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For two weeks Whetu has been given a homework challenge. The homework challenge is that you have to use at least one milk bottle to create something original. My idea is to make a fairy house and put pink pom poms on it and little buttons for pebble stones. I haven’t started but I am ready to start and I have planned it all. I will use the lid for a little flower bed.

My roof will be corrugated cardboard painted pink with pink pom poms on the edge of the roof. There will be pink and purple trees around the house with a fence made of popsicle sticks. I can’t wait to see everybody else's.

At 12:02 am on Monday the 14th of November, Kaikoura was hit by a 7.5 magnitude earthquake. It damaged homes and at least two people died during it. I didn’t feel it, but people all over New Zealand did. A tsunami hit New Zealand’s east coast after the earthquake hit but the tsunami wasn’t serious.  There was lots of aftershocks 5.7, 5.2 and some smaller ones too. People had to get into helicopters and planes to keep safe. Buildings in Wellington had glasses smashing and all sorts of things that had been smashed and shook around. My Grandparents in Wellington were very scared when they felt the big earthquake. For New Zealand this means roads will be shut down buildings will also be shut down. Shops will be closed down and people's homes have been ruined.

In New Zealand Labour day is a public holiday held on the fourth Monday of October. It’s origins are traced back to the eight-hour working day movement that arose in the Wellington colony in 1840, because carpenter Samuel Parnell's refusal to work more than eight hours a day. In the late 19th Century labour groups called unions began to form in many industries. They tried to help workers fight for fair pay and safe working conditions. We have a day off school because since it Labor Day in New Zealand most work jobs like schools, government offices, and many businesses are closed.  So mostly all people get a break from their jobs. On Labour day I went exploring on the farm with Sophie and we took a picnic with us and in the evening after milking we had to feed the calves.