March, 201516Rail Trail Duathlon 2015By Casey Everett, Mackenize College, Fairlie, South Canterbury meant the managers needed to be On February 20 a group of 28 competitors, five pupil supporters, 12 well-organised and to make sure parents and five teachers travelled down from Fairlie to Central Otago that they were at transitions to compete against other schools in the Rail Trail Duathlon 2K15. early so the next competitor was ready to go. Finishing the race On Saturday morning we all gathered at Clyde, pumped and ready left everyone tired but reallyfor the start of the 150km two-day race all the way to the finish line in Middlemarch. satisfied.Mackenzie College entered seven pupil teams as well as two teacher/parent teams.Day one started with an 8km run, then a 36km bike, another 11km run and finished Overall we won three gold with a 36km bike. For those medals, which were won by the pupils returning, the challenge boys’ team of William was to improve their times from Groundwater, Thomas Adams, the previous year for the section Philip Knubley and Justin they were competing in, while Heintz; the girls’ team of Thea for the first timers the challenge Mould, Amber Midgeley, Amber was to keep going as fast they Gallagher and Mieka Taylor, as could to finish. We were thrilled well as the mixed team of Amber Midgeley finishes her leg of the race and to find that at the finish of day passes the bib to Mieka Taylor. one we had three teams leading Jessica Blair, Isabel Clarke, Thomas Brown and Fraser their categories. Dixon. The trifecta. We also received one silver through another girls’ team of Georgia Day two was an 8km run, 25km bike, 17km bike and a 9km Prosser, Jessica Guiney, Eden Hey and Kira Hendry. We also managed to keep the overall trophy in our possession for a second year, the fourth time since 2010. We run to the finish at Middlemarch. managed to stay injury free, which was a big plus! It was amazing how the first timers improved on day two, It was a very enjoyable weekend for all, with the Saturday afternoon swim in theGregor Staley works hard on the 36km first bike which seemed to go very Naseby dam a highlight, and then it was back to our campsite at Ranfurly, along with allsection of the event. quickly. The shorter distances the rain, before heading back to Fairlie.The triumphant Mackenzie College team after the event.Boys raise money for child cancerBy Joshua Preston, John McGlashan College, Dunedin Just prior to Christmas last year Wilson Mitchell, Henry Sullivan, Charles Awesome foursome . . . John McGlashan pupils (from left) Henry Sullivan of Gore, Darling and I completed what is called a John McGlashan Challenge. The Charles Darling and Joshua Preston, both of Dunedin, and Wilson Mitchell, of John McGlashan Challenge is an award offered to pupils at our college who Taieri, in Wanaka after completing a 260km fundraising challenge. PHOTO: LUCY IBBOTSON complete an event or goal, which has a certain degree of difficulty, whilstraising money for a charity of their choice. This particular challenge consisted of three days biking and trekking around the Wanaka,Queenstown and Glenorchy region, covering a total of 260km. We started on our road bikesin Wanaka at dawn on December 20, proceeding 20km to Treble Cone before switching tomountain bikes to travel the remaining 30km to Raspberry Flat. The original plan was totraverse the Cascade Saddle, but inclement weather forced us to rethink our plan. Insteadwe had to walk to just beyond Aspiring Hut and back to finish the day. The next day we drove out to Glenorchy to do a four-hour return trek towards Dart Hut andback to Chinaman’s Bluff. Then we cycled on road and mountain bikes the 70km fromChinaman’s Bluff, via Glenorchy, to Queenstown. On the final day, we completed the 260kmloop by cycling from Queenstown to Wanaka, going over the Crown Range, which is thehighest sealed road in New Zealand. We were really tired but thrilled we had achieved thechallenge. The $10,138.40 raised from the challenge went to the Otago/Southland branch of the ChildCancer Foundation to aid in funding the Beads of Courage Programme, a very costly yetworthwhile programme. ‘‘We’ve only got three days of hard stuff but for some of those kids (affected by cancer)it goes on for months and months,’’ Wilson said. The programme is a very important part of a child’s cancer recovery as it offers them away they can show their journey to others and also gives them comfort through their difficulttime.
March, 2015 March, 2015 2 Cartoon A Extra! is an Otago Daily Times Class Act project and Lights Out 15 is published 11 times a year.The Images 1. What do you call a person who By Oliver William McLean, Arrowtown School We Will Remember Them draws cartoons? Ivan Behrnes, Extra! Editor I can see nothing, hear nothing, smell nothing and taste nothing. All I can do12 PO Box 113, Temuka 7948. is feel my way through the night air, shrouded in darkness, surrounded by Winning speech in the ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech Competition 45 2. What two major issues is the Email: [email protected] shadow. By Jacobi Kohu-Morris, Logan Park High School, Dunedin cartoon about? Phone: (03) 615-6332 E nga mana, e nga reo e nga waka, tena koutou katoa. In a few minutes, a horn will blow. That signifies the beginning of the game. 3. What is the message of the Lydia Nenewale, Extra! Subscriptions If I can make it through to the next time the horn blows without being found, Ladies and Gentlemen, cartoon? PO Box 517, Dunedin I win. I switch on my headtorch. A pulsing light casts over the invisible terrain I stand before you today, simply overwhelmed to be in the presence of the Email: [email protected] ahead of me, revealing the landscape. A half-metre-high bush lies to my right, returned servicemen and women who have defended with their lives the Cartoon B Phone: (03) 479-3555; Fax: (03) 474-7424 foreshadowing the huge, imposing beech forest behind it. A field of dead grass democratic liberties and freedoms that each of us hold most dear. We are and also covered in scrub is on my left, with a glinting, sharp barbed wire fence humbled and we are grateful for your service. 1. What type of shop are the two Printed and published by in front of me. But as we together embark upon the hundredth anniversary since the men walking past? dispatch of the New Zealand Expeditionary Forces to the coastline of the Allied Press Ltd Should I crawl through the long grass and hide in the scrub? Or should I Dardanelles, we pay tribute to those who fought for our country a hundred 2. Which of the four newspaper take to the forest and scale a tree? The pressure is getting to me. years ago. headlines highlighted in the 52-56 Lower Stuart Street, Dunedin For today we not only address those who are before us in this hall. Today, cartoon do you know the most Phone: (03) 477-4760 WONK! we speak to the 103,000 New Zealanders whose golden spirit stands with about? Fax: (03) 474-7422 My heart jumps. My eyes bulge in terror. The horn has sounded. The game us today. has begun. Keep the home fires burning 3. Which politician is mentioned CCCClluulluueeee2112:::: I was born in Honolulu in 1961. I scramble into the bush and hide down by the roots. A torch light beams While your hearts are yearning and why? I once worked as a lawyer. directly above my head, whiteness filling the forest. The Searchers have Though your lads are away arrived. I pile dirt over my body, camouflaging my reflective green fleece. I They dream of home CCluluee33:: I am the first African-American to hold the peek out through a hole in the bush. The Searchers are going the wrong way! There’s a silver lining office for which I am elected. I calm down. through the dark clouds shining Then my blood runs cold. Who’s that?! turn the dark clouds inside out CCluluee44:: My major speeches are often reported around Someone’s coming. till the boys come home. Clue 5: the world. The torchlight disappears for a split second. Now is my chance. If I am fast While the patriotic wartime melodies tell us of how our boys dreamt of Clue 5: I live in the White House with my wife and two enough, I’ll be able to escape into the forest. My arms trembling, I sprint into home, as history tells us, for 18 and a-half thousand men those dreams were the trees. never realised. children. ‘‘Hey! They’re moving!’’ The voices were approaching. ‘‘Chase them!’’ But let me tell you that our men didn’t die for nothing. Our men forged an I gulp. They were coming for me. I soar past the bushland. Trees scrape identity for all of us. Answer: .................................................................. against my face like the claws of a tiger. The cold, night air shivers past my This identity is a powerful combination of courage, leadership and body. I don’t care. I have to get out of here. Fast. The edge of the forest is resilience. And let me tell you, our boys weren’t short of a few tales to back Answer: ...................................................................... nearing. Arrgh! I trip over a root and fall, face down into the pine needles. I feel this up! All you have to do is read their diaries. the pain erupting through my nose. The first story that I came across showed real courage to me, told in the Clue 1: I am as large as Dunedin’s Forsyth Barr ‘‘He went this way!’’ yell the voices. diaries of air ace Keith Caldwell, who, at 16,000ft into the air, crashed with Stadium. My heart is wildly slamming against my chest. The Searchers’ footsteps are an Allied plane. And at 16,000ft into the air, most people would be thinking, getting louder. My rapid breaths are rising through the leaves and steaming ‘‘What the hell am I going to do!’’ But not Caldwell. Oh no. Clue 2: I have been based at Wanaka Airport. up into the air like chimney smoke. This is it. A hand reaches down to brush He climbed out! Out onto the plane’s wing, then put his foot on the rudder Clue 3: The American space organisation Nasa owns the leaves away from my head. They are directly above me. My breathing pedal to try and control it, and as he soared through the sky literally flying, stops. I scrunch up my eyes. arms out and all, he landed the plane safely and soundly behind British lines. and operates me. WONK! 25 dogfights this fellow had. And yet, his fellow diggers reckon if he had been Clue 4: It is planned to keep me aloft for 110 days. I frown. It takes a while for me to register the situation. The horn! The horn a better shot his total would’ve been a lot higher! Clue 5: I will test instruments for use in spacecraft. has blown! I won! The Searchers run away. I open my eyes and sit up in the The second story that I came across demonstrated real leadership to me dirt. The flowing, milky light of the moon threads through the pines andshines and it was demonstrated at Chunuk Bair, when Colonel Malone of the Answer: ...................................................................... upon the forest floor. I smile. The game is over. And I know one thing. I am Wellington Battalion refused to send his men into battle in broad daylight. He a survivor. told his British superiors ‘‘I’m not going to send my men in to commit suicide!’’ When did these events take place in history? And because of that leadership I think it can only be put down to karma that Place them in the decade (10-year span) each one occurred (e.g. World War 1 ends: 1910-1920) Horse Riding our men took Chunuk Bair that dawn, following Malone’s brilliant twilight attack. The Events The Dates By Will Rollinson, year 5, Hampstead School, Ashburton And the third story perhaps touched me the most. It showed the resilience One hot, northwest day I went to horse riding along with Annabel, my of our men at Passchendaele, where men like Private Leonard Hart would 1. Robert Mugabe is elected president of 2010-2020 horse-riding teacher. Jazzy and Jazz (our horses) are best friends but they had recall how their own artillery guns would fall short of their targets, Zimbabwe after independence from had a fight. Big Jazz was kicking Little Jazz so I ran over and tied the halter slaughtering their own men instead of the German forts and barbed wire. And Britain. He is still president today, to lead Little Jazz over to where we get ready. I tied Jazz up to the fence, got after all that Private Hart would be one of the six to eight men to carry a single aged 91. my brush out and brushed her. A lot of hair came out. Next I did her feet. There wounded man by stretcher, a 12-hour journey across 6km of mud to the wasn’t much mud to clean out. After that I put the saddle on. I got the girth and nearest dressing station, and then they’d do that again and again and again 2. In New Zealand’s worst modern 1980-1990 I put it on number one. When I got to the arena I tightened the girth to number until every wounded man was safe. maritime disaster, the Lyttelton to four and then got on. I gave Jazz a little squeeze and she started to walk. I W. H. Auden dedicated an epitaph to an unknown soldier which said ‘‘To Wellington ferry Wahine is wrecked in went on the lunging line first for a while. At the end I went all by myself. Then save your world, you ask this man to die; would this man, could he see you Wellington’s harbour with the loss of I got off and took her back to where we get ready. I took the saddle off and now — ask why?’’ 51 lives. I gave her a quick brush, then took her back to the paddock. I took her an apple International conflicts still threaten fundamental human rights, our way of 2000-2010 and said ‘‘Bye’’ to my teacher Annabel and to the two horses. life and the evolution of mankind. And one day the mantle of responsibility 3 3. Anzac forces fight at Gallipoli, Turkey, for upholding world peace and harmony will fall to my generation. And when in World War I. They neighed, ‘‘Stay here, don’t go! See you next time Will.’’ that day comes, I hope that my generation can conduct that responsibility with the same profound principles that guided our forefathers 100 years ago. 4. Queen Elizabeth II is crowned. 1910-1920 My Memory So that the unknown soldier of whom Auden writes, wouldn’t ask why. 5. Malaysian Airlines airliner MH370 1950-1960 So that Auden’s man would see that he didn’t die for nothing. Or that any By Ella Rees, Tahuna Normal Intermediate School, Dunedin of his brothers did for that matter. But rather, they would see that they left mysteriously disappears on a flight Behold the story I’m about to tell you. It is a rarity, a story no one else can say us a gift, that they left us an identity that they forged in the theatres of the from Kuala Lumpur to Beijing with 239 has happened to them. My memory is of the time I fell asleep on the toilet. The Great War, of courage, of leadership and of resilience. people on board and is not found year was 2005, in November. I was 2, almost 3. I needed to go to the bathroom Values which let Sir Ed Hillary stand at the highest peak on the planet; despite extensive searches over the so I went to the small room at the entrance way of our old house and went to values which let David Lange stand up to the world’s superpowers and Indian Ocean. the toilet. My parents say that they forgot where I was and after a while began declare this country nuclear free; and values which compelled the All Blacks searching the house for me. When Dad came into the toilet to see me asleep to thrash the all-too-confident United States 74-6 last year! 6. Famous merino sheep Shrek is shorn he called to my mum to get the camera. They took a few photos of me before And values that I hope will guide me throughout my journey of life. on an iceberg off the coast of actually waking me up. Afterwards we went to Nana’s house and they showed Ladies and gentlemen, today stone archways guard our schools, plaques 6 Dunedin. 1960-1970 her the pictures and they chortled at my unfortunate mistake. Never before had pave our streets and cenotaphs cast shadows on our cities. But these small I been so mortified in my life, even at the young age of 2. It scared me. monuments to our fallen heroes bear no fitting equivalent to the ultimate price that they paid, so that the sacred fire of liberty could forever burn free. Unseen Danger We Will Remember Them. Tena Koutou Katoa By Olivia Charles, Year 7, Columba College Trudging through the thick undergrowth, my feet took daring steps in this familiar land. But something was different. An unseen, unknown danger seemed to be lurking in every crack and crevice. Suddenly, somewhere in the distance, the sound of men running came to my attention. They were coming closer and closer. Everything inside of me, every instinct, told me to run, but I was frozen to the spot. The second or so in which they took to arrive seemed like an hour. Finally they were upon me. ‘‘Kill the moa,’’ they cried in their strange language. They were trying to kill me! One rushed at me with his spear and a large gash appeared on my back. I was wounded badly. Then suddenly my worst-feared predator, the Haast eagle, more ruthless than the brown humans who were hunting me, gripped me in its talons. The Haast eagle lifted me off the ground, no doubt taking me to its lair. All went black.
March, 2015 March, 201514 3In the Heart of Tennyson’s Cafe´ The Golden Ring New Zealand Quiz World QuizBy Ava Straw, Logan Park High School, Dunedin By Ariana Gepte, Columba College, Dunedin 1. What symbol of New Zealand has a panel of 12 business, sports, academic and 1. The population of what rarest member of the bear family, native to China, hasIt’s bright outside. Luminous strands of sunny golden hair stroke my cold The King had invited me to come to the palace on the day of the Celebration military people been chosen to review and call for designs or ideas for an been found to have increased by nearly 17% over the past decade thanks toface. It could be a regular Wednesday morning. But it’s not. Most definitely, of the Blue Moon. He asked me to discuss the cake for the celebration, and alternative one? conservation efforts? Clue: P............negatively, not a normal day. At least, it looks bright. It’s possible that it’s so I know you think that is weird but I was the town’s baker. While I was on mydark outside it has gone clear. But . . . wait. Dark can’t be light, can it? That’s way to the palace I stumbled across a golden ring. It looked very expensive 2. What ‘‘stadium-sized’’ object is being launched from Wanaka Airport by Nasa 2. In which country did opposition supporters march through the capital, Moscow,insane. Then again, it is equally insane being sprawled like a dead octopus and I was unaware of who owned it so I slipped it on my finger, in hope that (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), which runs the United States’ in memory of Kremlin critic Boris Nemtsov, whose murder has increasedon the floor of a practically empty cafe´ with a 42 bullet embedded somewhere it might impress the King, and continued on the path to the castle. space programme? concerns about the government of President Vladimir Putin?in the depths of my chest. All I had done was enter a coffee shop and ordera strong, comforting coffee. What could have possibly gone wrong? As soon as I arrived at the castle, the King greeted me with glee. He invited 3. What is to be auctioned by New Zealander Les Munro (95), the last surviving 3. Which member of the British Royal Family recently visited China, in the first visit me to sit at his grand dining table to discuss the details on the cake. He member of the pilots who took off for the famous ‘‘Dam Busters’’ air attack on for almost three decades? Clue: His wife is expecting her second child. Birds are still singing heartily though. Outside, on the tree branches. certainly wanted a lot on this cake and wanted to make it perfect because the Germany during World War 2, to raise money for the upkeep of the BomberThose branches that are reaching out at me like grasping hands, those list that he presented to me was GINORMOUS! The King had me read it out Command Memorial? 4. What mysterious disappearance happened a year ago, with 239 passengers andbranches’ beautiful fanned-out peacock leaves, those branches waving in to make sure there wasn’t anything missing and at first I thought that crew thought to be lost in the Indian Ocean?the subtle and adagio breeze and conducting the dis-harmonic orchestra of everything was listed but I was wrong, he had added several more things to 4. What have some people taken off tourists they thought were drivingbirds, those, those branches . . . the list. When we had finally finished the Blue Moon was about to rise. I rushed dangerously? 5. Name the President of Zimbabwe who recently celebrated his 91st birthday. to the castle exit to get back to the bakery as soon as possible. I opened the Though a deeply divisive figure at home and abroad he shows no sign of retiring. The slowly gentle pounding of my heart, which seems to have floated door and waved goodbye to the King. 5. Which teenage New Zealand golfer, number one in the world, recently won the Clue: Robert Mu...............unwarily up to my brain, beats out the steady rhythm of an African drum. The Australian and New Zealand women’s open golf championships on successivevolatile orchestra isn’t keeping in time, though. They just keep chirping and Suddenly, the King yelled, ‘‘Halt!’’ He marched right up to me and inspected weekends? 6. What annual Chinese holiday, recently ended, is considered the world’s largestwhistling away with the wind, not a care, not a problem in the world. The the ring on my finger that I had found earlier that day. He recognised it human migration? Millions of travellers take trips at this time.winged musicians are ignoring my thumping drum. immediately. He called the guards to arrest me for thievery. I bit down on the 6. Who were criticised over being awarded a 5% pay increase until Prime Minister inside of my lip, not daring to speak. Two mean officials were standing in front John Key moved to urgently change the way in which their pay increases are 7. What deadly disease, a major problem in West Africa last year, is again seeing So is the neighbouring diner, stirring sugar into his tea, pouring milk in an of me and they tried to pull me away from the King. I tried to push towards the determined? rising numbers of new cases in Sierra Leone? Clue: E............off-handed manner. Stirring. He doesn’t seem to notice a 32-year-old King and explain what had happened but he wouldn’t listen, and made sureclutching a stickily smooth, empty mug of coffee, tipped over onto the that they put me in a prison cell. 7. Name the yachtsman who has been dropped as Team New Zealand helmsman 8. A new portrait of which monarch is to appear on coins in Britain? It is only thecracked, checked tiles, mingling with the slowly widening stain of blood. for its 2017 America’s Cup campaign. Clue: Dean .................... fifth one of her 63-year reign.Blood. I begged them to let me out but it was no use, they refused. I was thinking that there was no hope for me to be let out until I noticed a hole just as large 8. What is the TPPA (Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement) that thousands of 9. Which famous long-running TV series about British aristocracy has announced I have never seen so much in such close proximity. Surely it cannot all as my head in the wall of the cell. I ran to it and tried my best to pull off some marchers in 23 centres protested against recently, saying it was secretly that actress Maggie Smith (80), who plays Lady Grantham, will leave at the endcome from me? The cascade of red liquid is rising to my face, drenching my more bricks to make the hole large enough for me to escape through. My plan negotiated, an attack on democracy and a ‘‘corporate power grab’’? of next season?clothes and the poor floor that will need to be mopped up by some poor sod. didn’t work and my heart sank, but just when I was about to lose faith a glimmerMy neighbour is spilling his milk, dripping it off the table. No one seems to of light from the Blue Moon shone through the hole in the wall and onto a 9. Name the New Zealand basketball team led by Mika Vukona which won the 10. Which terrorist group in Iraq has smashed ancient artifacts in Mosul andfind the willpower to clean. Not even the poor sod. Such inattentive hairclip that had fallen out of my hair. Feeling confused, I picked it up and tried Australian NBL title, for the fourth time in five years. bulldozed the ancient Assyrian cities of Nimrud and Hatra, some of the world’shospitality. to see what it could do to help me. I looked at the cell door and realised what greatest archaeological and cultural treasures? I had to do, but first I had to wait for the guard posted outside to fall asleep. 