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In our school we have a successful Kapa Haka group consisting of many boys and girls. They have been practising vigilantly over the year to perfect the moves and the timing. It is a Maori ‘dance’ and is a part of the rich culture of New Zealand. It contains a few different dances and songs such as the waiata and the haka itself. The Kapa Haka may have performances with the poi (a white ball attached to a rope or string). I have interviewed Milan from Room 2. He was extremely excited to be in this interview. Anyway, this is how the interview went. Me: Why did you want to join the Kapa Haka group? Milan: I wanted to try something and Kapa Haka seemed interesting. I wanted to get out there and show myself. Me: What did you enjoy? Milan: I had a lot of fun in the Kapa Haka group, everything was awesome. Me: Did you feel nervous up there? Milan: At the start yes, but a few practice sessions later I was confident and was able to perform. Me: What advice would you give to those that want to join the Kapa Haka group in the future? Milan: Just get out there, show yourself and do your best! On Wednesday the Kapa Haka group are performing first in the BBI Art Festival along with many other groups involving music, dance, wearable arts and much more. They will definitely do well and I (the author) wish them the best of luck.
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I hope you all read my article on the difference between teaching in South Africa and teaching in New Zealand! This is a follow up. Sort of an issue number one and issue number two. So now I have decided to take it one step further. I decided it will be a good idea to interview a student about the difference between learning in China and learning in New Zealand. Read on!

Q: What is the biggest difference? A: In China we start school at 7 am and go home for lunch at 11:20. We then come back to school at 2 and work till 6. We then go home and do homework till 9. Fridays work the same.

Q: Are the terms and holidays the same? A: We have 2 Terms and then we rest for 2 months.

Q: Is there a difference in the the way they teach here and the way they teach in China?? A: Much harder in China. More homework, more subjects.

Q: Which country do you enjoy best? A: New Zealand because it is safe not much thievery

Q: Did you have have afternoon tea? A: Yes

Q: What do you eat for afternoon tea A:Ice cream and yoghurt

Q: Are the desks the same? A: No,two students sit in one long desks and when you move seats you don’t move your desks.

Wow!! That’s very different! They work harder and they get much more homework. But they also go home for lunch! And ice cream everyday! That sounds really fun! So I think, based on the quote from Abigail Van Buren that says: If you want children to keep their feet on the ground, put some responsibility on their shoulders. ~Abigail Van Buren, it is a good idea to have such long hours. But I wouldn’t want to.

__The 20th Generation__ From a world of cavemen to spaceships and ipads. Who knows what the future holds for us if we can evolve that much in the past century? Will we live to see alien communication, a world that can create and destroy matter?

One of the latest and most famous inventions hitting the stores right now is the ipad. No longer do we have to write with a quill and ink on a stone tablet. No longer do we have to play with the old skipping rope and hoop - which were no doubt big hits in their time.

It has been rumoured that the world is going to end at 2012. Maybe people got wrong, maybe the old world is going end and we’re going to evolve to a new world, with spaceships and flying people. Maybe the world is going to adapt to a stronger more technology wise Earth.

However ‘with great power comes great responsibility’ as some would say. It is estimated that we now use 3 planets full of junk. How long will Earth keep up with our discoveries? So as the world spirals to it's end at least we know that we've made the best of it. - Danny Xie

**Headline:** Wearable Arts!
==On Friday the 12th, The Bucklands Beach Intermediate’s wearable arts group competed in the 2010 Chic awards. There were over 75 people competing in the competition and Bucklands Beach Intermediate won 6 prizes. The four categories were Pre-loved, love of books, Pacifica and Glitz, Gleaming and Glowing. It was a fantastic night and everyone enjoyed themselves. After the amazing wearable arts parade we waited as the two judges deliberated they decided on the final 12 which included Bucklands Beach Intermediate year 8 students Shanay, Sarah, Rhianah, Jade, Zara, Ella, Via, Courtney and Verity. All the girls were very nervous but very excited to find out the results. Finally the judges announced that Jade Scorer was Best model, Shanay Smith got Best in her Category, Best over all and was winner of The 2010 supreme awards, Rhianah Kings group won Best representative of category and last but not least Ella's group won best in the Pacifica section. Well done to everyone who participated and a huge thank-you to everyone who competed, the teachers that helped and all the students and of course all the parents who supported us! The girls dresses were amazing and were excellent quality, They were made with various materials such as Fabric, Plastic bags, recycled materials, cane, old fabric, ribbons and lots more! Everyone had positive feed back about the dresses created and all the girls who competed enjoyed the experience! Thanks Miss Patterson for the amazing time we had designing, creating and modeling our dresses!==

