Teachers Undertake Mega Strike

In total around 50,000 teachers went on strike. Some failed to turn up to school. Several teacher's went on strike because they don't get paid enough money. Or not enough teacher's for the future.

Most school's are closed due to this event. On Wednesday many teacher's from different schools walked through various streets and main cities, demanding more teachers or a higher pay rise. The government has given most teachers a 3 percent higher pay rise.

The Pike River Mine Re-Entered

After the incident that happened in the pike river mine. The mine has been re-entered, The pike river mine agency has confirmed. Three people check the mine  and came back. It's the first step in a $36m plan to explore the 2.3km long entry tunnel.

The pike river mine disaster was a coal mining accident that began on 19 November 2010 in the pike river mine, 46 kilometres northeast of Grey mouth.

Sam Verlinden

This musician is a singer that makes songs for example he showed us yesterday at assembly Jumble. He got his talent from reading. He practised and practised reading many different books his all time favourite was spy books.

The reading helped him sing. All of those skills helped him make his own songs and he makes 800 dollars a year. He inspired us to read more and more about his story of how he became a musician and how he succeeded.

Earthquakes Hit Whakaai/White Island

Many earthquakes have hit White Island. New Zealand's most active volcano is White Island. There have been 196 earthquakes since Thursday. The scientists have said that the earthquakes are getting stronger.

Experts are closely monitoring the island. Scientists have checked it and the earthquakes are getting stronger and the volcano might erupt if more earthquakes happen.

The Start Of Term 2

Today is the start of a new term. This term is going to be exciting because events that contains sport like soccer and many more different sports are mainly inportant. This term might be a good start for some students and they might succeed and be better than before. Term 2 is like a adventure that you go through and you have ups and downs. Term 2 might be exciting for students to succeed.