Deep sea oil protesters crowd iconic beach

• On November 23, over 1000 people turned up at Auckland’s famous west beaches. They turned up to stop Deep Sea Oil drilling in New Zealand's waters

• Some of the people came to the beach with their homemade signs and banners. Some of them were saying ‘Stop Deep Sea Oil Drilling’ another said ‘Anadarko go home.’

• At the beach in Piha some of them performed a haka and they joined hands to create a human chain from the land to the sea.

• There were about 400 people who went to Muriwai and protested, there were 500 who turned up at Bethells Beach, also there were 750 that were at Raglan.

• Also some people were saying “If John Key can’t see that were trying to stop this from happening then he’s just got his head stuck in the sand.” Also NZ women's surfing champion Micha Davis and Labour MP Phil Twyford spoke at Piha.

Here is the link to the website:

NZ herald

Sumdog results

This is my results for sumdog. In the game I played I had to answer the question right to get the animal safe to the ground. I got all the questions right and I came first.

Using National Library 3

Using the National Library

3. Newspapers

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ resource

Use this link to open the National Library website

Enter Panmure pirate into the search box

Open the NZ truth article named - panmure pirate

What event is this article about?

This article is about a robbery

What is the sub heading on the article?  This is an example of what literary device?

Dunn’s Daring Doings End in Disaster

This is an example of alliteration  

What does ‘daring do’ mean?

Daring do - Alliteration.

Why was Lesley George’s dad angry with him?

He was angry at him because he left his work and he didn’t have a job.

How did the fire start?

He had lit the matches and he threw them down hard then ran away.

Why were the works described and ambrosial?

They were being sarcastic because the Westfield Works were smelly.

Where was the launch moored?

It was launched with the anchor in the Tamaki Basin

What 3 places where the stolen items recovered from?

Some were found with him, some in the water and some on the launch.

What was the charge of incendiarism for?

He was charged with incendiarism for setting fire to the shop.

Copy and paste the acknowledgement from the site here

Acknowledgement - Panmure Pirate

Using the National Library 2

Using the National Library

2. Newspapers

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ resource

Use this link to open the National Library website

Enter Panmure Bridge 1865  into the search box

Open the Southern star newspaper article named - Laying the cornerstone.

What event is this article about?

This is about laying the last cornerstone

What makes it different to a newspaper story today?

The language and picture.

Copy and paste a definition of these words, and then use the word in a sentence that shows you know what it means:

proceedings - a particular action or course or manner of action.

necessitated - to make necessary or unavoidable: The breakdown of the car necessitated a change in our plans.

procured - to obtain or get by care, effort, or the use of special means: to procure evidence.

masonry - stonework

appurtenances - something subordinate to another, more important thing; adjunct; accessory.

objectionable - causing or tending to cause an objection, disapproval, or protest.

Sentence - Masonry - "cracks in the finished masonry"

Take this one sentence from the article and rewrite, and repunctuate it so that it makes more sense to a modern reader.

We may here observe that the piles which are driven into the ground with remarkable accuracy as to straightness, are well sheathed, from the bed of the river to the high water mark, with metal, securely fastened, so as to guard the bottom portions of the piles from the ravages of the worm.

My version:

We may observe that the piles are driven into the ground, with remarkable accuracy as to straightness, are well sheathed from the bed of the river to the high water mark, with metal, securely fastened. So as to guard the bottom portions of the piles from the ravages of the worm.

Copy and paste the acknowledgement from the site here

http://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/cgi-bin/paperspast?a=d&cl=search&d=DSC18651023.2.18

Using the National Library 1

Using the National Library

1. Images

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ resource

Use this link to open the National Library website

Enter Panmure Bridge School 1961  into the search box

Copy and paste the image into a drawing document

Add these features to the school photo

1. Kindy  

2. Hall

3. Rooms 9,10,11,12

4. Library

5. Jnr and Snr playgrounds

Copy and paste the acknowledgement from the site here

Acknowledgement - Panmure Bridge School 1961

Poplet Stormwater and Wastewater

Using Te Ara 3

Using Te Ara -

The Encyclopedia of New Zealand

3. Manukau Harbour

L.I. Develop our knowledge of Auckland and the Tamaki river

Familiarise ourselves with an online NZ encyclopaedia

Use this link to open Te Ara

Enter Tamaki river into the search box and use the Harbours and wetlands page to answer these questions.

What two adjectives are used to describe the Manukau Harbour?

It is wide and shallow

What landforms are common in the harbour?

Wetlands and Rivers

What two things about the Manukau Harbour have led to shipwrecks?

Its entrance is prone to swells and shifting sandbars – the cause of many shipwrecks.

What was the worst shipwreck on the Manukau bar?

On a fine day on 7 February 1863 the HMS Orpheus – carrying naval stores – approached Manukau Harbour. Seeing it was off course to cross the bar, the onshore signalman motioned to change direction. But the warning was too late, and the ship ran aground. As the sea got heavier, it began to break up. Lifeboats were swamped. With the crew clinging helplessly to the rigging, the ship’s masts fell one by one into the sea. Of the 259 people on board, 189 drowned. It remains New Zealand’s worst maritime disaster.