Salmon On The Run In Twizel

More than 2,000 salmon have escaped into a canal system in Twizel, Canterbury. The salmon have escaped from a local salmon farm and swam into a nearby canal.

 Fisherman in Twizel are taking advantage of the opportunity catching as many salmon as they can.I feel that this is crazy that salmon from a local farm has escaped into a nearby canal.

How ever many of them breaching regulations. Fishing rules state that fisherman are not allowed to take more than 2 salmon each day but people warned who took more than their share could face criminal charges.

Wero WhiteWater Trip

On Friday our class went on a trip. We went to Wero WhiteWater rafting. When we arrived we had to wait for the other school to finish.

After that we had to put on the wet suits that the rafting teacher gave us and we had to put on wet shoes and life jackets then lastly a helmet after that we had to listen to Ethan. He taught us how to keep safe from the water and how to paddle.

When we finished we had to listen to the adviser
once again and then we had to do something like go sideways on water.

Then finally we had to go on the raft. When we were on the raft we were with our instructor. We had to follow what the coach said. When we finished we had some fun and we were allowed to  jump on the fast water.

Wood Works

When we arrived at Tamaki college we had to wait outside for Mr Grundy but there was a different came in and he said Mr Grundy was somewhere but he couldn't come today.

 He showed us how to use the tools then after that we drew our vehicle on paper at make the right measurements and make them with wood.

 The first two who were done was Tristan our school and Sia from Saint Piers. Everybody drew there vehicle that they chose.  

Fungal Disease Killing Kakapo

A fungal disease is the reason why seven kakapo have died in the last few months. There are 35 kakapo in hospital around the nation.

There are only 160 kakapo left in New Zealand. The sick birds are in the hospitals and being given their favourite plant to eat, also having medical treatments twice a day.

It's sad to hear that 35 kakapos in hospital but their being treated their favourite food.

First Day Of Wood Works

Last week was the first day of wood works. Mr Grundee showed us dangerous tools that could kill you. Then he showed us some designs he did and some that his own students work. Then he told us to draw 8 different styles of the designs he had done. After he told us to do that he showed some designs, that Saint Piers kids and our school did. Some of the designs they mostly did was trucks, jeeps, pianos and many more.

New 52km Bike Trail For Otago

Work has started at the new Otago 52km cycle way. The new trail will be called the Lake Dunstan trail.The first part of the 52km trail is going to be finished by this summer.

The trail is due to open next year. The Otago trail will be part of the $26 million New Zealand cycle trail project. The trail goes to Cromwell through Cromwell George past the Clyde Dam.