The Three Branches of the New Zealand Government

For the past few weeks or so in Social Studies we had to learn about the government and the three different branches of the Government. The Three Branches include Legislature, Executive and Judiciary. These branches work on different parts of the government body. The first branch is the Legislature branch, this branch creates the laws that we as New Zealanders must apply to which are presented to us by the people of the government which is also called the house of representatives. Next on the list are the Executives who are people that administer the laws and make sure the people in apply to it which include people such as Police, Head of Government and other important roles. Last is the Judicial also Judiciary is the Branch that is in charge of courts and putting away people who break rules either in Jail or House Arrest. There are 6 courts where they make there decisions one is the Supreme Court is the highest court; the ten-member Court of Appeal hears appeals from the High Court on points of law; the High Court deals with serious criminal offenses and civil matters, and hears appeals from the lower courts; and the District Court, which meets in fifty-eight locations. There is also a separate Māori Land Court and Māori Appellate Court.

Languages

In this world we have around 6,500 languages that are being spoken to this day. But each year more and more people forget how to speak there language, so why is it important to hold onto your language of our ancestors? Well it's important to hold on to your language because if you forget it and everyone that knows the language forgets how to speak it you may never remember it again and the language you once knew is now dead, which also means your kids may never be able to know where there parents or ancestors were from and wouldn't be able to learn the main culture.

But if you were to move to a different country what would you do to maintain your language? You could keep you culture maintained by staying connected to your family and friends at your country of origin. You could also teach your kids at a younger age so they are able to teach there friends and they won't forget how to speak the language.

Community

A community is the place you call home, but we all move around a lot so we visit and stay in different communities, but Around the world there are different communities. They also come in different sizes either big or small, and yes we all belong to a community but if some one was to ask you "what is a community and what is important to you in your community" what would you say? Well to me a community is a place where people can come together and are able to meet new people and maybe in the process make new friends with the many people they meet. There are also important things in our community that we need to use daily like dairies, Te Oro and The Library, These are important because we use Dairies to buy food, Te Oro to celebrate different things and the library to find books you are interested in and read them. This community is important to me because I've lived here most of my life and I've found this community encouraging because they are always helping people around. So what do you found important in your community and why is it important to you?

Term 1 Migration Presentation

In our year 9 Social Studies we had to present a presentation about countries that migrated to another country. Me and my partner had to make a migration presentation about Ireland and how life was for them. I think me and my partner had made a great presentation that had good reason to why they left there country to a different country, I also think our communication towards one another was good because we both worked together to get our presentation done. I think we could work better on making our presentation much more colorful and making sure that we use our vocabulary in it better. Being apart of the audience I feel like I did a great job in being a positive audience member and also having great listening skills towards what the other groups were saying.

Kiribati Climate Change

There are a lot of different countries including pacific countries, one of them is called Kiribati it’s in fact one of the top 25 smallest countries but that is not what they were on the news for. Sometime around this week news reported that Kiribati was going to drown underwater because of Climate Change, which is affecting the island of Kiribati. Kiribati people are starting to think there country is going to drown because the richer countries are making more and more Greenhouse Gases which is keeping there country warm and is also causing the Earth to get warmer which changes the Weather Patterns, because of the Greenhouse Gases the Kiribati people want them to stop so that there people can stay and enjoy their culture and there home country together with there family and friends. People in Kiribati are beginning to Migrate from there homes near the shore because there is less land around their property and people are fighting with one another which is starting to make the island of Kiribati more crowded which is why there is not enough space for crop growing.

Made In Taiwan

In our social studies class we watched a documentary called Made in Taiwan. The documentary was about these two men named Oscar Kightley and Nathan Rarere trying to found out were Polynesian people migrated from.I found that most Polynesian being related to Asians interesting. I found this interesting because most Polynesian people get made a Asian people because of there reckless driving. I think the reason they made this documentary is to show that Polynesian come from different places and that we aren’t so different after all because most our languages are the some.