SLJ - Week 3 day 5 Activty (1,2 and bonus activity)

Activity 1: Hiking Tongariro

In 1990, one of the largest national parks in New Zealand,
Tongariro, was listed as a World Heritage Site. It is a truly
spectacular place to visit! Thousands of people go to
Tongariro every year and hike the Tongariro Crossing.
Visit the Tongariro website to learn more about the one-
day hike.

On your blog tell us what you would need to pack if you were
going to hike the Tongariro Crossing. What should you bring
with you? Write a list of at least 5 items.

• Food
• A Water bottle
• Hiking boots
• A bag
• And a phone if you get lost

Other than making sure that you have the right equipment,
what else should you do before heading out on a big hike?
Click here to learn how to stay safe while you’re hiking.

Activity 2: Leading New Zealand

In the 1990s, four different individuals served as the
Prime Minister of New Zealand – Geoffrey Palmer,
Mike Moore, Jim Bolger and Jenny Shipley.

On your blog, write a short profile of one of our former
Prime Ministers. Upload a photo of them with your post.
Click on this link to find a copy of the template. Click on
file and then click make a copy. This will save the blank
template to your Google Drive so that you can fill it in.
Post the completed template to your blog to earn points
for this activity.

Name of Prime Minister: Bill Rowling

Date of Birth: 15th November 1927

Political Party: Labour

Number of Years as Prime Minister: 1 Year

Three interesting facts about my chosen Prime Minister:

1. He was the 30th Prime Minister of New Zealand

2. He was the leader of the Labour Party

3. Rowling retired as prime Minister after Norman Kirk had died

Bonus Activity: You Have to Pay to Play

In 1990, for the first time in New Zealand’s history, universities
and polytechnics started charging students money to go to
school. Prior to then, it had been free to go to university or
to a polytechnic. Since 1990, students have had to pay
thousands of dollars to attend post-secondary (after high
school) education.

The new Labour government have promised to give up to
three years of free post-secondary education to all New
Zealanders by 2020!

On your blog, tell us what you think. Should students have
to pay money (tuition fees) to go to university? Why or why not?

I think no because there boss/principal can pay his/her employees
but they have to make the  pay chilchen pay and they won’t have
any money for there future.