Written by Rhianah King room 14

Formal 2010 The year 8 formal was invented by two girls in 2005 who wanted a special disco for year 8’s to celebrate their awesome time at B.B.I without the new members of BBI being there. To celebrate this all of the boys and girls get dressed up. Girls wear knee-length dresses or skirts and boys normally wear half tuxes. This year it was organized by the school council and was first told to the school by head councillor Natasha Moore and Deputy Virginia with a second notice on the 21st by Virginia and Kieran. The first plan was for it to be held on Wednesday the 1st of December at about 7:30 but as Mrs Parkinson has also made some arrangements this date has been changed to the 15th December. As it is still held in December this will be a perfectly fine time to hold this event as it will be summer and the knee-length coldness will be of no issue. The tradition of the formal is for boys and girls to go together as dates but going as friends makes it an enjoyable night so either way you choose to go you know you’re going to have a blast. Another tradition is for house captains to dance with the other house captain of opposite gender that also represents their house. Good luck Uhalan and Daisy, Calvin and Madi, Joshua and Charlotte and Tiaan and Ella! Read the next article to see how it went. By Zara Nagle

Pakuranga Summer Festival

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On Friday the 12th of November the Bollywood group, Hip-hop group, Majella and Fiona, Contemporary dance and the Korean Fan Dance, went to the Pakuranga Summer Festival to perform to the public. First were the Contemporary Dance Group who performed a brilliant dance which blew the minds of the audience. Next was the amazing Majella and Fiona singing Choose You by Stan Walker. After was the Hip-hop which was an excellent performance which made the crowd want more. The Korean Fan Dance put on an amazing performance of fluttering fans and great talent. To end the show the Bollywood Group performed their amazing dance which includes multiple styles of dance. Zara from the hip hop group said, “It was a good experience and everyone should try it stated Zara a student in the hip hop group.” Mrs Saunders in charge of the Contemporary Dance Group quoted “It was well organised and it was a great opportunity for our talented groups to entertain and perform in public. Also it was good to represent the school in the Pakuranga Summer Festival.” Overall it was a stunning event and everyone was proud of there success. Bucklands Beach Intermediate was given the new issue of the Guiness Book Of World Records 2011. Thanks to Mrs Sunker, Mrs Saunders, Miss Gordon, Mrs Barnett. Morgan and Fletcher for taking photos of and filming the event.

Written by Morgan Blackmore and Fletcher Howell Photograph by Fletcher Howell

Pike River Miners may not survive! On Saturday, 29 miners got trapped under ground because of a powerful gas explosion. They had little food and water and 30 minutes worth of oxygen in their tanks. Peter Whitall, the chief executive says; “We can't risk sending men into the mine until we know exactly how bad the quality of the gas is.” It is not known if all the miners survived. According to Dave Feikrick they definitely can't send rescuers down because there may be more explosions. Unlike the miners trapped in Chile, they have TWO blocked off exits and because they are trapped in a mountain, instead of just underground they have no way of getting food from the people above, if they are alive. Plus, if the rescuers tried to drill or dig down to them there is a possibility of trapping them even more, or drilling the earth on top of them, therefore killing them. Two men did survive and were taken straight to hospital. There is a possibility of them not surviving. This event is going to become world-wide because it is the first time any miners in New Zealand have gotten trapped since March, 1895 and then all 65 miners died. Pike Mine is New Zealand regestered but Australian owned so they have a part in this too. It is very unlikely for these men to survive, with only 30 minutes of oxygen so the rescuers are doing the best they can. Ella Diepraam

International Baccalaureate ( IB )

Risk Takers, knowledgeable and caring people are just some of the many attributes of an I.B student of BBI If you have never heard these word BBI is one of the many privileged schools to have International Baccalaureate or also known as I.B. BBI is very lucky !

