Monday 22 September 2014

Being a mum is easy.

I don't believe being a mum is easy for many reasons. Firstly, if you're a mum and you have little kids they will hassle you to get what ever they want. If the new play station or barbie comes out any kid would go crazy for that. Secondly, when children get older they are not going to want to do jobs for you. If you ask them to wash the car or do the dishes they will make a lie up to get out of it. Thirdly, kids will cry and wine and the parents have to deal with it. The kids will cry and wine if they don't get what they want like food or a toy things like that. That concludes my point on how being a mum is not easy.

Sunday 21 September 2014

Mr Brain Diver.

Mr Brian Diver is a successful principal for a variety of reasons. Firstly he wants the best for his students. If you have a problem, he will see you at any time, any day for as long as you need. Secondly he has a great reputation with his students for he gives them amazing facilities and equipment like rock climbing walls and sports gear. Thirdly Mr Brian Diver also has a great sense of humour as he visits the students classes and tells them funny stories to make us laugh. And that is why Mr Brian Diver is a successful principal.

Election day.

What percentage of the vote did each party win?
National: 48% 
Labour: 25%
Green Party: 10%
New Zealand First: 9%

How will parliament look? (How many seats will each party have?)
National: 61
Labour: 32
Green Party: 13
New Zealand First: 9

Who is the Tauranga MP and which party is he/she from?
Simon Bridges. National √

Who came 2nd and 3rd for Tauranga?
2nd: Clayton Mitchell.
3rd:

What regional seat does the Prime Minister hold?
Hellensvil.

How many people voted?
77% just over 20000.


Thursday 18 September 2014

Voting day.

When is election day?
20th september 2014.  Saturday √ 

What hours can you vote on election day?
9:00am - 7:00pm √

What date does this year’s election officially end?
Saturday 4th october.  √

Why is there a gap between election day and when the election ends?
Other parties may not have enough voters to win the election so they need time to sort it out. √  

Summarise each of these rules for election day in your own words.

Hoardings:
  • All all election signs must be taken down or covered up before midnight tonight. √


Sign-written vehicles:

  • Cover up or place away from public view vehicles advertising parties or candidates (this includes flags and bumper stickers). √

Fixed signage on party headquarters and MP’s electorate offices:
  • You can leave your sign up at your office.

Delivery of election material prohibited.
  • No letters in mail boxes on election day. 

Websites and social media.
  • Keep what you had posted before election day, but no posts on election day.


Processions and demonstrations.
  • You are nit allowed to protest before before 7pm, you can't use a loudhailer.


Streamers, rosettes, ribbons etc.
  • Can wear but can’t say the party name, logo.


Clothing promoting the party or candidate.
  • No te-shirts, can wear party colours.


Imitation ballot papers.
  • Do not print, publish or distribute, on election day or after midnight on the Tuesday before election day.


Assistance to get to a voting place.
  • An MP or a party member to help someone that can't get to the poling room by giving them a ride.


At the voting place.

MP are only allowed to cast there own vote.



Campaigning around advance voting places.


  • Your not allowed to campaign.

Wednesday 17 September 2014

electorates.

Inside White - Tauranga electorates.
Outside white - Bay Of Plenty electorates.

Which electorate do you live within?
I live in the Tauranga electorate.

List the candidates for the Tauranga electorate and the Bay of Plenty electorate.

Tauranga candidates:
  • SIMON BRIDGES
  • CLAYTON MITCHELL
  • RACHEL JONES
  • IAN MCLEAN
  • STUART PEDERSEN
  • NATHANIEL HESLOP
  • MICHAEL O'NEILL
  • VERNA OHIA-GATE
  • RUSTY KANE
  • YVETTE LAMARE
Bay of plenty:
  • Clear wilson 
  • Todd Muller 

Which candidate would you vote for and why?
Labor.
Well this just caught my eye and thats why I changed my mind. 
New Zealand should be the fairest, most decent society in the world. And we can get there together by focussing on the positive things that really matter to Kiwi families. Labour will put people first. We’ll make sure there are more affordable homes, that there are more secure jobs with higher wages, and that our kids get the best start. Vote positive and vote Labour for a better New Zealand.  

