Tayne's flood

On Thursday I went to Puponga with Nick and Lorraine, Caleb and Mason too. When we got there we went white baiting and got 20 white bait. We stayed for 3 days. On the 2nd day it rained night and day it flooded. We saw a camper van in the river. We went to the Tractor Museum we saw a fake horse and cart. Then we went back to Puponga. The bach is warm.

Mitchell and Brooklyn sing Never take that away from me

A Cool Ride in a Helicopter

In the holidays I went in a helicopter with my family. We went in a Hughes 500 with Sid Deaker.
Sid is a legend when it comes to flying (he is still live capturing wolves in Canada and we were really
Lucky to fly with such a safe pilot!!!) Dad flew into the roaring lion hut which is in the middle of
The Kahurangi National Park. Dad was in the hills for 10 days and decided to come out earlier
Otherwise he wouldn't get over the tops in time because it would of snowed and Mum would be

Worried like she always is and she would of rung the police!!! I had a good time on the helicopter
And thank you Sid!!!!!
By  Ellie.

Hunting Competition by Josh

In the big holidays I went hunting . We went to the batch for the night. Dad shot a deer and we hung it. Then went to bed. The next morning Dad said we are not having breakfast until I shot that goat so we went out to the clearing and when we where half way there Dad saw a big one, then he said we are going to go shot it. When we got to the clearing Dad spotted a deer. Then we saw 3 small goats, then Dad saw 1 big one. Dad got the gun out, then Dad said it was going. Then Boom! The bullet hit it. I was so excited that I had shot my first goat. We waited 15 minutes for it to stop moaning then Dad pulled it onto the track. Dad gutted it then we walked back to the hut for breakfast. After breakfast Dad and I went to get the goat and deer. When we got back we hung them both. When we got to the bottom of the hill, we got in the truck. When we got home we had a shower and then went to my rugby club. We weighed it and it was 45.4 Kg. I came 2nd. I lost by 1 Kg. Then we had tea for free because I entered. We got goodie bags. Then we had spot prize. I got a black jacket and Dad got a green jacket. Then me, Ollie, Jed and Catlyn did some kicks.

Welcome Gina!

I'm Gina. I have been living in Perth Western Australia for the last 10 months.  It was heaps of fun in Perth, but it wasn't as fun as NZ.

 I didn't have as much space to run around the block to my friends house because of ...STRANGER DANGER...

I lived in a small house with 4 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms. It also had a pool a quarter of the size of the house and a small back yard.

 I am pretty happy to be living back in NZ because I have lots of space to  run around. I also have met up with lots of my old friends.

Best in NZ By Nico and Josh

 Last weeked Nico and Luca went to the Mini Motocross Nationals. In the 50cc class Nico got 1st and Luca got  2nd  in NZ in the 65cc class. Nico is the best in NZ for his class which is the 50cc. He got $100 from his Dad and got $100 from his uncle and $80 from his mum so he got $280 in total. And Luca got the same too. Next year they are going to Aussie.

Rainbows End by Kushla and Xavier

In the holidays Kushla went to Rainbows End. At Rainbows End she went on the Roller Coaster. She screamed. Kushla and Jahcoby and Becky went on the log ride. She put her hands up in the sky when she went on the Invader. She went on gold rush. When they went in the cave it was funny because when it went fast, it stopped quickly and donked my big tooth.

Curious Cove By Jade

On Friday at 4.00pm I went to church to go on a bus, my dad was driving the bus. All the teenagers and I left at 5.00pm. The bus ride was two hours long but half way we had a break. Everyone hopped off and had fish and chips. The whole bus ride all the teenagers were singing because someone had a radio, everyone was overwelmed by the words that I knew to the songs.The boat ride was 1 hour. Finally we arrived at the camp, by the time I got to bed that night it was 10.45pm. Next morning I got up at 8.00am and had breakfast meet the others and hung out on the tramp that was dug in to the ground. The whole idea of the camp was an Olympic theme- you got points for winning games. That night I didn't go to bed until 10.30pm.  I got up at 10.00am and had breakfast and played. Next I had 3 goes on the coolest flying fox ever invented. At first I was soooooo scared but after that I was fine. The reason it was so scary was because it was over water and if you let go you could drown. Next we had the medal ceramony, Jamacia came 4th, Ukriane came 3rd, Mexico came 2nd and .....................MADAGASCAR came1st. My team was Madagascar. We won a can of coke and a massive lolly. Then we went home.


My trip was AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!