Entreprenuer

 For this mahi we chose one successful NZ entrepreneur and for this mahi it asked How did your entrepreneur get the idea? Joerg and Bernd created broken heart gin because They were fond and passionate about perfecting spirits of rare complexity and fine flavors.

What obstacles did he/she face in order to get the product on the market? While they were making the gin, Bernd suddenly became ill and passed away, this put his partner Joerg in a bad mental state for a few months so they stopped producing the gin.

Where did the product name come from? As Joerg was going down his road of being mentally broken down, he realized that as much as a broken heart hurts, it's also a space to be filled with new beginnings and so he decided to share the superb gin with the world and to call it Broken Heart gin.

What has made the Entrepreneur famous? The reason it got famous is because after all that hard work he sold it in the south of New Zealand and it slowly grew and ended up winning an award which really set off the business.

In what year was the product invented? After a long journey the gin was published in september 2012.

How much is the company worth? I don’t know how much the company is worth but one bottle is worth $16.99.

Mihi mahi interview preperation

 On this mahi we were basically getting prepared for whenever we are interviewed for our jobs we would like to pursue. It asked questions like Who am I? I just explained Where I'm from, my age, my full name and so on. Another question it asked was what are your Achievements? A few of my achievements is getting the junior maori trophy for year 9, going to Thailand for kickboxing and winning and a lot more.

Career

 This term we chose what career pathways we would like to pursue in the a lot of people had very different careers they would like to pursue but some were also similar or exactly the same like a few people wanted to be apart of the army, some people wanted to be apart of marine biology. The three career pathways I chose and really hope I am apart of are Pilot but for the navy, a Lawyer but a Barrister lawyer and an Nrl player and I'd really love to play for the Sydney Roosters.

The real game

 The real game. The real game pukamahi was about understanding budgeting and financial difficulties you will encounter along the pathway of your career. The yearly salary you gain in whatever career you choose pays for vacations, housing, transportation, food etc. This booklet is a good life lesson on how to save your money. It is also setting us up to having a bright and successful future. It helps us believe and have hope that we can live our dream lives and make our family happy. The career I have chosen is an NRL player, the average salary of a high ranking player is around 5-9.4 million to fit with my first house. My house will cost 575,000$ in full or 1,800$ monthly. The car I chose was a scooter, a brand new one in full would cost 3,500$ or 146$ monthly for a year. None of that includes your interest, technology, gym memberships etc. If I were to go on a holiday vacation I wouldn’t need to worry about saving, taxes, monthly income because my yearly salary could afford basically anything I want. This is why I inspire to be an NRL player because I want my future to be bright and have no worries “Hakuna Matata” about any expenses or financial difficulties.

Leadership & Government

 This term we learnt about Government and leadership and what it takes to become a leader.

For my evidence and what I know about leadership and government is that the government is split into parties for example the ones we vote for are Labour and National. For a leader it takes confidence, integrity, delegation, communication, self-awareness and gratitude. If you don't know already the government is the political system by which a country or community is administered and regulated.

I have found out that if you are above the age of 18 you are eligible to vote and that the North land member of parliament is Willow-jean Prime and she is part of the Labour party.  In my opinion a good leader in my eyes is our prime minister Jacinda Adern, she has all the qualities of a good leader like I explained in my evidence.

A lesson I learnt throughout this term is how parliament and parties work in government and what qualities you should have to becoming a good leader.

This is my leadership speech I did quite a while ago.

I bet you're asking yourself, How do I become a leader? Or I want to be a leader for these people. I don't entirely have an answer for you but I know a way or an explanation you can use that will guide you on your pathway to becoming an excellent leader.

The pathway leaders take is never the easiest. Ask all leaders around the world and they will all say they took the hardest pathway that had the most obstacles. Leaders are never always perfect, they always fail somewhere down their journey but the thing that makes them leaders is not how much they fall it's whether they get back up or not. There's a saying that goes around and it says “failure is a pathway to success”. People that dont want to try and become leaders are always the ones that are scared of failure and will give up very quickly and easily. Confidence is a very important and good asset to have to become a leader. But people don't expect you to be confident right away, build your confidence up as you go through your journey until you can confidently speak in front of a crowd without freezing up or being scared, but a lot of very powerful leaders in the old generation and this generation still get nervous in front of big crowds they've just learnt to hide their nerves that's why they are such good leaders because they have developed their speaking skills enough to be able to speak in front of big crowds.

