Guardians of The Earth
Killing our trees, killing our plants,
Pollution is killing like a Lion.
Shut down the factories, make it stop,
End this disaster, make it stop.
Spreading smoke, into the air,
Affecting our lungs is the smoke.
Rubbish here, Rubbish there,
Litter is being found everywhere.
In the rivers, in the sea,
Killing our beloved marine life as if it was just a stuffed animal.
Litter in the ocean, strangling turtles.
What is one thing everybody loves about The Gardens? If you guessed Tōtara Park or Botanic Gardens, Good job. As I live in The Gardens, in my perspective both Tōtara Park and Botanic Gardens are extraordinary places, but everything has differences and similarities. So I will be talking about the similarities and differences of Tōtara Park and Botanic Gardens. Although one connection of these places is, Can you guess what it is? If you guessed that they are both connected to Kaitiakitanga. Great Job. Now let’s get into it!
Tōtara Park is a really nice place to go on a stroll or for a run, but it has some downsides. Such as it’s really muddy and sometimes smelly due to the Puhinui stream. It’s more of a forest than a park as there are lots of trees in one area. There are also two playgrounds. One with a zipline and a big slide and the other with rock climbing. There is lot’s of benches to sit on but less water of the Puhinui stream.
Botanic Gardens is also a really nice place with lots of flowers and gardens. There is also a Potter Children’s Garden which is really fun to be in. It has this enormous egg with a crack which you can sit in. There is also a bird statue where you can put berries in the bird’s mouth and it will poop it out green. It’s actually pretty cool if you ask me, as I used to go there a lot as a child when I was around 3 or 4 years old and there is lot’s of picnic areas, how do I know? When I was a child I used to go to Botanic Gardens during the school holidays with friends and family. As you may know Botanic Gardens and Tōtara Park are both connected to Kaitiakitanga as Kaitiakitanga means Guardians of Nature and Botanic Gardens and Tōtara Park are both connected to nature so therefore they both are connected to Kaitiakitanga.
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Have you ever heard of the Wonderful Sir Peter Jackson? He is a New Zealand born Movie director. Who has directed 67 movies. His upcoming movie is Untitled Adventures of Tintin sequel which will be released in 2027. Sir Peter Jackson’s net worth is 2,459,115,00 NZD. He is the fourth-highest-grossing movie director of all time. He is roughly paid a salary of $963,375,149 per year.
Early Life
Sir Peter Jackson was born on the 31st of October 1961 at Pukerua Bay, New Zealand. Where Wellington is just 40 minutes North. He developed a love of movies as a child. He would make short films with his friends. One time he attempted to remake the King Kong movie at the age of nine using stop-motion models. Sir Peter Jackson went to Kāpiti College, where he had no interest in sports. At 16 he worked full time as a Photo-engraver for a Wellington newspaper, The Evening Post.
Inspirations
Sir Peter Jackson had developed a love of movies as a child. He was inspired by the adventures he had in and around his house. It is quite well known that he had a passion for the movie King Kong. It was his favourite movie as a child that also inspired him. When Sir Peter Jackson was eight his parents bought him an 8-mm movie camera. He then began to film short films such as a remake of King Kong. Sir Peter Jackson was inspired by George Romero, Sam Raimi and the special effects by Ray Harryhausen.
Career
Sir Peter Jackson began his professional career with his first movie, Bad Taste. Which was a R16 Horror/Sci-Fi movie about G-Men Learning that aliens are harvesting New Zealand for an intergalactic restaurant. This movie was released on 11 December 1987 where its budget was 40,839 NZD, 17,946 NZD. Throughout his career he was best known for his Lord of the Rings trilogy and Hobbit trilogy. These trilogies were both adapted from the novels by J.R.R Tolkien. His first award was Silver Lion for best director given to him in 1994. His most recent award was the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Documentary/Non-fiction Program which was given to him in 2022. His current overall trophies are thirty. His Lord of the Rings trilogy has won a total of 17 Oscars.
Personal life
Sir Peter Jackson’s parents were Joan Ruck and William Jackson. He was the only child in his family. He is now happily married to Fran Walsh. They got married in 1987 and had two lovely children who are Katie Jackson and Billy Jackson. Their oldest child, Billy Jackson was born in 1995 and is currently 29 years old. Their youngest child, Katie Jackson was born in 1996 and is currently 28 years old. Sir Peter Jackson is currently 62 years old and his wife, Fran Walsh was born on 10 January 1959 and is currently 65 years old.
Sir Peter Jackson is an incredible man who made a huge impact in the movie world and film industry. He has won some magnificent awards and he surely will win more. He is now one of New Zealand’s favourite movie directors. He started from making short films with his friends on an 8-mm movie camera as a child to making movies for people to enjoy on an ArriCam Studio 35mm film camera. He is mostly known for directing the Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit trilogy. Sir Peter Jackson started his professional career 40 years ago and he is still going. He was knighted in 2010 by Sir Anand Satyanand, he was the Governor-General of New Zealand at a ceremony in Wellington.
It was a sunny, breezy day but guess what. Even better it was Polyfest. You may ask what is Polyfest? Well let’s find out. Polyfest is an annual festival of secondary schools showcasing arts and culture celebrating the Polynesian culture and many other cultures held at Manukau Sports Bowl, Auckland, New Zealand. There’s lots of deep history on Polyfest but it started in 1976. So let’s go back in time. It started off in 1976, when Ōtara was described as an unsafe and unhealthy place where only a few opportunities were provided for the residents there. So two year 12 students from Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, Boaz Raela and Michael Rollo challenged three other schools from Auckland to a performance competition. That year the first ever Polyfest was showcased between Sir Edmund Hillary Collegiate, Aorere College, Seddon College, and Māngere College to a performance competition to provide opportunities and showcase culture.
Polyfest is a place where students traditionally compete on six stages, performing traditional performances from cultures such as Cook Islands, Māori, Niuean, Samoan, Tongan and a Diversity stage where performances from cultural groups such as Indian, Fijian, Tokelau, Chinese, Korean and etc. Polyfest is a hands down fun and spectacular place to go to so please considering coming next year.
Ahoy Mateys!
By Gurpreet Gill
Once upon a time there was animals cruising on a pirate ship,
They were on route to Buckingham Palace to steal gold and the Queen’s crown.
They were hit by drip and started to trip,
They came across a town and saw a frown .
The man was as sad as people are at a funeral .
The animals had finally arrived at Buckingham Palace after a decade of series of events,
They saw a crown that they could use to make a frown.
They got by hit by a pole which gave them some dents,
Captain lion said ‘Matey’s Barge in’ as the animals barged in they kicked a clown.
POW! POW! The animal pirates were being shot at so they turned around,
They ran as fast as a cheetah and hopped back on their ship and just then Captain Lion got shot!
But the queen’s soldiers did not give up they shot a 100 million bullets a second and everyone got a wound!
Just then boat started to sink, in seconds it was halfway in the water which lead to the animals being caught.
The End