Kaikoura shaken by morning quakes

There was an early-morning spike in earthquake activity around Kaikōura on Thursday.A magnitude 4.7 tremor struck at 12:30am, centered only five kilometers from the earthquake-damaged town.Ten minutes later there was a 4.4 quake 20 kilometres away. 

We are making much better progress than expected, the New Zealand Transport Agency hopes to restore controlled, single-lane access to residents and essential services by mid-December," Bridges said on Tuesday.

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Sea Lion Pup Shot Dead Near Dunedin

A critically threatened sea lion pup was found shot dead on the Otago Peninsula on Saturday. Staff from the Department of Conservation (DOC) found the remains of the 11 month-old female sea lion named Rua on a beach near Dunedin.

Rua was last seen on Allan's Beach in September and made the headlines last summer when her birth was overseen by the local community. DOC Coastal Otago operations manager Annie Wallace says the female was only one of 11 born last summer.

"The brutal senseless shooting of a defenseless threatened native animal is a tragedy. Rua was one of only 11 sea lion pups born on the peninsula last summer," she says. "The impact of her death on the recovery of the New Zealand sea lion is not to be underestimated."

Serial Killer Arrested after Woman Found In Container

South Carolina police have revealed that Todd Kohlhepp, the man they arrested after finding a woman chained in a storage container, had confessed to killing six other people.

The confession came a day after Kala Brown, who was found in the container, told police there were four bodies buried on the 100-acre property in the town of Woodruff, with that of her boyfriend Charles Carver.

 Ms Brown, 30, and Mr Carver, 32, went missing at the end of August.

Native Forest

When we go to the botanical gardens tomorrow im looking forwards to visiting the Native Forest. I want to go to the forest because it looks like it has lots of interesting things I like to explore things  like native birds and Native plants.I want to go to the native forest because the birds and trees catch my attention. This is why I want to go to the native forest!

Sophie Pascoe Wins Gold Medal

Sophie Pascoe has won gold with a world record time in the women's 200 meter individual medley SM10  event at Rio. She swam a 2.24.90 minutes defending her Olympic title from London four years ago. It's pascoes third medal of the Rio Paralympics and she still has another two events to compete in.

Visiting Tamaki Primary

Last week Wednesday Ruapotaka had to go to Tamaki Primary because we had to have a special
clean up in our roofs . We had to go to Tamaki because we had Asbestos in our roof. As we got on the bus and made our way to the Tamaki Primary gates
we got welcomed with a Haka. We had to line up in our class lines before we went off to our classes. As Tamaki Primary finished doing their Haka we went to our class rooms. The class Room 11 was in was the Art Room. We didn't have any work for the first day so we did art.

I HAD FUN!

Flight Of The Albatross

Ruapotaka Mini Olympics

Last week on Friday we were all put into teams representing countries from parts of the world. I was the flag bearer in my team. My team was the Cook Islands. There were a lot of parents watching the events. There were many different sports in action. There were events like soccer, javelin, long jump and gumboot throw. When the Olympics were over the teachers handed out medals to people that deserved them.

Mini Olympics-Cook Islands

This Is My Presentation About The Mini Olympics. My Country Is Cook Island

Bolt Worlds Fastest Man

Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt has won the 100 meter final at the Rio Olympics. The result confirms Bolt as the world’s greatest sprinter after he claimed his third consecutive event. Bolt crossed the line in a season’s best time of 9.81 seconds, with American Justin Gatlin just seven hundredths of a second slower to win silver. Canada’s Andre DeGrasse took the bronze!








                                         
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Valarie Adams Wins Silver At The Rio Olympic Games

Shot put superstar, Valarie Adams has won a silver medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Michelle Carter from U.S.A won with a mighty 20.63m throw that was to great for Adams.Carter blew away the competition with her final throw after trailing Adams for the entire competition. Anita Morton from Hungary finished third. Cooler conditions in Rio mean that throws were generally shorter than expected.   
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My Olympic Mascot

Today Room 11 had to create a mascot that had to be linked to the Olympic games. It took me a while to think about it but I still managed to come up with something. My mascot is a fox. I think I could have done better while drawing it!

Pokemon Go takes over the world!

The latest world wide Pokemon go has taken over the world in just a few weeks. The game is put out by Nintendo and is played on mobile devices. It has now become the most search  team on google and the game is only live in New Zealand and a handful of other countries selected.

What Is Pokemon GO?:
Hundreds of millions of people have been catching these creatures since it was first launched 2 decades ago. Pokemon is the new version of the game that players can use for the first time on their mobile devices. This game is for people who are the age of 9 years and over. It encourages them to walk around the street to catch Pokemon, but the makers have warned players to stay alert at all times and to be aware of their surroundings!

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Aussie woman wakes to a 5m python in her bedroom

A giant snake that has lived in the roof of an Australian home for 10 years tried to move in to the master bedroom! Trina Hibberd, from mission beach in Queensland woke up on a strange Monday and found a 5.2m scrub python named Monty stretched from her lounge room to her bedroom. Monty managed to turn on a light and knock over a lamp before snake-catcher Dave arrived. Goodwin said the 40kg snake was “choking his arm to death” before he transferred it into the tub to capture it. Monty has now been transferred to a sewage pond, where it is hoped he will take care of a rat infestation.

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All Blacks Take On New South Wales

The All Blacks have begun their 2016 season with a hard fought victory against wales. Wales had the better of the first half, leading 18-15. The  Wales were aggressive at the breakdown and caused The All Blacks problems throughout the game. 





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Leopard Escapes Zoo in Utah, USA

A leopard escaped from its enclosure at Hogle Zoo. Hundreds of zoo visitors took shelter inside cafes and gift shops. The 4 year old female leopard was found by visitors at the zoo about an hour later sleeping on a high outdoor ledge in a public area. The rare leopard was tranquilized. The Zoo Staff don't yet know how the leopard got out!

Dominos to trial robot delivery

The fast food company, Domino’s has announced they are about to test robot delivery to New Zealand customers. The 4 wheeled robot used by Domino's is called a DRU (Domino's Robotic Unit). The company has been working with the Government on a plan to allow robot pizza delivery to hungry New Zealanders.

As yet no date has been set for the start of the testing!

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Digital Art

So for digital art I  did a Maori design and other people did patterns and faces. So my choice was to choose sumo paint or pixlr so I used sumo paint. For my design I chose a tiki. The things that I started with are the eyes. Then I carried on with the head using the tools on sumo paint.

Stars Backing Black!

The All Blacks may have just won the Rugby World Cup but they have also won the support of quite a few celebrity fans!

Ahead of the big final the boys in black received some words of courage and support from some well known Stars as well as congratulations ON THEIR RECORD BREAKING WIN! Celebrities including Dwayne "The Rock Johnson", David Hassle Hoff,Russell Crow, Snoop Dog,One Direction’s Niall Horan, Lorde, Justin Bieber and even Prince Harry (after England was eliminated) are just some of the stars who are backing black.

Looks like the All Blacks are winners in everyone’s eyes!

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" Shake Out Drill !"

When we were doing our spelling the bell went BRING, BRING! It was the Shakeout Drill that was being held all over New Zealand at 9:15am.

So we all rushed under our desks. While we were under our desks people were laughing and playing games. We had to stay under them for a couple of minutes until the all clear bell rang.

When the drill was finally finished Miss Brough let us know it was over and asked us if we were all ok.

Photo taken by:Mr. Reid