How long has the Tauranga electorate existed?
1881.

Has the Tauranga MP over its history been mainly National or mainly Labour?
MAinly National. 

When was the last election?
2011.

When was Winston Peters the MP for Tauranga?
1993-1999.
  

Tuesday 16 September 2014

MMP voeting system.

MMP is a system we currently use to elect our parliament.
It is a proportional system, which means that the proportion of votes a party gets will largely reflect the number of seats it has in parliament.
Each voter gets two votes. 
The first vote is for the political party the voter chooses. This is called the party vote and largely decides the total number of seats each political voter gets in parliment. 
The second vote is to choose the MP the voter wants to represent the electorate they live in. This is called the electorate vote. The candidate who gets the most votes wins. They do not have to get more then half the votes. 
Under current MMP rules, a political party that wins at least one electorate seat or 5% of the party vote gets a she of the seats in Parliment that is about the same as it's share of the party vote. 
For example, if a party gets 30% of the party vote t will get roughly 36 MPs in Parliament  (being 30% of 120 seats). so if that party wins 20 electorate seats it will have 16 list MPs in addition to it's 20 electorate MPs.   
Coalitions or agreements between political parties are usually needed before Governments can be formed.

Monday 15 September 2014

Parties Polices

The Civilian Party policies.


  1. lose the pay gap between men and women by working to reduce men’s wages. 
  2. Alleviate poverty amongst children by giving every poverty-stricken child a llama as a means to a basic income.
  3. End discrimination against social majorities. No more special services just for Maori; no more car parks just for disabled people; no more hip operations just for people who need hip operations. 
  4. Relegalise illegal legal highs. The recent government crackdown on these products was overzealous, and there is no reason that perfectly legal substances should be illegal.
  5. Make Wellington airport safer by moving it to Christchurch. 
How to set up your own political party


There are certain requirements that all political parties must adhere to in order to apply for and maintain their party registrations. They are:
  1. An acceptable party name (and any abbreviation).
  2. Satisfactory evidence of at least 500 eligible members.
  3. Statutory declarations from its party secretary concerning membership, intention to contest general elections and advising of any component parties.
  4. Party membership rules showing what is required for current financial membership, and candidate selection rules which provide for the democratic involvement of members in the process.
  5. An auditor (or person who has agreed to be auditor when the party is registered).
  6. A party secretary with a postal address and contact details.
  7. Either the secretary, or a sitting MP who is a current financial member of the party, to make the application.
  8. $500 application fee.

Name your party: Animals are life.


Create a policy for
HEALTH: Medison for them so they can live for longer.

EDUCATION: Help them understand what we are.

DEFENCE: Band poachers. So they can live a better life without having to worry about being pouched.

ENVIRONMENT: Keep the forest clean.

Thursday 4 September 2014

The Hippo and the Goat.

Hippo: Magic
Goat: Merfy  










"What are you doing in my territory goat," shouted Magic
"I am doing what I have to," exclaimed Merfy 
then all of a sudden Magic let of the biggest roar which sent Merfy to the ground begging for forgiveness.
"You know you can't come onto my territory anymore it's over remember we are no longer an item,"  said Magic as she slightly lowered her voice.    
"but we agreed that I would own the territory, didn't we?" asked Merfy.            


Wednesday 3 September 2014

Question Story

I have been in this foreign country for over a year now and i'm loving it. I came here because I wanted to meet new people and maybe even find the love of my life. Two of my best friends are with me, the first one is Donna who has long curly dark brown hair she's tall and fit, the other one Jasmine has Long strait blond hair with a great personality a bit like me really. When I fist came to Fiji I lost my passport that had alot of repercussions like not being able to get a drivers license or even just going into a fancy restaurant. The day After I got to Fiji I went looking for my passport were I stayed last night when I noticed someone following me he had a grey suet short black hair and a black mole on the left side of his nose. I stated running and the whoosh I fell strait on my face and then the man came up to me and said are you ok I know that you thought that I was following you when I was just trying to get a look at what your mum would look like because i'm tracking her down!!!