Hiwi The Kiwi

        HIWI THE KIWI

On a cold, winter morning we had some great visitors from hiwi the kiwi, we were very fortunate to have the minstrel and his beautiful wife to come and talk to us about fishing for our future.

There were loads of kids who had won posters and stickers, he even gave out magazines. We had boogied a lot and sang their wonderful songs, the best was the albatross song.

The minstrel told us to write a story about 2 things that we had learnt. If our one is the best we could win a real life fishing rod, so I thought to try and win it for my grandpa for father's day.

The things I have learnt from hiwi the kiwi is to never put salt fish in normal water, if you do then it will start to rot and go off. Second thing is to always pick a fish up with a wet towel and to make sure it's wet. Third thing I have learnt is to always bring a bucket of ice to keep the fish cool. So there is my things I have learnt, and a big shout out to HIWI THE KIWI.

Erik Murray Olympics

Defending Olympic champion Eric Murray is back to compete at his fourth Olympic Games and defend his 2012 Olympic title, having won gold in in the coxless pair with crewmate Hamish Bond at the London Olympics. Eric and Hamish will enter the 2016 Rio Olympic Games unbeaten with their most recent victory being at the 2015 World Rowing Championships where they won their sixth consecutive world title in the men's coxless pair.

Eric and Hamish also hold the world best time in the event of 6:08.50 which they set at 2012 London Olympics. Eric started rowing at Mercer Rowing Club and now rows for Waikato. Eric lives in Cambridge with his wife Jackie and 3 year old son Zac.

Eric Murray and Hamish Bond have formed one of the greatest combinations in rowing history. In fact, their five-year unbeaten streak from 2009-13, encompassing four world titles and an Olympic gold medal, bears comparison with the legends of any sport 

Murray, the older and bigger of the pair, was born in Hastings in 1982, but grew up in the Bombay Hills, south of Auckland, attending Pukekohe High School.

He initially favoured rugby, and gained an introduction to rowing as a means of training for rugby. Pukekohe High had a strong rowing squad and soon Murray showed unusual ability in the sport.

Silicon Valley

Today we hadh a visit from Saia and Gabe from Tamaki College, they talked about Silicon Valley and places they had visit like Google and Yelp, Microsoft, xero, Facebook, Instagram, Alcatraz, Khan Academy, and Stanford University.

Gabes favourite place was Khan Academy and Google and Facebook, those were his favourite places in America. Saias favourite place was Stanford University of America he also love xero Because he would love to go and start his own business.