Monday, March 25, 2013

Great white shark By Callum

My dad's friend caught a GREAT WHITE SHARK  but it was only a small fellow but then he hooked the big one on his hook. Then his fishing rod and his line went in too.
I caught an 8lb snapper at Karamea with my friend Kase. I caught it off the beach and we got stuck in the drift car. Then we had to get my Dad's  Toyota to hook up a wire rope but it still didn't get it out. We ended up getting the tractor to roll it out. I filleted the fish with my pocket knife. Jacko got 3 hooks stuck in 3 fingers.
We also went white baiting and we caught some. We made white bait patties. Dad smoked the fish because he had a cooker in the back of his Toyota.

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Hiwi the Kiwi By Jordan

The Minstrel read us safety questions. Mrs Minstrel danced and gave out posters and stickers. The Minstrel sang songs about sea food.

Hiwi the Kiwi By Jack

Yesterday I went to a show. It was called Hiwi the Kiwi. The people that were performing were called Mr Minstrel and Mrs Minstrel and Mr Minstrel likes singing and asking questions. If you get stuck on a boat you shoot a flare and if you get a question right you get a poster or a sticker or something else. If you catch a mother fish put it back because the mother will have babies and more people will catch more fish. When you're on a boat you have to wear a life jacket and also take a ruler. If you take fish that is too big or small the police will get you.

Mr Ellis's Flour Mill and Power Station By Bailey


Mr Ellis had a flax mill and a brick place in Brightwater. He had a fantastic idea one day and made a thing in a chicken coop with a piece of wood and made some  electricity for the town. The chickens hopped  on a piece of wood at night and make electricity. There were 5 street lights that would go at night and in the morning when the chickens got off the piece of wood the lights would torn off so Mr Ellis did not  have to do it by him self. Mr Ellis was a very clever man because he made electricity witch was great for the town.

I enjoyed learning about  Early Brightwater because there was alot of stuff to enjoy. By Bailey E

Weetbix Tryathlon By Ian

On the Weetbix Tryathlon I and Dad we went to the sea to do swimming and biking and run and win the Weetbix Kids Tryathlon.

Big Cray Fish.

On Friday I brought a big Cray Fish that my dad caught. They live in big rocks that have holes in the side. The males have 6 fins under their tail. Females have  8  fins. The dark ones live in the shallow water and the lighter colour ones live in deeper water. By Johny.