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We are a Year 4 and 5 class at a rural school in New Zealand.
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Article posted August 4, 2010 at 12:06 AM GMT •
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New Zealand is two small islands in the South Pacific Ocean. The biggest mountain is Mount Cook. It is 3764 metres.
The way we get money is we do dairy farming, kiwifruit and other crops, sheep farming (wool and meat) and tourism (visitors to New Zealand).
The popular sports are rugby, soccer, netball, cricket and the World Rowing Championships are in 2010.
New Zealand has no native mammals except the bats. Heaps of native birds don’t fly. Kiwis are our native emblem. Also people are called Kiwis.
The population in New Zealand is four million. Most live in towns or cities. The capital is Wellington and the biggest city is Auckland. Most people live in Auckland, there are one million.
New Zealand is small but the country has lots of different plants, birds, landscape and people.
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Article posted July 29, 2010 at 12:19 AM GMT •
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One day Dad, Ben and Cody went to the Hamilton Park. In the pond there was a giant flower and it yelled “Help! I am stuck.”
“No you’re not. You’re a giant flower. You’re always stuck,” said Ben.
“No I have legs. I really do. I went for a swim and I put my legs down and I got stuck,” said the flower.
Ben and Cody went into the pond. They sloshed through the sticky mud. They grabbed the flower by its stalk and they pulled and pulled. Finally the giant flower came out of the mud. It really did have legs! Ben and Cody were surprised. The giant flower walked out of the pond and went and stood in a garden full of sunflowers.
“Thank you,” said the flower. “Now I am back where I belong."
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Article posted April 18, 2010 at 11:39 PM GMT •
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On Tuesday the 9th of March Room 5 went to Maungatautari. When we got to the fence there was a table that you had to check bags for mice. The mesh is the fence that I said before. The gaps were so small that little mice can’t get through. Then, when we got in we stopped and Mrs Collins had a jar and a cork and she spit on the jar to call the fantail to follow us but it did not follow us. Then we went to the Kaka enclosure. The Kaka were climbing vines – squawking and eating. All there was were insect tracks. Then we went over a log and when over the log we disturbed a bees nest. Five children and 2 adults got stings. It added up to 18 stings. I got stung above the eye. It was painful.
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Article posted March 18, 2010 at 10:59 PM GMT •
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Name of Josh
Resident of Kihikihi
Friend of Rhys
Who hates ducks
Who loves boots and Zach, my cats
Who needs love
Who gives caring
Who feels happy
Who wishes I wish I won lotto
Who fears bulls
Who is a Livewire at Puahue School
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