10. Which city recently hosted Te Matatini, the Maori cultural festival in which top There’s a far-off glass door, on the edge of the outside world. The door Eventually he was fast asleep so I crept slowly to the door and twisted the clip kapa haka groups from around the country competed? 11. What accident happened to the 72-year-old actor Harrison Ford, who plays theis shut. No waiter thinks of opening it for their clients. It’s almost like they in the keyhole. There was a loud ‘‘click’’ but the guard failed to wake up. I character Han Solo in the Star Wars movies, that had him in the news recently?don’t want people enjoying their services. The people outside, in the world opened the door very gently and as soon as I got out I headed straight to town. 11. What were competitors doing in the famous ‘‘Golden Shears’’ event at Mastertonof the living. I used to belong and thrive on the other side of the cafe´ door. where 16-time winner David Fagan competed for the last time before retiring? 12. What huge animals are to be eliminated by 2018 from the famous AmericanBut here I am, opposite life, on the floor of a solitary coffee shop on Mary- I ran as fast as I could and, just when I thought I could get away quickly, Ringling Bros and Barnum and Bailey Circus after criticism by animal welfareAbe Avenue , lying directly under a man who pays no attention whatsoever I bumped into an old man. He looked very old and wise. I helped him up and 12. Name the New Zealand First leader who is in a close-run race with National’s activists?to my existence, on a brilliantly lit spring day, tasting the mixture of salted tried to apologise. He yelled at me and said ‘‘Don’t you know that it’s rude to Mark Osborne in the by-election campaign for the Northland seat in Parliament.tears, black harsh coffee and soft yet crispy blood with distaste. bump into people? Do you know how powerful I am? I can do more marvellous Clue: Winston ................ 13. In which country was a documentary about its smog problems, Under the Dome, things than you can think of.’’ watched more than 200 million times before Communist Party censors removed I’ll be OK. I can get through this. I’ll be able to think about this one day 13. Why was a man living up a 500-year-old kauri tree in West Auckland, with it from the internet, sparking heavy public criticism of Beijing? Clue: C................and laugh over it, this strange happening that involved a lot of confusion and I then understood that he was a very powerful sorcerer. He told me he could support from protesters on the ground?blood. I can laugh about it with Mark after it’s all over; sit in front of his pellet do wondrous things and an idea then popped into my head. I begged him to 14. What green technology is powering an experimental plane, with the wingspanfire, smouldering our tepid feet, and laugh about it. What did that movie say? teleport me to a safe place. The sorcerer agreed, after deciding for a long time, 14. In and around which large North Island lake did Cameron Brown win his 11th of a jumbo jet but only about half the weight of a four-wheel-drive vehicle, whichIt seems so long ago, I can’t quite remember . . . ‘‘Tis but a scratch.’’ That but he said he would only do it for a price. As I explained to him that I had Ironman New Zealand title recently, at the age of 43? began an attempt to fly around the world recently? Clue: It has no fuel on board.was one hell of a funny movie. Hilarious. I want to watch it again, with a nothing of interest, his eye caught a glimpse of the golden ring that was stillpurring flame and volume on Mark’s TV booming like my father on a rant. upon my finger. He told me that he would send me somewhere safe in 15. What has a blackmailer threatened to contaminate with the poison 1080 if the 15. What accident happened to two helicopters carrying contestants, including threeSoon. But not yet. Not now. exchange for the golden ring. I didn’t even have to think about my decision, Government doesn’t stop the use of 1080 to kill possums and other pests by the French Olympic athletes, in a reality TV show being filmed in Argentina? I instantly agreed. I handed him the ring and he sent me to the safest place end of March? For the time being, I shall have to live with the cool touch of frozen he could think of: the Future. 16. From what very popular BBC TV car show was controversial presenter Jeremyporcelain on my trembling and chapped lips. The coffee’s sharp smell glides 16. What major type of storm battered islands in the Pacific before hitting the north Clarkson suspended after a ‘‘fracas’’ with a producer?unobtrusively up my nostrils, down my trachea, into my body, burning me The wise Sorcerer sent me to the year 2015. Since then I have disguised and east of New Zealand and the Chatham Islands?from the inside without mercy. I’m not ready. I can’t even turn away from the myself as a girl called Ariana Gepte, who attends Columba College and is 17. The fourth anniversary of what terrible disaster, in which thousands were sweptdisgusting odour. The blood is acting like glue, and the fact that I have that submitting her creative writing to a newspaper called Extra! No one will 17. In which region was the annual Hokitika Wildfoods Festival held recently, with away and a nuclear crisis was sparked, has been commemorated in Japan?42 bullet in my chest isn’t helping mechanical movement either. I see three suspect my disguise. people eating foods such as huhu grubs, grasshoppers and mountain oysters?pairs of shoes, rickety splat-flat on the floor, each at different unstable tables. 18. Which Pacific Island nation has been devastated by Cyclone Pam, in potentiallySo there are three people in here, and not one of them had noticed a severely My favourite thing to do 18. The knockout stage of what major cricket tournament has begun in New Zealand one of the South Pacific’s worst weather disasters? Clue: Va................injured person on the floor. Hypocrites. Another movie whose title I, again, and Australia after weeks of pool play?don’t recall jumps to the front of my head and knocks on my forehead. ‘‘My By Liam Crozier, Year 5, Hampstead School, Ashburton 19. Name America’s first lady, who has celebrated the fifth anniversary of her ‘‘Let’smomma always said you can tell a lot about a person by their shoes, where My favourite thing to do is reading Tom Gates in the garden with my dog 19. In which major sporting event in Brazil next year is the New Zealand women’s Move’’ campaign, which aims to raise awareness about healthy living whilethey go, where they’ve been.’’ Masey lying down on the ground. Sometimes I get to eat and read outside team clear favourites to win a gold medal after hammering the United States tackling obesity in the US. Clue: Michelle ........................ because it is too noisy inside. I only get an hour at doing this because Owen 50-12 in the latest World Rugby Women’s Sevens Series final, their fifth straight But these shoes are all bland and indistinctive. No personality at all. No and Isaac play on the tablet and Mum is cooking tea. tournament win? 20. In which Asian country north of Australia are two convicted Australian drugwonder their owners don’t see me on the floor, too wrapped up in thinking smugglers facing the death penalty? Clue: I.....................how to fix their boring shoe fashion. At least a nice pair of brown and Sometimes it’s too cold, too cold to go outside, but I still read in my room. 20. Name the TV3 talent show that has been causing a lot of controversy lately.comfortable synthetic . . . But no. Just three pairs of black leather lace-ups. I still like to read with the birds singing, and eat my crunchy apples. I like toThe birds have stopped singing. Or has it gone so dark that they’ve gone to read Tom Gates because they are really funny books. I also like to read Write a caption for these photos from the Otago Daily Times and match them with thenest by now? Seeing as I’ve nothing else to do until these so-called Captain Underpants and Treehouse stories. Once Masey ran away with one quiz questions above.gentlemen help me up, I pay closer attention to their shoes. Not even one of my Captain Underpants books. She wrecked the cover, but the words werefeature to notice . . . Yes. There is one. The man beside me has a worn sole. still okay. Luckily I could still read it. 1 2 3 4Just one. One sole . . . one more soul . . . gone . . . Snow Fell ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... Three people walked casually with nonchalance out of Tennyson’s Cafe´ ................................................... ................................................... ................................................... ...................................................that day. A small and weedy man slammed the door shut behind them, By Aqua Spiers, Year 8, Tahuna Normal Intermediate Relates to question: Relates to question: Relates to question: Relates to question:clutching a fistful of notes with a sweaty hand. Banknotes. Nothing more to Snow fell everywhere. It was one of those movie moments where everythingsee. One of the three late customers had a worn sole under his left was perfect. The soft snow powdered the treetops, the grass, the houses. Iblack-leather Skechers. wanted to make this a moment to remember so I pulled my head back to face the dark but elegant sky and stuck my tongue out as though to lick an iceThe Car Bumper cream. The white flakes drifted down to earth and landed softly on my face and tongue. But when I poked my tongue out to see the white flakes they had allBy Jenny de la Harpe (9), Kaikorai School, Dunedin melted. I could taste the sweet coldness of the soft snow and then before IToday, at the Dream World carpark I found a bumper in one of the gardens. could even fully taste it the water-mixed saliva trickled down my throat slowly.Now what would I want with a bumper? A chill ran down my spine and I knew that this was a magical moment to remember. Well I couldn’t just leave it there, could I? I decided to dig it out. One end came out easily. I followed the course upa tree, through a bush and under a car. And in some oil, of course. I pulled,pushed, and finally released it, then dragged it to safety. Smelly, blistered,scratched and exhausted, but happy, of course. But then I wondered: Whatwould I want with a car bumper? It was an interesting exercise, I guess.
