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Article posted September 20, 2010 at 01:25 AM GMT •
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Cows have four stomachs. The food has to go through all four stomachs before it is fully digested. When they eat the grass it goes down through the four stomachs and down to the udder. Then the cows are brought up to the shed and they get milked. The milk from the cow goes into the cups. But some countries still milk by hand. The milking cups only take around five minutes to milk a cow.
Once the cows have finished every night a tanker comes and collects the milk and takes it to the factory where it is pasteurized. That means it’s turned hot and then cold very quick. That kills the germs.
Then the milk is bottled. The others are processed – cheese, butter, yoghurt and ice-cream.
Dairy products are very useful because it keeps us alive.
Article posted September 20, 2010 at 01:24 AM GMT •
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Ahhh! Earthquake! Run for your like to the table!
The Richter scale for the earthquake was 7.1. The epicentre was in Canterbury, 30 km from Christchurch city and 10 km underground. The good thing is that it was 4:35 in the morning.
Pipes were snapped, water had been turned to sewage, power lines had fallen over and smashed, more than 500 buildings smashed and over 100 aftershocks. No people are dead but very bad injuries. Lots of cuts and broken bones.
A boy fell out of his own house and had very bad injuries, cuts and bruises. The house was 130 years old and he did not die.
The engineers went around the city and put little stickers on the buildings. The green one means it’s safe, you can stay in there. The yellow one means it’s probably not best to stay there, it’s a little bit dangerous. It could still fall down on you. The red sticker means it’s too dangerous, go away.
On Facebook a university student put up a note saying: We need to help the people with mud and sand around their houses with spades and wheelbarrows.
Children were going out of school areas and jumping into the cracks in the road. Some people think it’s bad and some think it’s fun.
Article posted September 20, 2010 at 01:24 AM GMT •
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Article posted August 3, 2010 at 11:38 PM GMT •
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New Zealand is a small island country in the south Pacific Ocean.
New Zealand has two large islands. One is called the South Island and the other is called the North Island. Mount Cook is 3764 metres tall. Lake Taupo is the largest volcano in New Zealand and a lake. Waikato River is the longest river in New Zealand. The Southern Alps is a lot of mountains grouped together.
Dairy farming and sheep farming are both ways that we make our money, and kiwifruit and other crops. We make meat and wool from sheep and cows, and bulls they make hides and meat.
Rugby is one of the most popular sports in New Zealand. New Zealand’s rugby team is called the All Blacks and the most popular sport is soccer and our team is called the All Whites.
Did you know New Zealand has no native mammals except a bat? Our native birds don’t usually fly. Only the fantail and tui. Kiwis are our native birds and also humans are called kiwis.
In New Zealand the population is 4 million people. Our capital city if Wellington and most of our people live in towns or cities. The biggest city is Auckland and the most people live there in New Zealand.
New Zealand is small but the country has a loof different plants, birds, landscape and people.
Article posted August 3, 2010 at 11:38 PM GMT •
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Article posted July 28, 2010 at 11:39 PM GMT •
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Once upon a time there was a granny and she had a very rich house. She had 15 million dollars. One cold night granny was watching some sport on the TV. She got bored so she turned it off. Then granny went to bed. Bang! Crash! Granny woke with a fright. She turned on every light in her house but no one was there. ‘How did they get away?’ she thought. Later that morning granny woke up. She had to find out what had woken her up in the night. First she looked in her kitchen but nothing there. Then the dining room. No, not there either. After a whole day she could not find a single clue. A new day and she was awake. She set off to the bank. She was very excited to find out what had happened to her house. But when she got to the bank there was bad news. The man had stolen her money. He had tried to find in her house first. But then he realised it was in her bank account and he transferred all her money into his bank account. She was very angry at the robber. “I WANT MY MONEY BACK!” The bank man had seen that man too when swapped the bank accounts. He ought to say so. He did. “Where did you see him?” asked granny. “Here at the bank. I was frightened because the robber had a gun so I put the money in his account.” So he put the money back in granny’s account and the bank person put police at the front door to make sure it didn’t happen again. By Ben
Article posted July 28, 2010 at 11:39 PM GMT •
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Article posted June 11, 2010 at 03:31 AM GMT •
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*You will need:
*Cardboard
*Felt/Pen
*Circle shape/big/small
*Scissors/sharp
*String
Method:
1) Draw two big and small circles.