So to sum up everything that has been said in my speech, you can't become a leader straight away without failure and success, and that leaders build up confidence. THE END

Being globally minded

Being globally minded

1. Write your understanding of the key concepts for this topic:

Economy 

An economy is a system of making and trading things of value. It is usually divided into goods and services. So the producers make the goods and consumers trade and buy those goods.

Trade 

Trade is the action of buying and selling goods and services. Trading is also important because it helps with economic growth, also supporting good jobs at home, raising living standards and helping people provide for their families by being able to afford goods and services.

Globalisation

Globalisation is the speedup of human beings, goods and services, capital, technology and cultural practices all over the world. Globalisation also promotes and increases interactions between different regions and populations around the world.

2. Add a report on the NZ Export Product you researched this term 

My New Zealand export product is AFFCO. AFFCO has been at the forefront of the meat industry for over 100 years, providing other countries with New Zealand's finest premium meat ever since. AFFCO was proudly owned by New Zealand in 1904. The first location for AFFCO was Southdown in MT Wellington, Auckland. The opening was described as “a carnival affair”. Then it slowly moved up north to a place called Moerewa and is still serving other countries like Germany, USA, AUS, China, Japan, Korea and South Korea Oh I also forgot to mention the United Kingdom. Fun fact: New Zealand’s first consignment of frozen meat was exported to Great Britain from port chalmers, Dunedin.The meat was frozen frozen aboard the ship. This was done in 1884.

My opinion on this export product is that it is really good because even though AFFCO is in a small town it is still providing and selling to different countries, very big countries to be exact like Germany, USA, AUS, China, Japan, Korea, South Korea and the United Kingdom.

 

9T english

 

This is my reflection on what I have done and learnt in my year 9 English class this year.

The activities and work we did this year were Getting to know myself so in that mahi we just wrote about our hobbies and things we love and like to do and also facts about ourselves we also had to add photos to give it more detail and color to our mahi. Another piece of work we had to do was our speech and this speech was about a person we admired or who we wanna grow up to be just like. Our last mahi we had to do for term 1 was what we know about the treaty of Waitangi. This is my reflection on our term 1 English work.

In term 2 the mahi we had to do was a reading response on a book called See ya Simon, this book was about a boy who had muscular dystrophy. Muscular dystrophy is a disease given to you at birth but it isn't as bad when your a newborn but as you grow older the more the disease affects you, this disease weakens your muscles and makes you very very skinny and by the time your 10 or 11 you won't be able to walk you will have to be pushed in a wheelchair. Then by the time your 12 or 13 you will eventually pass away because your body cannot handle it. So that is what See ya Simon was about. The next mahi we had to do for term 2 was another reading response but this time is was about a comic you read, my comic book was about the ancient demi god named Hercules. The title of the story was The Incredible Hercules. Hercules is a demi god, son of the powerful thunder god Zeus. The story was about Hercules meeting a human boy named Amadeus who could save the world but the rest of the gods were against Hercules teaming up with boy because he was human and they said "We would rather kill him!" and they all rushed at him but Hercules jumped in front of him protecting him and said "If you wanna get to him, You'll have to get through me first!". That's basically what is was about. This is my reflection on our term 2 English mahi.

In term 3 our mahi was about film studies. We learnt about different camera angles and shots that directors use in movies like a high angle shot, a low angle shot, a three man shot and a two man shot. There are many more but it's just to much to name that's how many there are. We also watched movies and short films and after we watched them we had to name all the different camera shots and camera angles they used. All of the films we watched were Dust buddies, Kung foo panda, Frosty and the BMX kid and New boy. This is our reflection of term 3 English mahi.

For this term we learnt about creative writing and different Nouns, Verbs, Adverbs, Adjectives, Similes, Alliteration, Metaphors and Personification. We also done a letter to ourselves but on our first day of school, it is just a letter about what we need to expect about college and how it is not as bad as you think. This is my reflection on our term 4 mahi.