Canterbury earthquakes: Aftershocks sweep through

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Earthquakes have rocked the south island overnight with nearly 200 aftershocks felt in the last 12 hours. A magnitude 5/7 aftershocks at 6:30pm on Tuesday caused chimneys to collapse and sent people out onto the streets of Waikari north of Canterbury. Hurunui district council says it know of at least five houses that have badly damaged by the aftershocks. The road is an important emergency access route that allowed farmers the New Zealand defence force (NZDF) and essential; services to make their way to the coastal town on Tuesday. How ever it has now been closed while geotechnica and structural assessments are undertaken. An update on the road condition is expected by mid day

Duco confirm Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz fight for Auckland

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Promoters Duco have confirmed that the Joseph Parker vs Andy Ruiz Jr bout will take place at vector in Auckland on December 10. The fight for the vacant WBO heavyweight tittle will remain on New Zealand soil after Duco managed to secure the requisite financial backing following Auckland City councils denial of their bid for public funding last week. The denial lead to speculation the contest would be relocated to California with Ruiz's promoter Bob Arum giving Duco a seven day deadline to find the supposed shortfall  several hundreds of thousands of dollars which was ultimately provided by a joint sponsorship between the TAB, Sky TV, Burger King and farming product manufacturer Gallagher.

Floating head makeup - best Halloween costume ever?

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For this years Halloween artist Alisha octigan skipped the celebrity themed costumes and took things into her own hands by creating a terrifying effect depicting her severed head floating above her neck. Using paint from her local supply store in Norway- along with a great deal of skin- octigan designed the ghoulish look herself and shared images of the result online. She used red paint to create the cut off effect to about halfway up her neck and then covered the rest of the space up her chin with black. Her freaky photos have had tens of thousands of likes and retweets on twitter and Instagram with countless commenters asking how it was possible.

IPCA called in over police checkpoint targeting pro-euthanasia group

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The independent police conduct Authority (IPCA) has been called in over a breath-testing checkpoint set up near a meeting in lower Hutt promoting euthanasia. Acting wellington District commander inspector Paul Basham said in a statement he was aware of concerns around the legal basis for the checkpoint. IT is appropriate that we notify this matter to the IPCA for it's consideration said Cmmr insp Basham. Police are responsible for enforcing New Zealand's laws and currently suicide or encouraging and helping someone to commit suicide is illegal in New Zealand He said. Suicide is legal in New Zealand though assisted suicide and euthanasia are not.

Rooney wins world shooting title

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New Zealand shooter Natalie Rooney has won her first ever world title. Rooney the Olympic silver medalist has won the woman's trap title at the ISSF world cup final in Rome. Rooney finished the semi final in the lead with 13 hits out of 15 targets and moved into the gold medal match along with the title defender, San Marino's Alessandra Perilli. During the medal match , the two Athletes scored 9 clays out of 15 each. To break the tie they entered a shoot off which lasted right to the 10th target then when Perilli missed a fatal clay, placing herself in second with 9+9 hits and leaving the gold medal to Rooney who sealed the victory with 9+10 Targets.

Breakers win first game of the season

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The New Zealand Breakers have started the season perfectly wining against  Melbourne United with a good score 76-71. The game was close for the three quarters with both teams having turns taking the lead. However in the final quarter the Breakers shot the ball extremely well to score 28 points. Shooting quard Corey Webster nailed 11 points which included a treble of three-pointers while wing man Tom Abercrombie drained 14 points in the final 10 minutes

Close Typhoon hits Tokyo

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A typhoon bringing heavy rain and wind gust of up to 180 km/h has hit Japans Capital and that's Tokyo. At least two people have died and 29 have been very injured  in the storm. The typhoon has hit Tokyo at midday on Monday. Many airlines have cancelled their flights across Japan. 400 flights have been cancelled so far. 

Flight Of The Albartross

                                  

Ruapotaka Mini Olympics

Last week on Friday Ruapotaka school had our first  ever mini Olympics. The whole school line up outside room 11 and room 12.

Their were 16 countries. The country that I was in was Germany. My favorite sport that i liked doing and enjoyed was the javelin. The school first started off with a opening ceremony and at the end we finished it off with a closing ceremony.

