ihumatao needs saving

Near the airport in Mangere is a place called  

Ihumatao  and everyone there besides the police is fighting for maori land because the british queen broke
one of the rules that they have made and has taken the land for herself because there are more people in the
world now that they need more houses so she took the land . 

People today are fighting for their land and trying to save their land  and it is not fair because they took land
that was once ours and it still is but the government does not want to give it up because they need to build new houses
.  Jesender ardern is saying that she cannot do anything but she can she is lying and we don't like it. We need to take a s
stand and fight for our land like we are doing now the police needs to understand that we will not take no for an answer
and they also need to understand that  the land that they are standing on is ours and we want what is ours.  

  And that's why I made this story to spread awareness of what is happening in new zealand . 

gymnastics tryouts

One day at Thames High School
there was a gymnasium and there
it   was filled with kids who had big
dreams to become professional gymnast and the strict coaches pushed and pushed them  until
they got better and better. 

When Manawa, Ada, Tyra and Marianne
walked into the gymnasium they straight away had to stretch and warm up. One of the coaches
said to the 4 girls that they are awesome  but Marianne still needed to learn and she kept
training and training until she was ready for the competition. Last year she came in an equal tie with
this girl named Maddie  and they both came 7th place but this year Marianne was hoping she could
come 1st place or second place. Marianne and her friends had to do a routine and it was on a beam. They
had to do  two kart wheels, two back handsprings and a dip all the way down the beam and a front handspring
of the beam. 

All 4 of the girls had to do the same routine and next was the judges announcement and they started
for the top 4. They said in 4th place is tyra from Kerepehi school, in 3rd place is Ada from Kerepehi
school, in 2nd place is Manawa from Kerepehi school and in 1st place is Marianne from Kerepehi school, 
Marianne was amazed when she won 1st place and she celebrated with her friends and family. 

At the end she achieved her dream  and accomplished her goal for the day. 

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