March, 2015 March, 2015 4 13 1. Off the coast of this region an 86-year-old 3. The Black Caps played Matilda Sweet Honey grandfather reeled in the best surprise of his Afghanistan in the life on a Christmas-present fishing trip with his Cricket World Cup at Roald Dahl Cathy Cassidy grandsons, a whopping 300kg blue marlin. this city’s McLean Park. Reviewed by MollyJo McKay, Reviewed by Chloe Small, Mt Hutt College, Methven Answer: N....................... George Street Normal School, Dunedin I have just finished reading the book Sweet Honey and thought it was Answer: N............................................................... This tiny Einstein’s life was limited from living with her scandalous father really enjoyable. and her dim-witted mother, along with Matilda’s snobby brother, Michael. The main character in this book is Honey. In the book she is quite 2. Hundreds of people gathered at a park in this city When the time to go to school finally arrives for Matilda she instantly moody and dramatic. She flew halfway around the world just to be with to beat the Guinness world record for the longest provides the right answers to all questions and finds her place, whether as a friend or her dad, only to find out she had a stepmother, and once she was with her dad he was icecream, a giant 596.5m sundae made of thousands enemy. Soon she makes a great discovery that shocks everybody. always out late and never had time for her. of litres of icecream with wafers, chocolate and candy As the story unfolds, so does the mystery that will keep you on your toes and keep Honey is cyber-bullied by the person she got expelled from school with when they sprinkles. you turning the pages until you’ve finished this thrilling book. Will this story have a happy altered their grades when they didn’t pass an exam. I don’t think Honey handled it well ending? Roald Dahl, the world’s number one storyteller, has painted a masterpiece in because she didn’t tell anyone she was being cyber-bullied and she thought by deleting Answer: A ............................................................... thousands of minds (including mine) using his amazing writing skills. Will yours be next? the messages it would go away. 4. This city’s super-city proposal should be dropped, This book was really enjoyable and you got taught about lots of things during it. according to two-thirds of the region’s councils, Diary of a Young Girl Hutt City Council and Masterton, Carterton and Wolf Brother South Wairarapa district councils. Anne Frank Answer: W .............................................................. Reviewed by Hannah Clarke, Columba College, Dunedin Michelle Paver Brief outline of the plot: Anne Frank receives her diary on her 13th Reviewed by Shima Jack, George Street Normal School 6. The first date of a backpacking Scottish artist 5. Japanese 60-year-old Toshi Ogawa birthday, Saturday, June 13, 1942. Anne is the youngest in a family of Six thousand years ago, in stone-age Europe, a 12-year-old boy’s father and a man from this town made global has become the oldest person to four, with her dad, Otto, her mum, Edith, and her sister Margot. Because is killed in a tragic encounter with a demon-possessed bear. The boy, with headlines after a sign she wrote asking after swim this strait and the 94th person her family is Jewish they have many tough restrictions such as not being his wolf-cub companion, seeks revenge by defeating the Soul Eaters, the him went viral on social media. to make the crossing. able to go outside after 8 at night, and having to go to Jewish schools. cruel mages that pursue power and control over all the clans. On July 28, 1942 Anne and her family moved into their secret annex with the van Daan This story felt so vivid, so real. Michelle Paver developed the idea for Wolf Brother Answer: P ............................................................... Answer: C................................................ family. The annex is above Anne’s father’s office building. On Tuesday, November 17, after actually experiencing swimming with orcas, going face-to-face with wolves and 10. New Zealand’s most toxic mine 1942 a dentist named Alfred Dussel joins the annex. Anne falls in love with the van having an encounter with a bear. The way Michelle Paver can create such strong images 7. Nasa launched a huge scientific balloon weighing over Daans’ son, Peter, and every day she visits him and they talk about anything and with just a few simple sentences is unlike any writing I’ve read previously. sites, the old Prohibition and two tonnes, the size of a large football stadium and everything together. Anne’s diary stops on August 1, 1944 when she is taken to a The characters have lifelike faults and individual personalities. The story continues Alexander gold mines near this with a plastic skin about as thick as a sandwich bag, concentration camp and, like her sister, she dies of typhus. smoothly throughout the series (Chronicles of Ancient Darkness) without breaks and with town, are to be cleaned up at a from this town’s airport on March 15. credible storylines. I think this is a great book if you like to read a book with substance. cost of $3 million. Their levels of Ultimate Survival Guide For Kids arsenic are among the highest Answer: W .............................................................. The Butterfly Lion recorded anywhere in the world, 8. This West Otago town will be transformed into Reviewed by Charlotte Osborne, at 500 times the safe level. George Street Normal School Michael Morpurgo Answer: R .................................... the main street of a 1980s American mill town Reviewed by Elisa Hofstede (10), for the upcoming filming of the Walt Disney Learn all about frightening animal danger, from what to do when you see George Street Normal School Studios remake of the movie Pete’s Dragon. a shark to how to escape a bear. Learn about natural dangers such as Bertie rescues an orphaned white lion cub from an African field. They Answer: Ta.............................................................. how to survive an avalanche or how to escape from quicksand. They are are always together until Bertie is sent to boarding school in England 9. 71-year-old Murray Faulkner, who may be the only four of the fascinating survival tips you could learn. and the lion is sold to a circus. Bertie promises the lion that they will see each other again. oldest person to have walked the 3000km Te But will they? Araroa trail from Cape Reinga to this port town, I felt inspired to go and do something adventurous as soon as I’d read The Butterfly Lion is written by Michael Morpurgo and illustrated by Christian celebrated his achievement recently by going this astounding book. It made me glad that nothing like that had ever Birmingham. tramping. happened to me. It reminded me that I’m lucky, and being safe is not something I should I think this book is really good because it made me feel I was there in that moment. Answer: B ............................................................... not just take for granted because many people need to know how to escape a danger, It is a book full of emotional twists. such as a house fire. I highly recommend this book for girls and boys from ages 7-10. Great-nana’s bran biscuits Hokey pokey biscuits Supplied by Ashleigh McDonald, Supplied by Rebecca Rietveld, Columba College Columba College, Dunedin Identify each of these famous landmarks and place them on the map. Ingredients: Ingredients: 1 Tbsp milk 1 cup bran 120g butter, softened 1 tsp bicarbonate of soda 1 cup flour 1⁄2 cup caster sugar 1 cup sugar 1 Tbsp golden syrup 1 tsp golden syrup030315extrapg4 1 2 3 4 5 Each month a choice of 1⁄4lb butter (110g) Method: A statue to honour the dogs A giant bottle of a sweet soft A life-sized bronze statue of An enormous plastic fantastic Near the shore of this Hawkes recipes sent in by pupils Small tsp baking soda 1. Preheat oven to 180degC. Line two large baking trays with baking needed to work on the high drink manufactured in a North New Zealand’s (and bunch of fruit at the entrance to Bay city, this statue represents will be published. Those 1 cup coconut paper. country stations of the South Island town. Its slogan ‘‘World Australia’s) famous racehorse, a Central Otago town renowned the Maori legend of Pania, who whose recipes are chosen will 1 tsp ginger 2. Using an electric mixer, beat butter and sugar until light and Island. famous in New Zealand’’ Phar Lap, at his birthplace, a for its fruit growing. frequented a reef and married a each receive a copy of Milk (1⁄4 of a cup) creamy. became a popular saying. South Canterbury town. chief’s son. Method: 3. Place golden syrup and milk into a heatproof microwave-safe jug. ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. ................................................. Nic’s Cookbook, 1. Melt the butter and pour over sifted dry ingredients in a bowl. Microwave for 20-30 seconds on high or until hot. Stir in courtesy Scholastic Books. 2. Mix the baking soda with the milk and mix into dry ingredients. bicarbonate of soda (mixture will bubble up). 3. Once mixed, roll out the mixture thinly on a board and cut into 4. Add warm milk mixture to butter mixture. Stir until well combined. squares. 5. Sift flour over batter. Mix well. 4. Place the squares onto baking paper on a tray and bake for 12-15 6. Roll two teaspoons of mixture at a time into balls. Place onto minutes at 150degC. prepared baking trays, allowing a little room for spreading. Gently 5. Nice buttered. press biscuits down with a floured fork. 7. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until golden and firm to the touch. 8. Stand on trays for three minutes then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely. 9. Store in an airtight container at room temperature.
