SOS - Government work

The NZ Government is called a democracy because New Zealanders over the age of 18 can have a say on who they vote for in Elections. Once a Government is formed, it is then accountable to Parliament for its actions and policies. MMP is the voting system we use in New Zealand. It stands for Mixed Member Proportional, We use MMP to choose who represents us in Parliament. Under MMP you get to vote twice, The first vote is for the political party you vote for. If the party you chose gets 5% of the votes, seats, or wins an electorate seat. The second vote is to choose a Member of Parliament to represent the area you live in. That is your electorate vote. The person that gets the most votes in your electorate will become your local M.P. After 3 years another voting system is held again.

My Experience on Lockdown.

 Lockdown Period

Lockdown wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. We were able to keep the household together and well. The only difficult thing was probably having both my parents and my older sister had gone to work for almost the whole day. I and my older sister had to look after my two little sisters and join our online classes at the same time. Some days we weren't able to attend our classes cause we are having to do our chores like vacuuming the house, Wash, and hang the clothes before it started raining and everything else we had to clean in the house. My little sisters don't understand English that well, so it was hard to talk to them so they can understand what we're saying to them. After we've done all the chores we start preparing for dinner, its either a home-cooked meal or fast food. This lockdown wasn't as different from the other one. The only different thing was that my mum was home the other lockdown on Level 4. She helped look after the little ones while I did my online schooling and my other sister cleaned the house. Thank you for listening to my experience about lockdown.

Leadership Qualities - My Dad

In class, we discussed the qualities of a good 'leader'. The person I think holds great leadership qualities is my Father. He is a big influence because he gets up every day at 3:00am to go to work so that we have food on the table and that our well being is looked after. My dad is very supportive because he has been there since the day I was born. Even if he wakes up at 3 in the morning and is tired by the time we get home from school, he still has a smile on his face and asked us How were you're day at school or How was school?. I really love & appreciate my dad so much.

Vaiaso O Le Gagana Samoa 2020

Monday 25th May 2020

Samoan Language Week 

Theme: 'Tapena Sou Oso Mo Lou Malaga' (Prepare yourself for a gift for your travels)

Tapena	Prepare	Get ready
Oso	Gift	Present
Malaga	Travels	Journey

This event is my dad’s Niuean side of celebrating Christmas eve, this has been a family tradition ever since the passing of my Papa. This event is where we all get together and pick one family’s house to have the event. We get partners to give the hampers or Envelope to and we take Island food like Lusipi, Lu'au, Panikeke, Takihi and etc. If we are a little tired we just buy takeaways like Kfc and a platter from Great tong.  This is how we get ready for this event.  We prepare by Buying food for hampers then we go buy baskets and wrapping paper. We get home then put the hampers together so it's ready a day early so that we don’t need to rush on the day… It is now the next day and we are up, cooking, and getting ready. We usually cook the Takiki - Takihi is a sweet and savory dish with layers of Taro and Pawpaw, & poured on every individual layer is either Homemade Coconut Cream or Kara Coconut cream from the shop then Cooked for 2.3 hours in the Umu. The gift that we receive is getting to see our whole family as one in one house and seeing our Nana with us for another year.

StoryBoard - Made In Taiwan

Here is my opinion of Made In Taiwan. Enjoy !! 

Fakalofa Lahi Atu ♥

Fakalofa Lahi Atu

Ko Tayja e higoa haaku (Tayja Is My Name)

I am Hongofulu ma tolu years old (13) 

Ko Jackie e Matua Fifine haaku (Jackie is my mother's name)

Ko Felix e Matua taane haaku (Felix is my father's name)

I am a year 9 attending Tamaki College and it is really different from Primary or Intermediate

Fakaue Lahi ♥

Photos of me (:

Social Studies

Summary

They wanted to find out where they originated from or where their parent relatives come from. I learned that Nathans's father comes from a place called Mahia and Rarotonga where the wakas had left 700 years ago. His mother is from a place called Alaska/Siberia but they never explored that because it is not a Polynesian island. Oscar's Mother originated from Samoa and his father originated from Central and southern East Asia. Then they next went to Taiwan and met a girl named Niwa which is a Maori name.