Air NZ Cancels Christmas Flights!✈

Air New Zealand has announced that they have cancelled some of the Christmas flights. They say that the problem is due to maintenance issues with it's Rolls-Royce issues. The recent total of people who will be affected by this is 14,000 New Zealand.

The airline (Air NZ) has been forced to shut down their usual flights from Christchurch to Perth and other international flights in December and January. The airline announced that the airline might be cleared by Christmas but it is still in the que at the Rolls-Royce repair shop.

Hopefully the airline will be able to fix this so people could enjoy their Christmas holiday!!

Prince Charles & The Duchess Of Cornwall Arrive In New Zealand!

Prince Charles and the duchess have now made their arrival in New Zealand for their 7 day tour. 

Prince Charles and the Duchess of Cornwall have arrived in New Zealand on a 7 day tour.

Their tour of New Zealand will take them to Northland, Christchurch and Kaikōura. 

During their Auckland stay, Prince Charles and Camilla will receive an official welcome at Government House and meet with Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern.

Manaiakalani Film Festival!

Yesterday the 12th Annual Film Festival took place at Sylvia Park Hoyts Cinema. Our school (Ruapotaka) and a few other schools watched multiple films.


As we arrived at the cinema there were only a few people so we took seat and waited for the other schools to arrive. There was a lot of laughter and excitement coming from the schools. The films that we watched were quite funny and had a really good message.

I enjoyed the Manaiakalani Film Festival 2019!

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Rats Wash Up On Westport Beaches!

In totally around 600 rats have been recovered with experts concerned that more may follow.

Some of the rats have been sent for testing as the Department of Conservation to find out why it happened. 

Some people believe the rats could have washed out of the hills by heavy rain after a 1080 poison operation 140km away. However, most experts are ruling this out.

Locals are being warned to keep their dogs off the beaches.

Kiwi Can Jam 2019!

On Friday it was the first Kiwi Can Jam that Ruapotaka School attended. The arena was fulled with schools. There were many great performances but unfortunately Ruapotaka did not win a prize but we performed on that stage proud to represent our school.

Our performance began with a dance, later a skit and our final dance. When we finished we went back to school on a bus with Glen Brae.

Our teachers and principal said that we did a great job, but I was so nervous I didn't even know I did a great job!

Smart Relationships - Cybersmart!

Learners make smart relationships by knowing who they are talking to online. A learner having a smart relationship online is easy to control, you know what to do when something goes wrong and you know what to do when something doesn't seem right.

Smart relationships can happen with students connecting and sharing by commenting and interacting on each others blogs. They can make smart decisions in very hard choices. 

Springboks For The Win!🏉

On Saturday the Springboks *aka South Africa* won the Rugby World Cup over England. The full-time score was 32 - 12. A lot of people went to the game while some stayed home and watched from the television. 

Flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit was named World Player of the Year, Rassie Erasmus was named as Coach of the Year and the Springboks were named Team of the Year.

False Fire Alarm at Auckland's Newmarket Mall

Fumes from a generator in an Auckland mall prompted evacuations and an emergency service callout on Friday morning.

Authorities headed to the Westfield Mall in Auckland's Newmarket on Friday after reports of a fire, police told Newshub. Photos and videos posted to Snapchat showed people evacuating and standing on surrounding streets staring in.

Luckily it wasn't an actually fire otherwise people would be in sreiouse danger!