March, 2015 March, 201512 5 Space GallipoliTopic Of The Month . . . 100 Years Ago By Imogen Salvage, A Moment in Time Fox in the Picnic Rug Logan Park High School, Dunedin Anzac Day this year marks 100 years since the Gallipoli landings Special poppies When I was 10 I fell off my bike of April 25, 1915. Thousands of young men from many countries, By Georgia Caldwell, By Holly Mein (9), and the earth kissed my thigh so hard including large numbers of New Zealanders, stormed the beaches ‘‘For the empire and for freedom, we all must do our bit, the men Tahuna Intermediate School, Dunedin Kaikorai Primary School, Dunedin it left a black grape-coloured lipstick stain of Gallipoli Peninsula in what is now Turkey. More than 130,000 go forth to battle, the women wait and knit’’ — Lady Annette Liverpool‘‘I heard . . .’’ Five days ago at a playground I found it popped blood vessels like bubble wrap, men from both sides died including 2779 New Zealanders, aboutI heard the sound of water lapping the golden sand. A fox toy wrapped in a picnic rug! changed colours like chameleons living a fifth of all those who had landed on the peninsula. The National Army Museum is making a patrioticI heard little children screaming with laughter. At least two metres of picnic rug used. ‘‘call to yarn’’. With assistance from the generalI heard ‘‘Daddy, the big wave is coming!’’ All wrapped up and tied in a big knot. under my skin. Many special events and displays are being held throughout public of New Zealand it is aiming to produce oneI heard the squawking of the seagulls huddling together I looked for the knot down the hill. I took out my paint set the country and it is very likely there will be something near you handcrafted poppy for each serviceman andaround the abandoned tray of hot chips. Half way down the hill I found my goal, and created the solar system on its mottled to visit. woman lost by our nation in the Great War. ThatAnd then I heard . . . An enormous knot, as big as one of the sequins on my top. is 18,166 poppies!‘‘Go under!’’ It took me ages to undo, but I really wanted that fox. backgroundI felt the cool feel of water on my face. So I took my time to undo the knot. so every time I looked down at my thigh These very special tributes will be on show atI felt the salty sting as I opened my eyes. With one hand on the slide to stop me from falling down I had the universe scattered on my skin the National Army Museum in the form of aI surfaced and I saw a blur. the hill. not a badge of my mistake and cascading waterfall of poppies in the museum’sI felt a huge smile creeping over my face. At last I undid the knot, memorial area. And I jumped out of the way. misjudgement. Snails for Dinner As two metres of picnic rug unravelled down the hill. I controlled the ache as my fingers The poppies can be knitted, crocheted, sewn or I ran down the hill to the very end, danced amongst the stars on my leg. soft crafted. Already there has been a huge By Oliver Bamford (10), And I grabbed the fox, the thing I had worked so hard for. wished that I was there instead of here. response, with crafted poppies being sent from all Kaikorai Primary School I gathered it in my arms. Somewhere I wasn’t made to fall over New Zealand and from other countries.Today down in the shopping area in New Caledonia, Scratched, sore and messy, to the floor for affection.I found a snail. But happy and satisfied of course.One of those big ones people eat in France. But now I had a new problem. Why did I enlist? PHOTO: LINDA ROBERTSONIt was lying there, What was I going to do with the picnic rug?Dying on the footpath Did I, my mum or dad or my little brothers want two metres By Ines Stephani, Mt Aspiring College, Wanaka Lied about his ageWaiting for someone to step on it. of picnic rug? Curse this world, I don’t want to be in warI picked it up and took it ‘‘Oh well’’, I thought I’m only here because at home I have nothing to live for Here are extracts from a story written by Shawn McAvinueto the nearest restaurant serving snails!! ‘‘I guess it will just have to stay there’’. Why did I enlist? about his grandfather and published in the Otago Daily Times.Proud of my achievement, I’m afraid to sleep in these horrible trenches About 100 years ago, an eager teenager lied about his age inI then ordered the Escargot Will I ever be able to close my eyes again? Palmerston North to enlist in the Otago Battalion. Shawn— the snails were green!!! I don’t know McAvinue digs up his grandfather’s military records andAnd on top was the same snail I found Why did I enlist? discovers a cabinetmaker signing up for military training inStill alive and squirming!! No more fighting against our foreign friends Dunedin to evade his older sister’s threats of stopping himThe end Peace not war is what I want joining World War 1. Why did I enlist? When Germany declared war on Russia on August 2, 1914, A Moment in Time As I take a breath I know it will soon be my last Patrick McAvinue was 19 and working as a cabinetmaker in . . . Orana Park I will never see my loved ones again in life, only in heaven Palmerston North. Two days later Britain declared war and Why did I enlist? New Zealand offered an expeditionary force three days after Pvt Patrick McAvinueBy Jazelle McCormick, Tahuna Intermediate School that.I heard a loud roar Far Away Bird Nest Toitu Otago Settlers Museum displayI saw the lions slowly walking towards us. Volunteers for the NZEF had to be aged between 20 and 46. On August 14, 1914I felt excited to be so close to them. By Ben Clayton, Logan Park High School By Gemma Rowcroft (10), Hampden resident Colin Jack is among the Patrick told a recruiter in Palmerston North his birth date was May 20, 1894, boostingI wondered if I would be tall enough Far away a pirate sails Kaikorai Primary School more than 100,000 visitors who have his age by a year to be eligible. He was one of 14,000 New Zealand men whoto go into the cage. Adorned with the title of shadowed veil I was swimming in Patearoa River. flocked to Dunedin’s Great War exhibition volunteered in the first week and one of about 1000 men recruited to the Otago InfantryI saw the lion’s large, He fights a life without morals I dived behind the rocks. at Toitu Otago Settlers Museum. Battalion. I assume the rest of the information on his enlistment form was true: a singlesoft paws leaning on the cage Sailing through the depths of the sea A mini bird’s cave! Mr Jack (78) said the ‘‘marvellous’’ Roman Catholic with brown hair, blue eyes, with dark complexion, 1.7m tall, 63kg, withI heard the car starting His fierce stature provokes fear in men Covered by a few weaves of grass and hay. display had been deeply meaningful for good teeth and ‘‘full and perfect’’ movement in his joints.as we slowly moved closer to the lions. An old crooked leg stands tall I could hear some tweets. him, and helped him better understandI felt nervous as they climbed A piercing gaze looks over the glen Suddenly a bigger bird flew out! what his great-uncle James Jack had He left his family in Palmerston North and travelled to Dunedin for military training withonto the top of the cage. A beard hangs all ragged and sprawl I thought it was a family of small birds. faced. the Otago Battalion at Tahuna Park. The Otago Battalion was originally meant to sail The lap and the lull of a ship wild and free I moved closer. His great-uncle, a farrier in the Otago from Dunedin on August 28 but the departure was postponed and on September 22, Scorpion Sting Diluting the blood of an ungoverned sea Not too close, otherwise I would scare them. Mounted Rifles, was mortally wounded 1914 about 1600 Otago Infantry Regiment and Otago Mounted Rifles caught trains and The clash and clang of a sword in flight Through the trees that surrounded the river during a horseback attack at Messines, in rode horses to Port Chalmers in secret to board troopships Ruapehu and Hawke’s Bay. By Ryan Bell, Striking the air at the dead of night I saw the mother bird fly back again with a worm. Belgium, in June 1917. A couple of days later the ships docked in Wellington Harbour and the men continued Chisnallwood Intermediate School, Far away a pirate sails Poking out of the tiny home were three beaks. Mr Jack said he had watched all 11 parts training at Trentham. Christchurch Adorned with the title of shadowed veil I swam away! of an associated historical documentary Honouring the fallen . . . HampdenEndless sand stretches He fights a life without morals Journey of the Otagos. Presented by resident Colin Jack stands at a wall of In mid-October, about 1000 Otago Battalion troops departed Wellington with thea wide vast plain, Sailing through the depths of the sea The Boar museum curator and historian Sean remembrance at Toitu Otago Settlers NZEF main body of about 8500 men and more than 3800 horses, on 10 ships. Thethe desert hides life Fearless but lonely, standing proud in the mist Brosnahan, it followed the footsteps of Museum, part of the ‘‘Dunedin’s World troopships met the Australian troops at Albany, Western Australia, about a fortnight later.in cracks and crevices. Black dog kept away with a belly of gin By Alex Speight, Otago soldiers in World War 1, both in War I’’ exhibition, which runs until The Australian and New Zealand contingents were convoying across the Indian OceanLost, wandering barefoot, Plunder and treasure seeking to replace kin Medbury Preparatory School, Christchurch Gallipoli and on the Western Front. May 3. when the United Kingdom declared war on Turkey on November 5. With plans to knockthe sands of time, The sway of ship governed by fists A smelly boy PHOTO: PETER MCINTOSH Turkey out of the war, New Zealand and Australian troops departed Mustafa, Alexandria,beneath leather feet, Surrounded by men who relate to the kill A wild thing for Gallipoli Peninsula on April 10, 1915 under the command of a British general.a tiny creature bites. Motivated by the lustre of all gold and jewel Tusks as big as Jupiter 1500 white crosses for TimaruThe poison is in your mind They fight, they battle, they maul and brawl A deer assassin Landing on April 25, the New Zealand troops were welcomed by steep cliffs and anhow did you get here? ‘‘Ahoy!’’ they shout to the captain’s call 150kg machine As part of a national project being organised by the Fields of Remembrance Trust, the enemy superior in numbers and firepower. About 930 Otago troops waded ashore andSurely a nightmare Far away a pirate sails A noisy snorter Timaru WWOne centenary committee is producing 1500 white crosses. The crosses were ordered to the extreme left of the line and, when recalled, several Otago troopsbut the pain is all too real. Adorned with the title of shadowed veil The Captain Cooker represent every man and woman from the region who died in World War 1. were killed.Venom makes your legs numb He fights a life without morals A flesh ripperArms, limp, Sailing through the depths of the sea A happy dinner Every district in New Zealand will send their white crosses to Wellington to be On May 2, the Otago Infantry was involved in the attack on the hill ‘‘Baby 700’’, whichMind, jelly, displayed at the Wellington Stadium in 2018 as a memorial of remembrance. was heavily defended by Turkish troops with machine guns. After the battle, fewer thanCollapse. Leave me to suffer I Grew Up half the 800 Otago men who began the attack were fit for combat. 100 riders dressed as soldiers By Annika Gibson, By Hana Lee, Ilam School, Christchurch A week later, the surviving remnant of the Otago Battalion and other New Zealand Mt Aspiring College, Wanaka I grew up in a rainbow. People going to The Peaks Hall, Hawarden and Waikari in North Canterbury on April 25 forces joined a British infantry division at Cape Helles to fight Turkish troops at Krithia, I wake up; in a room that is not mine I grew up in a palace. and 26 will be able to see 100 riders representing the Canterbury Mounted Rifles and a village about 6km from Gallipoli Peninsula. A British lieutenant-general with a poorly A door sits on the wall, black as night. I grew up in the ocean, swimming with the mermaids. their horses for the 100-year memorial to the Gallipoli landings. Fifty-two of these riders conceived battle plan repeatedly sent troops on daytime assaults across open ground. My bare feet slowly walk me to it. I grew up in the clouds. will be dressed in full military uniform, representing the number of soldiers from the area Turkish snipers decimated the vulnerable troops with machinegun fire on an open field My shaking hand turns the old handle. I grew up in a stable. who did not return. overgrown with red poppies and daisies, known as ‘‘the Daisy Patch’’. Faint echoes of tanks rolling, guns shooting I grew up in fairy land, flying with the fairies. and shouts of soldiers. I grew up in an island. Special Anzac coins During the five-day battle, Pte McAvinue suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand, I look at the floor. I grew up in a sunset. and after recovering at a convalescent camp in Suez, Egypt, was deemed medically Broken dreams, puddles of blood, shattered hearts I grew up in a garden, One million coloured coins are being released to mark the centenary unfit, and discharged from the main body about a year after leaving Egypt for Gallipoli. and a gravestone. riding on a butterfly. of the Anzac landings on Gallipoli Peninsula. Engraved on its front is a name Anzac quiz ‘William Baker’. The special 50c coin features New Zealand and Australian Memories dawn, my eyes prick with tears. soldiers standing back to back with their heads bowed in 1. How many years is it since New Zealand troops landed at Gallipoli? It is true. remembrance on one side, and Queen Elizabeth II on the other. It is 2. What name was given to the Otago soldiers who went to war with their horses? New Zealand’s first coloured coin. 3. How many white crosses are being made in Timaru? 4. How many WW1 mounted soldiers from the North Canterbury region near Waikari The coin is legal tender so can be used for purchases. and Hawarden died? 5. What names were given to the areas of land at Gallipoli where Turkish snipers killed many New Zealand soldiers?