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is more than its three educational programmes. At our heart we are motivated by a mission to create a better world through education- says the creator of IB

The students also enjoy their IB studies and find it better to be able to stand on their on feet and make good decisions for themselves it has a way of making people feel independent and able to make good decisions thought-out their school years. Kids of our year and age can now make decisions for them self the problem is if they are going to make the right decisions.

Studies show that kids who have a good steady international baccalaureate (IB) show that they will have good values and have a good understanding of what’s to expect in life with the values they pick up in intermediate will help them thought - out their whole lifetime with will start them off with a good life to have.

BBI is one of the many schools to have IB there is so many other schools around the world with IB it is international huge thing and we are all very lucky to have it just like the many other schools around the world.

By Shanay Smyth.

Wearable Arts Overall Winner.

Wearable arts is a huge competition that is not taken lightly, BBI’s student Shanay Smyth came away with three awards out of the 6 awards BBI received. Shanay said that winning wearable arts would be one of the biggest achievements in her life time, “I am really proud knowing that all my work payed off and will be definitely participating next year” she said

Shanay’s dress was an Amazing creation constructed from cane that streamed out from the waste like a funnel draped with black material and sprinkled with mirrors. her category was The magical love of books and this mirror -tastic creation definitely stood out towards the judges because she took out highly commended for construction, 1st in her category and The overall Supreme winner of 2010.

The amazing dress took 6 weeks to make and it wasn’t a cheap design to bring to life, The effect that it brought on the run way was incredible, The X factor was definitely there. The dress was enormous and looked difficult to walk in.

There were heaps of entry’s into this competition mostly from Somerville and to find out That BBI took out half the awards that were given is amazing,

The other awards that BBI received are Jade Scorer with best model and to further that her group of Rhianna King and Zara nagel also one best representation of there category. Verity (model) Ella Via and Courtney took out the Pacifica category. What an amazing night.

By Sarah Lillis Room 16.

Contemporary Dance Spotlight on you only, bare feet, make up, beautiful clothing, butterflies in the stomach, huge audience. This is just some of the things that are happening in contemporary dance. Contemporary dance combines the style and method of ballet, modern and post modern dancing. The strangest thing about is, though, is that the movements are not choreographed when you are a professional. We have a very successful contemporary dance group in our school and I decided it was high time we found out what happens behind the scenes. I interviewed a friend to find out... Q: What is your favourite part?  A: The grace of the dance. Q: Is it hard?  A: I suppose someone who is not used to the style of dance may find it hard, but once you are used to it is easy. Q: Do you enjoy it?  A: Oh yes! Q: What is the most necessary thing that you must have in order to dance this type of dance?  A: Definitely grace Q: What type of clothing and make up do you wear?  A: It really just depends on the theme. This year we had natural, woodsy colours such as green and brown. Q: Are there any guys in the group?  A: No, it’s mostly focused on girls. Wow, that’s interesting. I might sign up next year. I certainly enjoyed writing this article and I hope you found reading it enjoyable. I would like to thank Darshiya Akilakumar from room 5 for allowing me to interview her. Thank you! By: Mieke Terblanche

<span style="font-family: Calibri; margin-bottom: 10pt; margin-left: 0cm; margin-right: 0cm; margin-top: 0cm;"> __**The New playground**__ ‘I wish that they would’ve kept the old playground,’ a subject exclaims when I interview her about the new playground on the 30 November 2010. I know you’re thinking “Old news!!” but really, have you ever wondered what other people (who are not in your friendship group) find the new playground? Well, I certainly have. The old wooden playground that has been in the school for years was knocked down to make room for a newer, more modern plastic playground. What do the people think? Read on.

Q: Do you like this playground more than the old one and why? A: No because it’s much smaller and not exactly a challenge.

Q: Have you played on it and how many times? A: Yes but only twice

Q: Would you change into PE gear for the soul reason of playing on the playground and why? A: No because I believe there are better ways to spend my lunch/morning tea.

Q: Would you do it for the old playground? A: I think that’s a little harder and higher so yes, I would.

Q: If you could change one thing about this playground, what would it be? A: I would definitely change the size, she laughs, but I don’t know what else

That explains the former response that the subject has given us and I can’t help but wonder what you’re feelings are about the new playground. Remember to keep an open mind as we all know it was merely a precaution to safety.

Thank you to the subject and I respect your decision to stay anonymous.

By: Mieke Terblanche