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Here is the link to your article: http://www.kiwikidsnews.co.nz/new-tool-keep-kids-safe-online

TITLE: New Tool to keep kids safe online ✔

WHEN: Thursday 13th of February 2014 ✔

WHO: Netsafe, The Privacy Commission and Tawa School ✔

WHERE: Tawa School. ✔

WHAT: They introduced a program to be used in class as a teaching tool to show explain to children the dangers of being online and how to avoid them. ✔

WHY or HOW it happened: To teach the students at Tawa School the dangers of being online and how to avoid them. ✔

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What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article?

The author wanted to introduce the readers to a new program based on how to keep safe online. ✔

List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.

Commissioner - A person appointed to a role on or by a commission. ✔

Netsafe - NetSafe, the programme of New Zealand's Internet Safety Group.✔

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TITLE: Thousands mourn Parekura Horomia.

WHEN: May 2, 2013.

WHO: Parekura Horomia the former Maori affairs minister.

WHERE: Tolaga Bay.

WHAT: Parekura Horomia died and his funeral took place at Tolaga Bay.

WHY or HOW it happened:  He died because he was too overweight for his body.

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What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article?

I think that the author`s message is to always exercise for at least 30 minutes.

List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.

Rawhiti: Rawhiti is a small beachfront town about 27 km from Russell in the Bay of Islands of New Zealand.

Ikora: In Māori mythology, Ikaroa is the long fish that gave birth to all the stars in the Milky Way.

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Choose your own article to summarise this week. Remember the article needs to be in the news and not a sports review: http://www.nzherald.co.nz

TITLE: Lack of boat and debris challenges police theory, fishermen's families tell inquest.

WHEN:  It happened on the 28 August 2011.

WHO: The main people in this article are: Mr James Robert, 43 and Mr Jordan Pooley, 21.

WHERE: The event took place at Lake Arapuni.

WHAT: Mr Robert and Mr Pooley drowned at Lake Arapuni. Both men Mr Robert and Mr Pooley had alcohol in their systems at the time of their deaths and were wearing heavy clothing but had not put on their life jackets.

WHY or HOW it happened: It mostly likely happened by the boat being sunk and the men got caught in the thick weeds growing under the lake.

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What do you think the author wanted you to learn from this article?

To whenever going sailing or on a boat were light clothes and a life jacket.

List 2 new words you have found in this article, then write their meanings.

• regional: A area or division.
• debris: Scattered fragments, typically of something wrecked or destroyed.
  
  
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