March, 2015 March, 2015 6 11 1. The death of actor Leonard Nimoy inspired 2. The UN human rights office has raised its toll of 3. The annual return trip following this country’s Armageddon Expo a hit people to post photos on social media of this the fighting in this country, saying more than New Year is considered the world’s largest country’s former Prime Minister Wilfrid Laurier 6000 people have died since the conflict with human migration, with about 2.8 billion total By Zed Sanerivi-Ramsay, on its five-dollar banknotes transformed into a Russian-backed separatists began last April. trips predicted throughout the country during George Street Normal School, Dunedin remarkable likeness of Spock, Nimoy’s famous the 40-day travel season. Star Trek character. Answer: U............................. Answer: C............................. Answer: C............................. There were posters everywhere: in Crusty Corner, on the walls throughout town, at the entrance to New World where 9. A man from Ghana took a 4. Despite extensive the trolleys are parked. The Armageddon Expo was Warren Goodwin as Rocket, from Guardians of the Galaxy at the recent Armageddon Expo in Dunedin, with 3000-kilometre detour after searching, no trace coming to town! I phoned my friend Rohan to plan our Balmacewen Intermediate School pupil Rohan Anakin (left) and Zed SaneriviRamsay from George Street Normal getting a ticket for the wrong has been found expedition. School. plane. He made it from Ghana of this country’s PHOTO: CHRISTINE O’CONNOR to Sao Paulo, Brazil, safely missing MH370 This annual event was calling us, and we were eager to but his next flight’s destination aircraft, which go. We knew from experience what to expect: a noisy turned out to be the Brazilian disappeared a year crowd with people dressed up in costumes, chatting and city of Goiania, not this country ago carrying 239 taking photos of each other. as intended. passengers and crew. Fortunately our dads were keen to go too. We didn’t Answer: G............................. Answer: dress up, although I did put on a gaming T-shirt. We M............................. queued up excitedly to buy tickets, agreed on a meeting place and then Rohan and I did our own thing. We wandered around a bit, admiring the cool costumes. Had a great time Although open to all ages, most people in the crowd, By Rohan Anakin, but Zed and I were too afraid to go in (well at least I was) and especially those wearing costumes, were older Balmacewen Intermediate School, Dunedin and Zed thought it would be about the zombies from his teenagers. video game. I bought a Pikachu hat because I like Pokemon I planned to go to Armageddon with my buddy Zed and we and it looks really cool. I also got a Gryffindor Harry Potter I had my iPod Touch and Rohan and I took photos of had a great time there. What I like about Armageddon is that hoodie because I am in Highgate House at Balmacewen each other with some people in costumes. They were it is so packed with people and collector’s items such as Intermediate School and it’s a brave house like Gryffindor. happy to oblige. swords, models, and costumes. I really like all of the nerdy I also bought a wooden pirate sword because I like pirates. stuff like Dr Who, Harry Potter, and especially the cos-play One of my favourite characters is Foxy the pirate in 5 Nights 7. This country’s Vice-president 6. This country’s A highlight was when I saw a man in a Sonic costume (which means people dressed up in costumes). There was at Freddy’s. Armageddon was a really fun experience. I can 8. This country’s retiring President Sam Sumana placed himself in controversial President and was photographed with him. I am particularly keen on one event called the ‘‘Zombies and Dinosaurs Alley Way’’ hardly wait until the next one. Jose Mujica, a former leftist quarantine following the Ebola Robert Mugabe, who 5. A 2.8-million-year-old jawbone the Sonic games and spend as much time as I can playing guerrilla, became a symbol of death of one of his guards. celebrated his 91st fossil with five intact teeth them at the weekends. modest living, spurning the The Government is gravely birthday with a lavish US$1 unearthed in a desert in this presidential palace throughout concerned that the number of million (NZ$1.3m) party country is pushing back the dawn We had come prepared with money because we knew his term in office to continue living new cases is rising again. beside Victoria Falls, is of mankind by about half a million there would be cool items to buy. in his ramshackle farmhouse. showing no sign of quitting years. Answer: S............................ political life. We looked at wrestling DVDs, video game cartoons, Answer: U............................. Answer: E............................. replicas of swords, shields and weapons, T-shirts with Answer: Z............................. characters such as Harry Potter, and plush soft toys from Sonic, Link, and Mario. I bought a Bowser plushy, an evil turtle character who kidnaps Princess Peach in Super Mario, and a hat with the facial features of Sonic, bright green oval eyes, pointy black nose and floppy blue spikes at the back. (Sonic is a speedy hedgehog who enjoys being active and occasionally his speed comes in very handy when running away from something nasty.) Rohan bought a wooden sword and a Gryffindor hoodie. Rohan and I had a memorable time. I would strongly recommend that anyone who likes video gaming should put a reminder on their phone for next year’s Armageddon Expo. Hope to see you there!240315extrapg6 Music review Top 5 books Match these flags to the countries in the questions above. In The Lonely Hour — Sam Smith By Rose McArthur and Kate Lyall, 2. This mostly Muslim country on Christchurch South Intermediate School the southern part of the Malay Reviewed by Tessa Bennett, Christchurch South Intermediate School Peninsula also includes Sam Smith’s new album includes popular songs such as Money on my Mind, Not the Only One, and his new 1. The Fault in our Stars Sarawak and Sabah in northern hit, Like I Can. Sam Smith shows how powerful his voice is in these 15 singles, especially in La La La which 2. The Book Thief Borneo. he has done with Naughty Boy. This album includes a variety of songs, with my personal favourite being Latch. 3. The Lord of the Rings ........................................................ What makes this album even more special is that it is his very first since he is quite new to the music industry. 4. Written in My Own Heart’s Blood 5. Harare is the capital of this 5. A Dance with Dragons Book 5: A Song of Ice and Fire landlocked African country once 1. This country in the Horn of Africa known as the British colony of 3. The third-largest country in the Te Matatini Kapa Haka Festival is bigger than France and Spain Rhodesia. world and the most populous, its A great atmosphere combined. Addis Ababa is its ........................................................ capital is Beijing. capital. 8. Kiev is the capital of this By Casey Hapi, Aranui High School, Christchurch Songs war-torn country on the coast of ........................................................ ........................................................ the Black Sea. It has a border 6. A country in West Africa aMllytheexppeerrifeonrcmeearst TweitMh saotamtinuic2h0c1o5nwfidaesnacneoacncdaspiaosnsIiownomn’1at .fdoergmeet. Being there and seeing 4. The second-smallest country in with Russia. want to be like them. I ....................................................... bordered by Guinea, Liberia and loved the atmosphere. It made me want to push myself further into my 2M.aori culture. The performers South America, lying east of the Atlantic Ocean. also made me look at myself and how I perform in my kapa haka group3. .To be honest I have a lot to Argentina. improve on and I definitely need to build my confidence. 4. ........................................................ ........................................................ 9. This North American country is An amazing experience 5. 7. A densely forested country on the second-largest in the world, Aranui High School students attending the recent Te Matatini Kapa Haka By Sarah Hohepa, Aranui High School head girl the Caribbean coast of South and extends through six time Festival in Christchurch. From left, Stephanie Ngaha, Shalom AraipuHall, Te Matatini was an amazing experience that I had the privilege to attend with not only my America. Georgetown is its zones from the Pacific Ocean to Haley Taylor and Samantha PascoeHorn. whanau, but also my kura (school). I felt very proud knowing that my Maori culture was going capital. the Atlantic Ocean. to be shown to all of Aotearoa and also the world! I loved each group that performed, but I was mainly ........................................................ ........................................................ supporting Ruatahuna, because that is where my family is from. This competition is great for Maori people to express themselves, their mana, and also represent their iwi and whanau. It is always great to see the passion each performer has for our culture.
