My Fishing Trip

It was a sunny, Saturday morning. My dad and I decided to go down to the Wellington Harbour in hope we would catch some fish. This was my first time fishing and I had no experience whatsoever. That's when I mentally thanked Hiwi the Kiwi for paying a trip to my school last week. I got so caught up in my memory that I started singing ( Kai Moana.)

''Kai Moana food from the sea.
Kai Moana to feed the family.
Fish for the future and there will always be,
Kai Moana for you and me.''

''Hey. Where did you learn that?'' asked  dad as he started to slowly approach me. When I started to explain to dad about Hiwi the Kiwi, I told him some facts about fishing. '' Well, every time we go fishing and catch a fish, we need to measure it from the inside of its tail!'' , I said.

'' But if its under size, don't we need to put it back using a wet cloth?'', asked dad.

'' Yes you're right. It's so that their protective coating won't come off. It is also protecting  the fish from becoming sick and dying later on.'', I replied with much confidence.

'' At least we've got our life jackets on in case of an emergency.'', said Dad.

'' Yeah that's true.'', I said.

'' What's true ?'' Asked dad. We both started to laugh. Dad and I have always had the same type of random humour. '' Oh I forgot. We need to use the flares for fireworks tonight!'' Said Dad.

'' No!!! Dad, that's dangerous.'' I said.

'' Don't panic I was only joking.'' , Dad replied.

My instructions to my recycled instrument

The change

Rosalie had no clue on what was going on. All she wanted was to live a normal, happy human life. But all that changed once she turned imortal. She was as cold as ice and she felt as if she was the walking dead. Alive in one life then dead in the other.


Before she ever changed into a vampire she was human like all of us. Smart and intelligent were the two words everyone used to describe Rosalie. Now she had felt as if that had all been robed from her. A long time ago when it was the year of 1783, Rosalie had been very popular in the town where she once lived. Her dreams were full of  potential. She never took anything more seriously than her career. Everything that she had put into that one job. All her effort,courage and sacrafice. Vampires could hardly associate or interact with humans. It seems very strange, as they were humans once but in this life they had a life long chance that humans dont. Instead of just living until she was at the age of 80 or 90, she could live forever. Thanks to Royce Haloward everything in Rosalie's life had been turned into dust just in a mater of seconds. Till this day she,Rosalie didnt want to retell that harsh moment of her life no matter how much people asked. She still wouldn't tell.

'' No matter how pathetic your human life is I am not going to say anything",said Rosalie with anger in her voice.


'' My life is not pathetic'' said bella. Rosalie stood frozen as the cool wind passed by'', Please Rosalie. I know you hate me but I promise I won't tell anyone", Says Bella.

" I don't hate you" ,Rosalie replyed. Bella sighed, giving up when Rosalie was just beginning her story.

" It was 1783, Rosalie began. " I was only seventeen but Royce didn't care much about that anyway", Explained Rosalie in a serious tone that made Bella shutter.

" Royce who?", asked Bella with much curiosity.

'' Royce Haloward, Rosalie replied. Bella didn't want to ask anymore questions. She knew it was already tough enough for rosalie to have to explain everything to her. So she just stood in silence. '' Royce and his friends just left me for dead, on the side walk of that allyway.'' '' Thats when Carlisle found me. Its amazing how he could handle blood. Not many of our kind could be as brave as him.''

'' I agree'' , said Bella.

'' Lets go inside. Its getting cold'' , Rosalie said ingnoring Bella.

My talent, crafting

Poitarawhiti Movie

Te reo sample

What it takes to be a great swimmer

Swimming is very different in the Commonwealth Games. Held in a 800 meter Olympic sized pool, some of the top competitors from all over the world came together to compete against each other and try their hardest to bring back a gold, silver or bronze medal which from there will be put into their countries history book.

 So before you become a professional swimmer you need to understand the rules and regulations. Freestyle means any stroke apart from breaststroke,butterfly and backstroke. The wall has to be touched at every single turn, upon completion. Part of the swimmer must be above the water level at anytime, except for the first 15 meters.


To be a good swimmer you have to be competitive, you need to train hard and to eat the right food. So to keep your energy levels up you need to make sure you eat these foods: apples, bananas and raisins. Each snack should be followed by a cup of water.

The night before you swim you need to have lots of protein, so you should have something like this for dinner: pasta or rice and beans. In the morning you should eat something light like the following: a whole grain bagel, whole grain toast and fruit at least 2 or 3 hours before the big event.