5 thoughts on “Week #20 (21)”

1. Kia ora from Aotearoa, New Zealand. We have certainly enjoyed a fabulous summer break, and the children at our school return tomorrow. Some schools have already started. Thanks for all that you do for the 100WC – we will try to jump in and share our writing at some stage. Ngā mihi nui – big greetings!

2. Kia ora from New Zealand.
   We are all on holiday today, Monday 8th February, to recognise Waitangi Day which is celebrated on February 6th. The Treaty of Waitangi was signed between Maori and the Crown on 6th February 1840 at Waitangi , near the top of the North Island.

   We are having wonderful summer days and are so lucky to be free to go wherever, whenever we want, within our own country. It is interesting that many locals are exploring parts of New Zealand they may not have been to before, and realising what a beautiful and diverse country we live in.

   In New Zealand we can eat out, go to shows and events, the beach, rivers – anywhere, to enjoy family and friends time together. Yes we do know that we are extremely fortunate compared to the rest of the world, but at the same time, we are being careful about our borders, as well as using tools to keep track of where we have been in case there is a covid outbreak.

   School began for most schools last week, but just Wednesday to Friday and this week with today’s holiday, it is a four day week. Therefore you will probably not see much writing from New Zealand yet as we are settling in to the new school year.
   A key message from New Zealand would probably be – Kia Kaha! Be Strong!
   Chris Meehan = Ashley Rakahuri School,
   North Canterbury, New Zealand.

3. Hi there
   Yes New Zealand schools are now back – we all started up again last week. Luckily NZ is still managing to keep Covid under control so we have no restrictions and it is school as normal. We are all hoping that will continue this year. It is our hottest month of the year – February- so there is lots of swimming going on at school. We are looking forward to joining in again with the 100wc. Thanks for all the work you do for this.

4. Hi. We are now back at school here in New Zealand. We have been very lucky here in regards to Covid. Apart from the whole country going into lockdown early last year for several weeks and later in the year Auckland went into a short one for a couple of weeks, our lives here have been fairly normal.

5. We are back at school here in NZ 🙂

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