March, 2015 March, 201510 7Jacobi Koho-Morris won the Off to Gallipoli Can insects close their eyes? The People The News The HeadlinesOtago/Southland regional RSACyril Bassett VC Speech By Jacobi Kohu-Morris, Logan Park School, Dunedin Many animals have eyelids to close their eyes, 12 He is .................... ............................., the outstanding captain Mugabe splashes over $1mCompetition and is to attend the In mid-February, I won the distinct privilege to attend the 100th-year but not insects. This leaves their eyes 34 of the New Zealand Breakers basketball team which has just on his birthday100th Gallipoli celebrations in commemorations of the landings of New Zealand troops at Anzac Cove, permanently open and bug-eyed! Human eyes 56 won its fourth ANBL title, beating the Cairns Titans in the final. Ed Sheeran coming to New ZealandTurkey. to be held in Gallipoli on April 25 this year. began to evolve from those of our 78 She is .................... ............................., the world double Julie Chapman helping feed This is because I was lucky enough to win the ANZ RSA Cyril Bassett VC Speech ocean-dwelling ancestors between 500 and 600 9 10 sculls champion who has replaced current world champion thousands of school children Word puzzles Competition, held in Gore for the Otago/Southland region. The next step is the national million years ago. Even now, human eyes need Emma Twigg in the women’s single scull for the 2015 world Single sculls for Fiona Bourke section of this competition, where we will have an all-out battle to win the honour of to be moist to work properly. Our eyelids spread championships. Twigg is taking time out to study in Europe. Williamson hits memorable six 1. oturnedut delivering our speech at Gallipoli this Anzac Day. I will travel with the New Zealand tears over our eyes to help prevent them from He is .................... ............................., who condemned illegal New skipper for Team New Zealand Defence Force to Turkey over three weeks in April as part of the 24 youth ambassadors drying out and to wash away dirt and dust. wildlife trading in a recent speech in China. He is strongly Sophie Pascoe wins top 2. irighti from New Zealand. I am truly lucky to be able to play a small part in this historically Insect eyes are dry and hard on the outside, and against the illegal trade in elephant ivory. China is a major Canterbury sporting awards significant occasion. many bugs use their front legs to brush away dirt buyer. Prince calls for end 3. act My speech, entitled We Will Remember Them, spoke about how the Great War was and keep their eyes clean. Because insects don’t He is .................... ............................., who is favoured to to elephant hunting char er a crucible for moulding New Zealand’s sense of identity. need tears to moisten their dry eyes, this also replace Dean Barker as Team New Zealand America’s Cup Vukona leads Breakers to If you read some of the war diaries, you will find examples of these strengths in bucket means that they can’t cry! skipper at the next series to be staged in Bermuda in 2017. fourth championship title 4. E loads. That served as inspiration for my speech. Some of the stories I read were heroic, He is the current world champion in the moth and 49er yacht Kiwi of Year Award for P some were heart-wrenching, and some were just plain brilliant. What happens inside classes. The Warehouse co-founder A That is why I am humbled, inspired and frankly overwhelmed to stand on the shores a chrysalis? He is Sir .................... ............................., the director and H of Anzac Cove on Anzac Day and make sure that we will never forget their courage, their co-founder of The Warehouse who has been named 2015 The Names S strength or their sacrifice. I encourage you to get out there and head along to the services While it might not look like there’s much going New Zealander of the Year. His Tindall Foundation has this year and for many years to come, so that together we will always remember them. on inside a chrysalis, these tiny changing rooms provided more than $100 million to support a range of Prince William 5. J See Jacobi’s winning speech on page 15. see caterpillars drastically alter their body community initiatives. Sophie Pascoe you U me structures to emerge as butterflies. To enter the She is .................... ............................., the world and Olympic Kane Williamson S Extra! Spelling Quizzes chrysalis stage a caterpillar sheds its skin, and the paralympic champion swimmer who recently won the Ed Sheeran T new exposed layer becomes hard and forms an Canterbury Sportswoman and Canterbury Disabled Peter Burling Get in some practice for the Spelling Quizzes coming up next term. outer shell. Inside this hard casing, the caterpillar Sportsperson of the Year awards. Julie Chapman 6. I’ll get A special spelling quiz preview page in Extra! will be published on May 12. uses its own digestive juices to dissolve most of its He is .................... ............................., the controversial Steven Tindall it tissues, but leaves special groups of cells called president of Zimbabwe who recently spent an estimated Robert Mugabe Know your words ‘imaginal discs’ intact. The caterpillar was born $1 million on his 91st birthday party. An estimated 20,000 Fiona Bourke 7. CA SE with one pair of discs for each adult body part, guests attended the party at which they ate meat from wild Mika Vukona CASE Fill in the gaps: like its wings, legs and antennae. In the dissolved, animals, including elephant. 1. The boys wanted the school holidays ............... end as they were ............... long. protein-rich caterpillar soup inside the chrysalis, He is .................... ............................., the world famous pop 8. amUous these discs grow and grow to form the different star who is to tour New Zealand, starting in Christchurch on (too, two, to) parts that make up the beautiful butterfly! April 8. He will also play to sellout crowds in Wellington and 9. oholene 2. They managed to see the .................. match through the ................ in the wall. Auckland. How do flies walk She is .................... ............................., who has supplied food 10. duobles (whole, hole) upside down? to hungry school children for the past 10 years. Her KidsCan doulebs 3. They needed to go .................. train to the city to ................... some new shoes. charity was recently highlighted on Campbell Live and now duboles You often see flies walking on the ceiling, but feeds 15,000 students a week in 448 schools. (buy, bye, by) how do they stay up there? The answer is in their He is .................... ............................., New Zealand’s 4. They told ............. parents they would be over ................ playing on the swings. feet. Each fly foot has a pair of claws that point outstanding batsman whose match-winning six against downwards and are shaped kind of like the Australia in Auckland, with only one wicket left, brought about (there, their) horns of a bull. Sitting between these claws are great celebrations in the packed crowd. 5. They tried to ................... the skin off the ...................... in a continuous strip. two footpads (called pulvilli) covered in tiny hairs, which make a sticky mix of sugars and oils. Search through today’s Otago Daily Times to find the answers to the Last month’s winners were: (pair, pare, pear) These footpads stick the fly to the ceiling. To following questions: Jasmine Thomas, Mt Hutt College, Methven 6. Unjumble these words (the first letter is highlighted) unstick the foot, the claws push down and help unpeel the footpad from the surface, which Questions The following pupils won book prizes: closoh (s) ................................ means the fly doesn’t get stuck upside down! Brad Isherwood, Hinds School, Mid Canterbury galuh (l) ................................. 1. In what year was the Otago Daily Times established? Alex Crampton, Queenspark School, Christchurch skobo (b) ................................. 2. Write down the name of a reporter who wrote a story on page 2 or 3. Layton Blakie, Goldfields School, Cromwell 7. Place these words in their correct alphabetical order: 3. List an advertised item in today’s newspaper costing more than $1000. Brooke Kingsbury, Breens Intermediate School, Christchurch beak, behind, bee, bark, beach, begin, bedtime, beast, bear, because 4. Can you find a story in the World news section about IS? Brittney Young, Waimate High School .................................................................................................................................... 5. What page has the television and radio listings? Finn de Boo, Christchurch South Intermediate School 8. Complete the spelling of the unfinished words: 6. Who drew today’s cartoon? Shane Hewitt, Sara Cohen School, Dunedin a) He looked at the calend............ to see what today’s date was. 7. What is the topic of today’s editorial? Sera Ula, Hampstead School, Ashburton b) She found the enormous ice cream was irresist.......... and had to take a lick. 8. List three well-known sporting people on the sporting pages. 9. Which is the highest predicted temperature for a world centre today? Be In To Win! Abbreviations 10. Name the movie you would most like to see. Go in the draw to win monthly book prizes courtesy of Scholastic Write out the full spelling of each abbreviation Books and a box of chocolates for your teacher by completing the Newspaper search, filling in your details below and sending no later 1. NZ ................................................... 6. e.g. .................................................. than Thursday, April 2 to: 2. m ..................................................... 7. c/o ................................................... 3. MP ................................................... 8. USA ................................................. 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March, 2015 March, 20158 9Foreign drivers Test needed Maui’s dolphinThe issue of tourist drivers either causing As a year 9 student and a 13-year-old boy I’m The ocean isn’t a bin Against human rights By Liam Heavenaccidents or driving erratically on our appalled at the dangerous tourist drivers that Mt Somers Springburn School,roads, particularly in parts of Central come into our country and cause danger on By Holly Guilder, John Paul II High School, Greymouth By Luca Macleod-Watts, Mid-CanterburyOtago, the West Coast and in the the roads, particularly entering the country People need to stop throwing rubbish in the water; it’s not Chisnallwood Intermediate School, Christchurch The New Zealand Government should reconsider itsMackenzie basin area, has been in the without a driving test of some sort. This a dump, so why do it? The ocean is home to tonnes of Although IS is showing major signs of barbarity and acts decision to let deep-sea oil drilling happen in the areanews on a regular basis. People have enables them to drive how they think is best, different marine species. With all the plastic in the ocean of inhumanity I do not believe New Zealand should get covering the Maui’s dolphin sanctuary, because there arebeen killed and injured and there are e.g. in the middle of the road or on the wrong many are dying. If whales shallow plastic bags they choke. fully involved in the war efforts in Iraq. Getting involved only about 55 Maui’s dolphin left.strong calls for measures to be taken to side of the road, potentially causing really bad With all this plastic waste being washed up on beaches, may have an effect on those living in New Zealand. IS is With this oil drilling the seismic activity couldimprove the situation. Some tourists accidents. I would like this to stop so people not only does it affect the oceans but it ruins the beaches a group against human rights and needs to be brought potentially deafen the dolphins and if there is an oil spillhave had their keys taken from them by would be much safer on the road. Foreigners and affects people swimming, surfing and playing on the down. I do believe New Zealand should help against the it might wipe them out. The boats and ships travelling toother drivers. who aren’t used to our roads should have beaches. People have beach clean-ups but if no one cause but should not physically join in the fighting. the oil rig could also hit the dolphins with their propellers. some sort of test or permission to drive here. throws rubbish in the ocean there would be no need. It’s Most of the public don’t want what is to happen and it Recently five overseas drivers — Jed Comber, John Paul II High School, destroying the ocean and species in