Kiwi
The kiwi is a native NZ bird. There are five different kinds of kiwi. Their body is shaped like a pear and has thin hair-like feathers. They have a nostril on their beak and they [...]
Wetapunga
Weta are furious and aggressive insects that weigh 35g and are endemic NZ insects. The heaviest weta is as heavy as a mouse. They have a very spiny body with curved tusks and have no [...]
Queenstown
Queenstown is a tourist resort town in the South Island of NZ. It has a population of about 15 850. Queenstown is where people come for tours. Queenstown is located in Otago and is near [...]
Hoiho
The Hoiho or yellow-eyed penguins are NZ endemic birds. A Hoiho is tall but small. It grows 65 cm tall and weighs 5 to 6 kgs. Its eyes are bright yellow and it has a [...]
Challenge
A challenge is something that is not always easy to do at first. But if you keep on learning you will get there in the end. To meet a challenge, you have to have a [...]
Remember The Holidays
Remember when we paid a lot of money to get our food organized before the movies started and we packed the popcorn and fizzy drinks and stumbled through the mystical door? Remember when I went to [...]
My Place
The classroom was usual enough It had computers, games, children, books and even teachers gliding around the classroom. The other children and I did what kids do. Computer work, maths games, quietly reading, playing [...]
Henare’s Pepeha
Ka tangi te tītī, ka tangi te kākā, ka tangi hoki ahau tihei wa mauri ora Ko Onekainga toku Maunga Ko Te Wairahi toku Awa Ko Mahuhu ki te rangi toku Waka Ko Whakapaumahara tooku [...]