In the weekends, there was a storm that happened and many Canterbury cities are flooding because of this. Ashburton, Timaru and Selwyn are all declaring a civil defence emergency after severe flooding. The Eyre River and Ashley River stopbanks are all expected to fail with hundreds of residents expecting to evacuate.
In Ashburton, if the floods breach the stopbanks then half of the town's residents will have to evacuate as about 3000 houses will be at risk of flooding. 
This week, we read about a legendary character called Kupe who found his fishing lines were empty because Te Wheke had been eating all of his bait.
Main characters in the story are Kupe, his wife Hine-Te-Aparangi and Muturangi the owner of Te Wheke, the giant octopus
Kupe said he would kill Muturangi’s pet, Te Wheke. After that, the following things happened: Kupe, Hine-Te-Aparangi and their children loaded up the waka with food and lots of drinking water. They sailed out into the sea and dropped their fishing lines to tempt Te Wheke to come closer. Te Wheke knew what was happening and he grabbed the boat and tried to sink it. Kupe hit the tentacles with a mere, and then Kupe chanted an incantation to stop Te Wheke from diving. They chased Te Wheke for weeks, Kupe saw a long white cloud so it must be land. Everyone was tired but Te Wheke escaped out of his cave during the night. Even though the octopus was on the run for weeks, he was still strong and quick. Te Wheke grabbed the waka but Kupe smashed Te Wheke with his mere.
In the end, two major things happened. Hine-Te-Aparangi saw something unusual. It was a long white cloud AND Te Wheke was killed.
Song Name: That's All She Wrote
Band Name: SIX60
Band Members: Eli Paewai, Chris Mac, Ji Fraser, Marlon Gerbes
What is the song about? It can mean the end of the relationship and it is all over. In the song it also describes what the girl wrote in her notes at the end of the relationship.
In Hurumanu 3, we have been doing some writing about robots making you lazy. Here is why you shouldn't use a robot too much.
Do you want to sit on your couch for the whole day? If you have robots, it can be bad for your health since you are moving less. If a robot malfunctions, then it might break your plate instead of cleaning it. You might forget useful skills if you keep relying on robots.
Firstly, the robot will do everything for you. Many people would just stay in their home and watch TV all day. This can be bad for your eyes and also it can make you fat. Your heart needs exercise also. If you don’t exercise, you could get health problems.
Secondly, robots are not perfect. If your robot malfunctions then something wrong can happen. For example, if your robot is meant to be washing the dishes and it suddenly malfunctions, it might start breaking your dishes. Another example is if your robot is driving your car. If the robot malfunctions then you could crash or drive too fast.
In addition, if you rely on robots too much, you will lose some skills. For example, if you have a robot that cooks food for and it malfunctions, you might forget how to cook. If all of your robots malfunction or you are in a situation without robots, you might take a long time to do something. You could forget how to wash clothes or how to drive a car. This is why you shouldn’t have too many robots.
In conclusion, robots will make you lazy and it can be unhealthy for you. Robots can malfunction at any time. It can be even worse if you forgot how to do it. Robots should only be used every week or every few days so that you don’t rely on robots too much.
Hi everyone, in Hurumanu 1 we have been learning about Musical Heroes. It was about Crowded House.
