunday 16 june 2013.

The forty hour famine

Hey heres a update on the forty hour famine, i have raised about 40$!! so i reached my goal. I went 40 hours with out internet. It was hard but i made it.
Heres a photo of my booklet filled out.