it. It needs to stop. Don’t do it John Key appears the Government just wants the money it will getappeared in Otago courts after a number Greymouth from oil drilling.of injuries and a death caused by tourists Chocolate bars By Anna Fahey, John Paul II High School There is a petition people can sign on this, to be givendriving on southern roads. One of these Written and driving test Don’t send troops to Iraq, John Key! It will be dangerous to the Government telling it oil drilling in the dolphin’sincluded the tragic death of a By Hugh Robinson, Witherlea School, Blenheim for their safety and our safety. By doing this you are putting sanctuary should stop.five-year-old girl near Moeraki. Why should we tolerate tourists who cannot I love chocolate so I am disappointed that Cadbury has the whole country in danger. IS obviously doesn’t like us drive properly on our roads, killing or damaging decreased the chocolate bar sizes. The thing I don’t like is so don’t take the risk. I am sure you don’t like reading or PHOTO: DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATIONIn Queenstown, two Chinese men and Accident waiting to happen . . . A rental vehicle photographed our lives and environment! How could we be the chocolate bars are smaller yet the price has stayed the even hearing about this and I bet a heap of people are withan Indian man were convicted of driving recently being driven erratically along one of New Zealand’s many able to feel safe driving around with our same. People are angry because they have to pay more. me on this. You need to do what children over 13 and Bad ideadangerously, fined and banned from scenic routes. PHOTO: SUPPLIED families and young children, with the risk of The bars need to be a reasonable price, not a high price, adults think is the right decision. So please, John Key, dodriving on New Zealand roads. tourists making mistakes and making our and I think Cadbury won’t sell many if they don’t change what’s right. Reese Dixon, John Paul II High SchoolAnother Chinese tourist who admitted careless before they are allowed to drive. There are about roads unsafe? First of all, when tourists come the price or bring back the larger-sized bar. Changing the New Zealand flag is not the best idea. In mydriving causing injury to three other tourists, also 100,000 contracts a month being issued. to New Zealand to hire a car or campervan Cricket sledging opinion we should spend the money on jobs, becauseappeared in court to face charges. they should have to take a written test and a Sky City Casino New Zealand doesn’t have enough jobs available for Suggestions from the public have included painting driving test, with corners, English road signs By Ben Middleton and Hunter Brook, young people, and also houses, because many peopleThe rental car industry is planning a blacklist system visible direction arrows on all roads before blind corners, and roundabouts etc. If the driver does not get By Eddie Milligan, Mt Somers Springburn School Ashburton Intermediate School don’t have a roof over their heads for a family. Our flagfor drivers whose rental contracts have been cancelled. and that all foreign visitors renting vehicles must read more than 95% they do not pass. It is stupid that Sky City has asked for taxpayer money; of In the world of cricket we think that you should be able to shows who we are as a country and it shows that our NZTA southern regional director Jim Harland pointed and sign a concise overview of New Zealand road rules. It’s not fair that they get to waltz in here, take course the Government will not give it money. The reason sledge your opponents because it is a useful tool for soldiers have fought under our flag as a nation. We are ato amended rental vehicle agreement forms, increased There have also been calls for all rental vehicles to have a car, drive like maniacs, kill a few and go taxpayer money should not be used for building the putting pressure on a batsman. We understand that David part of the Commonwealth and having the Union Jackcommunication between rental car companies, a the basic New Zealand road rules firmly attached to the home. We have a right to feel safe in our conference centre promised by the casino is because Warner is not the best example of sledging, but even shows the identity of that.website dedicated to tourist driving in New Zealand, bus inside of the vehicle. Some of these are being put in country and drive around normally without many poor people are going to the casino seeking money though he does it in an offensive way it doesn’t mean thatadvertising, and the introduction of removable steering place. feeling threatened! That’s why I think that when they actually they end up losing it. you should take out that rule. That should mean that you Change not necessarywheel tags with safety messages, launched in tourists should have to sit a test before they are still allowed to sledge, but players need to be carefulQueenstown last year, as efforts to address the problem. drive around our country. — Skylah McGill, Driver’s licence to not get too offensive or personal with their comments By Brock Robinson, John Paul II High School John Paul II High School towards their opponents. So that is why we think you I don’t think we should change our New Zealand flag Roading improvements such as rumble strips in the What can we do? By Jayden Naibitt, John Paul II High School shouldn’t take out the sledging rule. because it has been our flag since the 1840s. It is ancentre of the road and increasing the number of lay-bys Yes to test People 13 and over should be able to drive a car with a awesome flag. Make Australia change its flag becauseand keep-left signs are also to be implemented in Discuss the issue and suggest ways in which you licence, but only if a person with a full licence is with them. Don’t change ours is now a big and important part of New Zealand andchosen areas where accident rates for tourist drivers are think this problem can be addressed and improved. Should tourists be tested before driving on our We could drive, especially if the person driving is feeling New Zealand wouldn’t be the same without it. So Johnhigh. roads? I think they should be tested, because tired. It would be an achievement for us younger drivers. By Grace Tomlinson, John Paul II High School Key, do not change the flag. there have been many crashes, including fatal I think that changing the There are also calls for driver testing for tourists ones, in New Zealand, killing local loved ones No to sending troops flag isn’t a very good idea. Waste of money and tourists themselves. I don’t think it’s safe After all it has beenElephant poaching with tourists driving on our roads when they By Kate Ahearn, Mt Somers Springburn School representing New Zealand By George Brokenshire, don’t know what they’re doing. I don’t think it’s I think that New Zealand should not be sending troops to for many years so why Mountainview High School, TimaruPrince William has called for an end to fair that tourists are getting fines when they Iraq. It will attract bad attention to New Zealand. Would spend millions of dollars Yes, we could change our flag, but in my opinion I don’tChina’s massive illegal trade in wildlife. don’t actually know why, so I think they should Japan have tried to attack us in World War 2 if we weren’t on changing it? They could think we should. It would be stupid to throw millions ofElephants are at the top of the list of those be tested before they come to our country by already a part of the war?The troops that are going will try do so much more with all dollars at changing the flag when that money could bewhich could become extinct if demand by a professional trainer to teach them how to to be loyal to New Zealand but no one should be put of that money, like providing new houses or for repairs on used for something else like creating jobs or buildingChinese and Vietnamese people isn’t drive safely. — Brenna Swinburn, through war. buildings. Many people suggest that we should change the houses. The flag was part of the soldiers’ identity whendramatically reduced. John Paul II High School flag because it’s too close to Australia’s flag, but I don’t see they fought for this country in past wars. We are part of the the point in changing it. I think that the Government should Commonwealth and that is why we have the Union Jack The elephant is the most hunted animal Slow driving a problem just keep the flag the way it is. on the flag, so we should not try to take it off or change it.in the world. Kenya is trying to dosomething about it and recently burnt 15 PHOTO: REUTERS Tourists must be banned from driving on New So much evil in our world Send Us Your Letterstonnes of ivory and promised to destroy all Zealand roads. As visitors to New Zealand,of its stockpile this year; the latest step in Pangolins, often called ‘‘scaly anteaters’’, animals they are unfamiliar with the road rules and By Carleen Veevers, John Paul II High School Take the opportunity to have yourits campaign against elephant poaching. covered in tough overlapping scales, are another species should not be permitted to drive. Sometimes The whole thing in Iraq and Syria scares me, to be honest. When my parents opinions published in Extra! Keep your put at great risk by poachers. — Reuters they drive very slowly. When in passing lanes, and I are watching the news it is upsetting to know that there really is that much letters to approximately 100 words. Poaching has surged in the last few some are inclined to show little consideration evil in the world.years across sub-Saharan Africa, where What measure would you like to see brought in to for other drivers by letting them get past. Slow Letter of the Month and Guest Editorialgangs kill elephants and rhinos to feed stop poachers threatening the African elephant? driving makes it difficult to pass and if they also I am not sure whether we should send troops to Iraq or not. Part of me thinks writers receive Otago Daily Times pensAsian demands for ivory and horns for use don’t know the rules it is best if they don’t drive that even though they are a good few thousand miles away, we need to stand up, help train and a book.in folk medicines. Send your opinions for the next issue no later than at all because it will only cause destruction and the Iraq army and give them a hand to get rid of IS. Thursday, April 2 to: ruckus for New Zealand citizens. — The deadline for the next issue is A 2014 UN and Interpol report Ivan Behrnes, John Garcia, John Paul II High School Another part of me says that there is enough death over there without us putting our names Thursday, April 2.estimated that about 20,000 to 25,000 Editor Extra! down for more. We are only a small country, and can we really be that much help? Address your correspondence to:elephants were killed in Africa every year, PO Box 113, Temuka Reduce speedout of a total population of as many as Ivan Behrnes, Editor, Extra!650,000. Or email: [email protected] In my opinion, if you are caught (including PO Box 113, Temuka 7948. tourists) 5km over the national speed limit you Email: [email protected] Kenya has imposed stiffer penalties, longer jail terms should be fined and lose your licence instantly.and bigger fines for wildlife poaching or trafficking, saying I would like to see this happen because there PHOTO: REUTERSpoaching is harming tourism, a major earner of foreign are too many dangerous drivers driving at highexchange. speeds and causing too many accidents on our roads. These cause injuries and death, ‘‘Illegal trade in wildlife has become a sophisticated resulting in families losing their loved ones,transnational form of crime, comparable to other and large medical bills. If these harsherpernicious examples such as trafficking of drugs, humans, penalties for speeding drivers were introducedcounterfeit items and oil,’’ UN Secretary General Ban it would help to change the bad drivers on ourKi-moon said in a statement. roads to safer drivers. — Nicholas Ewart, Mt Somers Springburn School, ‘‘It is driven by rising demand, and is often facilitated by Mid Canterburycorruption and weak governance. There is strongevidence of the increased involvement of organised crime New law needednetworks and non-state armed groups.’’ We think we should have a law that tourists should have to take a driving test before driving on our roads. This could be done before hiring their car or on online before visiting New Zealand. If the rental car company failed to test the tourists they would be fined. If the tourist failed then they would have to take a practical driving test. — Melanie Telford and Joe Strawson, Mt Aspiring College, Wanaka
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