Week 1 Day 1 - Smart Footprint

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Week 1 Day 1 - My Happy Hometown!

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My hometown is Christchurch. Here I love my town as it is. Christchurch is the biggest city in the south island and the 3rd biggest city in New Zealand. Christchurch is the oldest city in New Zealand which means it is pretty old.

Christchurch's Name

Christchurch was named by the Canterbury Association in 1848 and it was officially established on July 31 1856. The official Maori name for Christchurch is Otautahi.

Fun Places

Christchurch has many fun places like indoor places: Canterbury Museum, Air force museum, Caddyshack mini putt,  Bouncy sports: Flip Out, Mega Air, QE II swimming pool, Outside activities: Orana wildlife park, Willow bank Wildlife reserve, Botanic gardens, Bottle lake forest, McLean's Island, and Hagly park.

Historical Sites

Some of the historical sites in Christchurch are: Mona Vale, Ferrymead heritage park,

Riccarton house & Riccarton bush.

In Christchurch there are a lot of fun activities some history behind everything, Christchurch is an amazing place to go and I love it here!
If you ever come to Christchurch or if you already do live in Christchurch I hope you love it too!

Week 1 Day 1 - NZ Fascinating Facts!

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Here are five fascinating facts about New Zealand.

1) New Zealand's Maori name 'Aotearoa' means 'The land of the long white cloud.'

2) The tallest freestanding building in the southern hemisphere is Auckland's sky tower standing at 328 meters high.

3) Once governed as part of the territory of New South Wales New Zealand later a part of Australia.

4) New Zealand's official languages are English and Maori.

5) Represented in the country by a Governor General, Queen Elizabeth II is now officially the queen of New Zealand.

- Amelia's facts