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Matt Elliott speaks after receiving his award:
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NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN'S BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Children's Choice Award
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CHILDRENâS CHOICE AWARD 2012
The Catâs Pyjamas, written and illustrated by Catherine Foreman, published by Scholastic New Zealand.
presented by Sam Ure from Coastal Taranaki School in Okato (student)
Catherine Foreman goes to receive her award
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CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARD 2012
The Cat’s Pyjamas, written and illustrated by Catherine Foreman, published by Scholastic New Zealand.
presented by Sam Ure from Coastal Taranaki School in Okato (student)
Jack Lasenby goes to receive his award
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Young Adult Fiction Category Award Winner
CALLING THE GODS by Jack Lasenby, publisher Alison Brook, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
Judge Gillian Candler
Presenting award: Dr Michael Cullen, New Zealand Post.
Matt Elliott speaks after receiving his award:
booksellersnz posted a photo:
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDRENâS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Chris Szekely speaks after receiving the award for Rahui
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Chris Szekely speaks after receiving the award for PICTURE BOOK CATEGORY WINNER
RAHUI by Chris Szekely and Malcolm Ross,
Receiving the award: Chris Szekely and publisher Robyn Bargh, Huia Publishers.
Jack Lasenby speaks
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Young Adult Fiction Category Award Winner
CALLING THE GODS by Jack Lasenby, publisher Alison Brook, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
Catherine Foreman
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CHILDREN’S CHOICE AWARD 2012
The Cat’s Pyjamas, written and illustrated by Catherine Foreman, published by Scholastic New Zealand.
presented by Sam Ure from Coastal Taranaki School in Okato (student)
Matt Elliot and Chris Slane.
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Matt Elliot and Chris Slane.
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
2012 NZ Post Children's Book Awards. Wednesday 16 May, 2012. Amora Hotel, Wellington.
Photo by Mark Tantrum | www.marktantrum.com
Matt Elliott speaks after receiving his award:
booksellersnz posted a photo:
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDRENâS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Chris Slane looks back at Matt as they walk to receive their award.
booksellersnz posted a photo:
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDRENâS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Matt Elliot walks to receive his award.
booksellersnz posted a photo:
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDRENâS BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Matt Elliot, Brian Roche, Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister and Chris Slane.
booksellersnz posted a photo:
NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
Matt Elliot, Brian Roche, Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister and Chris Slane. 2012 NZ Post Children's Book Awards. Wednesday 16 May, 2012. Amora Hotel, Wellington.
Photo by Mark Tantrum | www.marktantrum.com
Matt Elliott speaks after receiving his award:
booksellersnz posted a photo:
Matt Elliott speaks after receiving his award: NEW ZEALAND POST CHILDREN’S BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER
Nice Day for a War: Adventures of a Kiwi Soldier in World War 1, by Matt Elliott and illustrated by Chris Slane, published by HarperCollins Publishers.
presented by Hon Hekia Parata, Education Minister
Brian Roche with Leonie Agnew and her publisher Diana Murray, Scholastic New Zealand.
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Brian Roche with Leonie Agnew and her publisher Diana Murray, Scholastic New Zealand.
BEST FIRST BOOK AWARD 2012
SUPER FINN
Judge Annemarie Florian
Presented by Creative New Zealand CE Stephen Wainwright
The Autumn of 2012
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From next week I may be off line for two weeks or so because our house is having the earthquake repairs done!
Demolition of the Scales House, May 14, 2012, Christchurch NZ. It was such a wonderful Autumn's day and they say the snow on it's way so I had to take another walk around the city....And you always find somthing new!
They seem to think this building will come down..cost too much to repair!
A magnitude 5.8 followed by a 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Lyttelton on Friday afternoon the 23rd December, 2011, causing liquefaction to once again erupt from the earth and leaving sewerage, water and power out of action in pockets of eastern Christchurch.
A series of intense'' aftershocks have followed, and hundreds and hundreds'' were recorded by GNS in the 24 hours following the two major quakes, said seismologist Bill Fry.)
Taken from the New Zealand Herald New paper
The February 22, 2011 Christchurch earthquake was a magnitude 6.3 (ML) earthquake that struck the Canterbury region in New Zealand's South Island at 12:51 pm on Tuesday, 22 February 2011 local time (23:51 21 February UTC), The earthquake was centred 2 kilometres (1.2 mi) west of the town of Lyttelton, and 10 kilometres (6 mi) south-east of the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand's second-most populous city. It followed nearly six months after the magnitude 7.1 4 September 2010 Canterbury earthquake, which caused significant damage to Christchurch and the central Canterbury region, but no direct fatalities.
The earthquake caused widespread damage across Christchurch, especially in the central city and eastern suburbs, with damage exacerbated by buildings and infrastructure already being weakened by the 4 September 2010 earthquake and its aftershocks. Significant liquefaction affected the eastern suburbs, producing around 400,000 tonnes of silt. The earthquake was reported to be felt across the South Island and the lower and central North Island.
In total, 184 (as from Jan, 2012) people were killed in the earthquake, making the earthquake the second-deadliest natural disaster recorded in New Zealand (after the 1931 Hawke's Bay earthquake), and fourth-deadliest disaster of any kind recorded in New Zealand, with nationals from more than 20 countries among the victims. Over half of the deaths occurred in the six-storey Canterbury Television (CTV) Building, which collapsed and caught fire in the quake. The government declared a state of national emergency, which stayed in force until 30 April 2011.
It has been estimated that the total cost of rebuilding to insurers to be around NZ$15–16 billion, making it by far New Zealand's costliest natural disaster, and the third-costliest earthquake (nominally) worldwide.
The earthquake would ultimately be one of three major earthquakes in a year-long earthquake swarm affecting the Christchurch area, and was followed by a large aftershock on 13 June 2011, which caused considerable additional damage.
Bye Bye New Zealand...
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Bye Bye New Zealand...
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winding road in Coromandel
Ivo De Decker posted a photo:
#14672
whenever I think I've got all the time to cycle to my destiny of the day it turns out to be a stressfull day , it should be easy to cycle from coromandel town to Tairua but then the climbing starts all the way to Whitianga but I don't regret it because then the views are also awsome
