KIWIANA

-Our Story-

By Room 4

2014

The silver fern is special to New Zealand. This fern is on the All Blacks flag and uniform which is black and white. This fern grows in the New Zealand bush. It looks like a scar in the middle. It is spiky. By Matthew

Tomato sauce bottles are special to New Zealand. But most of all I like the green lid and it is red plastic. It’s like a real tomato shape. I use the bottle to squeeze delicious sauce on my chicken nuggets.

By Jasdeep

When you go bungy jumping you need to tie a rope on your foot and you need to stand on a cliff. You will be so close to the water it will be very high. I think it would be scary when you need to start with your head because if you don’t you will flip. Lots of visitors to New Zealand like to do a bungy jump. By Cassandra

Pineapple lumps are special crunchy chocolate treats from New Zealand. They look like plain milk chocolate on the outside but inside it’s yellow and crunchy. If you put them in the fridge they go hard. Some people eat them for special occasions because its special to New Zealand. I like pineapple lumps because they are crunchy and chocolaty.By Connor

Bees are what we need. New Zealand loves them. So a person not just one person makes toy bees. Did you know that bees are so amazing, also so brilliant that they can suck up the nectar and go to the beehive and then another bee comes out, then they get their long tongue and put the nectar in the hive. When Prince William was a baby he had a toy buzzy bee from New Zealand. It is made out of wood. I bet he had fun with it. By Asher

New Zealand is just a bit famous for cool cricket. We can play cool cricket at the sandy beach and other countries can’t because they aren’t close to the blue sparkly sea and New Zealand is. In cool cricket you have to hit the red ball with the brown bat and get some runs. I like cricket because I can play it at the beach.By Charlie

Somebody is putting his tent pegs in the ground and somebody is putting his tent up. I would feel sad if there were no tents. Lots of people like camping at the beach in the summer. By Tommy

Kiwi fruit is famous to New Zealand. It is really juicy. I think that kiwi fruit is delicious. Kiwi fruit is my favourite fruit because its green. Kiwi fruit is healthy for you.By Peyton

New Zealand is very famous for our cute and cuddly Kiwis. Kiwis have a long and pointy beak, long feathers, small wings, two eyes and two nostrils. Kiwis snuggle up in their burrow when they want to sleep. Kiwis eat long and juicy worms. They sleep all day and they’re awake all night. I feel very sad that there aren’t many kiwis left but really all that matters is that they are not extinct. By Holly

Pohutukawa trees only bloom at Christmas time. The Pohutukawa tree has green leaves and red flowers and brown branches. Native Pohutukawa trees are very special to New Zealand. I feel very happy for Pohutukawa trees because they look colourful at the beach and parks. By Emma

Koru patterns are special to New Zealand because Maori people used koru patterns a lot and Maori people live in New Zealand. Koru patterns can make people interested when they walk in the forest. The koru pattern can be swirly. I feel so proud about koru patterns that I can’t pick another favourite plant.By Maia

Marmite is special to New Zealand. It looks like black paint. When you scoop it out it goes brown. It is yummy when you put it on toast. I love eating marmite on toast every morning for breakfast.By Baileigh

It is surprising that New Zealand is famous for pavlovas because of the Kiwi fruit and sometimes the outside of the pavlovas is a little bit sticky. Also when you eat the delicious pavlova it’s a little bit crunchy. I think the pavlova is delicious and yummy and scrumptious. I have pavlova for my birthday.By Riya

New Zealand is famous for colourful gumboots because we created them for farmers. Gumboots are for farmers because the famers live on farms and the farms get muddy over winter. They can keep the water off them and your feet don’t get really muddy and wet. Gumboots are really helpful to New Zealand and really helpful to farmers. This month it is winter. The gumboots look beautiful because they should. My gumboots have jandals on them. By Elizabeth

Chocolate fish are the things that you might find in a dairy. It’s a lolly that comes in a packet. You get like five of them in one packet. It is super, super yummy. When you bite it there is soft marshmallow. I love chocolate fish. by Thomas

It looks like it’s a really special pounamu to New Zealand. It’s a really shiny green pounamu. I think New Zelaland is famous for pounamu because they look like they are special. People wear pounamu around their neck . Its called a necklace. My mum brought me a pounamu for my birthday.By Shenaye

I think New Zealand is the only country with tasty fish and chips. I know that New Zealand is famous for yummy fish and chips. When you look inside a fish it looks like a real plain fish. I like nice chips. I normally have it at the golden beach on special occasions. By Stephanie

Jandals are special to New Zealand at the sandy beach. Jandals are normally made from Rubber and a hard rubbery elastics. Jandals stops stones and shells from hurting your feet. I think New Zealand is lucky to have jandals. By Madison

One day I went to the beach and I found a paua shell. I put it in my shell collection at home. It made my whole collection shine. Inside the paua shell they are blue and green, sparkly and shiny and on the outside it is really bumpy. I like paua shells because they sparkle. By Tyler

L and P is so special to New Zealand because not far away there’s a place called Paeroa. It is a place that has a kind of statue that is an L and P bottle and it looks real. L and P is really tasty and frizzy and bubbly. L and P looks so yummy and it is yummy. L and P looks fancy and pretty. L and P can come from many shops that are like markets. I think L and P is so yummy.By Kayla

Hokey pokey is yellow and white. Hokey pokey is special to NZ and yummy. Hokey Pokey is made in NZ. In NZ we like to have eat crunchy hokey pokey in summer. Kiwi kids like to have hokey pokey icecream at the hot sunny beach and at birthday parties.

By Keagan

New Zealand is famous for the sheeps cuddly wool. Sheep are really super cute. I think Sheep are really brave to be shaved. They use the Sheeps cuddly wool to make woolly jumpers and things. I love Sheep. By Charlee Larsen.

Barbecues are special to New Zealand. Barbecues can cook yummy sausages. If you do not connect a gas bottle to the barbecue it won’t work because barbecues need gas to work. I think New Zealand is lucky to have barbecues. Barbecues are really hot and smoky. Barbecues are big and black. When you cook on a barbecue it sizzles and spits a lot because the inside of the barbecues are hot. I have barbecues at my house in the summer. By Ethan

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