Modelling Clay

Last week on Friday our teacher was away from school so we had to stay with our principal. Our principal got us to do clay modelling. We went to the staff room and sat down to start on our clay. We all got a colour out of the bag, then started making something. As you can see in this photo I have made twins but i don't know what they are! I just made anything. I tell people that it's a penguin crossed with a bull because it looks like a penguin but I just added horns. I call them the Penbull twins. My friend Samuel is the person who named the twins.

Bond And Murray Win Gold

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The greatest rowing team Hamish Bond and Eric Murray have won New Zealand's first gold at the Rio Olympics. They have won the men's pair final and that means their run of victories now sits at 69 races. Bond and Murray sat in about third positions over the first 500m of the 2000m race. But by the 1000m mark they were a boat length ahead. At the 1500m the rest of the field were simply battling it out for second with with Bond and Murray tow and a half lengths in front.

Hurricanes Win The Ruper Rugby Title For The First Time

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The Hurricanes have won the 2016 Super Rugby title with a hard fought 20-3 against the lions. It is their first time winning the competition after losing twice in the final. Defense was the key of wining against the lions. The lions was the the top attacking side in the competition but they were unable to beat the Hurricanes line. The Hurricanes first five Beauden Barrett was the man of the match with another super display. He scored the final try of the game and hit two conversions and two penalties. Cory Jane the winger from the Hurricanes scored the only try in the first half.

JUDO

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Today room 11 had to make an individual story each about an event that we would choose if we were competing in the Olympic. If you want to know what event i have chosen, it's judo. I say that my coaches so i have to coaches one is Jigoro kano and my other coach is kyuzo Mifune. We also have to say that the 2016 summer Olympics is going to be in Rio plus it is anyway. The 60kg men is going to be competing this Sunday coming at 3.00am.

My Olympic Masscot

On Friday room 11 had to draw there own mascot. The mascot had to relate to the Olympics and as you can see my mascot has the five rings with someone lifting it up. It doesn't look like much but i think it looks AWESOME naa jokes. I call him potato head because his head looks like a potato.

The Government Buys A $493 Million Naval Tanker

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The Government is going to buy a $493 million naval tanker. The ship will be custom-made ready to be used in Antarctic and it will also replace the 30-year- old HMNZS Endeavour. The new ship will be used to refuel naval vessels and helicopters at sea and to supply fuel and fresh water. The new vessel will be built by South Korean company Hyundai Heavy industries and is going to be delivered in 2020. This ship will be much larger than the HMNZS Endeavour.

lionel Messi retirement

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Lionel Messi has announced that he has retired from international football. The news comes after Messi missed a penalty shootout for Argentina an the Copa America final after the team lost out to Chile 4-2 on penalties. Lionel Messi  made his decision and said "I think it's best for everyone, for me and for many people who want it. The choice for me is over, it is a decision I tried many times to be a champion but it did not work out good." He has made it to four major finals with the Argentina national team but he has never taken home a trophy.

Snakes (Speech)

Last week my teacher chose 4 students to say their speeches in the finals this Friday. One of those 4 students was me! We had to make our speech at least 3 minutes long and lucky for me my speech was 3 minutes and 3 seconds. The topic that I chose for my speech is snakes. Why did I chose this topic? Well because i just thought of it in my head and also because my friend told me to do it. My favorite part in my speech is that the king cobra doesn't have the strongest poison in the world but one dose of their poison is enough to kill more than 20 humans or one Asian elephant!

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Maori Language Week

Planting Our Garden

Last Wednesday some of us Room 11 students had to plant our garden. First our teacher gave us gloves then we dug holes for our new plants. Our teacher made sure our holes were lined up straight. Our native grasses and plants went in the holes I helped dig.

$50 For A Box Of Weet-Bix

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Weet-bix has become one of the hottest products on the market in china. That's right the humble weet-bix is the next big thing in china.Boxes of Sanitarium's the most popular breakfast product, that cost between five to six dollars in New Zealand supermarkets and are being sold for about $50 by local exporters on chinese social media sites.