2) Draw a small circle inside the big one and cute it out.
3) Join your two circles.
4) Start putting the wool through the little circle and wind it around.
5) Cut the wool between the cardboard.
6) Tie the string around the circle.
Article posted June 11, 2010 at 03:31 AM GMT •
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Article posted March 28, 2010 at 09:56 PM GMT •
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On Tuesday Ah! Watch out for those nasty things. Sorry about that ah – as I was saying, 9th March the Livewires went to an extinct volcano called Maungatautari. It was fun because Room 5 had to go through a door that you had to push a button to make it open and you had to shut the gate that you just opened to open the next one. There was a fence that had really little gaps for nothing to get through and you can see on the top wire there is a medium size flappy thing that tells you that the fence is electric. It has an alarm on it so if anything goes past that its alarm goes off. So they don’t get away and kill the native birds. So there is a seat with a sign saying check your bags for mice. Then we finally got in and WOW! I’ve never seen anything like it. But first we went to an 88 step lookout. What a great view. Then we all got a photo together. After that we went to the …. Wait, listen said Mrs C. Err, alright, it was a fantail. It has an amazing chirp. But we had to carry on to the Kaka feeding because we would be late. So we carried on and… no one was there. So we carried on for a couple of minutes and then went back and he was there so we stayed and looked at the very cute and BIG birds. One went past and poohed on me. After we went through all the trees and stuff. There were a lot of trees I have not seen. Then the Livewires followed the pink ribbons to get to the dark black tracking tunnels. Our first one did not have any foot prints, neither did our second one did not have any but the third one had big prints instead of rats or ferrets like that. But on the second one 7 people got stung and only 7 people with 18 stings. I saw one on Josh’s head. I picked up a stick and I whacked at it and it fell into his hair so I had another swing and hit it off and then it fell onto the ground and died. After that the day at Maungatautari was finally over. The End.
Article posted March 28, 2010 at 09:56 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 16, 2010 at 09:26 PM GMT •
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Aah a nice hot day in Chile – oh no the ground is shaking. 1 minute later it’s still shaking. Finally it stopped. Wo! Look at that big wave – it’s amazing – what is it? Though it could be dangerous, nah let’s just watch. It’s getting closer BANG! SMASH! CRACK! BANG! 700 dead that’s all that happened on Saturday. And now it’s heading to New Zealand. The police have shooed people off the beach and made them head for the hills which is the safest place. On Sunday a rather unusual thing happened – the tide went in and then went out and the out tide was 2 metres deep but nobody knows what’s going to happen.
Article posted March 16, 2010 at 09:26 PM GMT •
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Article posted March 1, 2010 at 09:15 PM GMT •
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Name of Ben.
Resident of Puahue District.
Friend of all the boy Livewires.
Who hates ducks, horses, mice.
Who loves Polly and Caesar, my two cats.
Who needs hair, heart, oxygen.
Who gives kindness.
Who feels happy.
Who wishes to be rich.
Who fears nothing.
Who is a Livewire at Puahue School.
Article posted March 1, 2010 at 09:15 PM GMT •
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Article posted November 24, 2009 at 09:04 PM GMT •
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Hello, I’m Ben on 3 News. This is a terrible thing that just happened. An Irish person has just died after a big horse fell on him. They were just walking and then a guard walked right in front of the horse and gave it a fright. Then it fell on top of him. The guards look like knights a bit but their armour isn’t as thick. They have a feather on top too.
Article posted November 24, 2009 at 09:04 PM GMT •
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Article posted October 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM GMT •
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I'm working with Shanelle on teeth we had truble puting them on the lips. I had to do them very sharp. I am working on my desk. I think the painting bit was the funerst. We solved the problim because Shanelle had made the lips too short.
Article posted October 21, 2009 at 10:47 PM GMT •
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Article posted August 25, 2009 at 08:01 AM GMT •
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Hi my name is Ben. My three dogs names are...Chance, Joe and Bud. There bredes are Hunterway & Eyedog. Joe & Chances coulers are black & tan. But Buds is black & white. Chance is 8 years old. Bud is 3 years old & Joe is only 1.
Article posted August 25, 2009 at 08:01 AM GMT •
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Article posted August 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM GMT •
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The Livewires live in the Waipa District, New Zealand. It is a peaceful place because there are not traffic lights in Te Awamutu but there are lots in Auckland.
There are 10 people in the Livewires who live in town and 14 who live on the farm.
Some farms have dairy farms what they grow stock on. Cows eat grass and turn it into milk. Some of the milk goes to Fonterra and some goes to Open Country Cheese. Some farms have crops and maize on the farm.
The town of Te Awamutu has 10 000 people in it. The dairy factory keeps all the milk and puts it in bottles.
Our special mountains are Maungatautari, Kakepuku and Pirongia. They are extinct volcanoes. Some creatures live on them called kiwis. They have enemies like stoats, possums, mice, rats, dogs and cats but to keep them out there is a 50km fence.
Article posted August 24, 2009 at 11:26 PM GMT •
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Article posted August 18, 2009 at 12:54 AM GMT •
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A kiwi is a native bird in New Zealand. Kiwis have burrows one to three metres long. Kiwis are the same size of a hen but their egg is six times bigger and they normally need to sit on them for 65 to 75 days. They eat berries, worms and insects. Kiwis have claws on the end of their feet to fight.
Article posted August 18, 2009 at 12:54 AM GMT •
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Article posted May 7, 2009 at 01:46 AM GMT •
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A rock for a toy? What a great idea. Here are my reasons. Skimming stones on water. You need to get smooth flat stones. Then chuck them across the lake. See whose goes the furtherest. You can keep on going. Keep finding them and chucking them.
Article posted May 7, 2009 at 01:46 AM GMT •
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Article posted May 6, 2009 at 01:03 AM GMT •
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Cheberushka has just arived at puahue school. He was all wrapt up in string and paper. Then Georgia cut the strings. After that Casey unrapt the paper and then we made a big noise.
Article posted May 6, 2009 at 01:03 AM GMT •
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Article posted April 27, 2009 at 01:05 AM GMT •
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Yesteday night I went hunting with my dad and our sharemilker. We shot 16 possums and 6 rabbits and hares with the shotgun and the rifil. We stayed up all night.
Article posted April 27, 2009 at 01:05 AM GMT •
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Article posted March 12, 2004 at 06:00 AM GMT •
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Hi I'm Ben. My two cats are Caesar and Polly. Caesar is cameo. Polly is black and white under her stomach. Both cats have dark yellow eyes. Caesar is 4 years old. Polly is almost 1 year old. Did you know that house cats are related to tigers? Polly is about 2 meters long. Caesar is 4 meters long I think. Caesar is molting. But Polly isint molting.
Article posted March 12, 2004 at 06:00 AM GMT •
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About the Blogger
I am 7 years old. When I grow up I want to be a rugby player. I like to eat strawberries with chocolate, lettuce salad, fruit and icecream.
Once upon a time there was a granny and she had a very rich house. She had 15 million dollars. One cold night granny was watching some sport on the TV. She got bored so she turned it off. Then granny went to bed. Bang! Crash! Granny woke with a fright. She turned on every light in her house but no one was there. ‘How did they get away?’ she thought. Later that morning granny woke up. She had to find out what had woken her up in the night. First she looked in her kitchen but nothing there. Then the dining room. No, not there either. After a whole day she could not find a single clue. A new day and she was awake. She set off to the bank. She was very excited to find out what had happened to her house. But when she got to the bank there was bad news. The man had stolen her money. He had tried to find in her house first. But then he realised it was in her bank account and he transferred all her money into his bank account. She was very angry at the robber. “I WANT MY MONEY BACK!” The bank man had seen that man too when swapped the bank accounts. He ought to say so. He did. “Where did you see him?” asked granny. “Here at the bank. I was frightened because the robber had a gun so I put the money in his account.” So he put the money back in granny’s account and the bank person put police at the front door to make sure it didn’t happen again. By Ben 
