What is Parliament?

What is Parliament?
If you've watched the news on television, you may have heard reporters say, 
“Today in Parliament …” or “Parliament has passed a new law …”. You've 
probably seen photographs of Parliament Buildings in Wellington, or you 
may have even visited them. But do you know what happens there? What is 
Parliament and what does it do? 
Our Parliament has two parts: the Sovereign (the King or Queen) and the 
House of Representatives. In New Zealand, the Sovereign is usually represented 
by the Governor-General. The House of Representatives is made up of about 120 
elected members of Parliament (MPs). The members of Parliament represent 
the views and concerns of the people of New Zealand, which means we are a 
representative democracy.
As well as representing the people, some members of Parliament form 
the Government (or Executive) and are responsible for running the country. 
Parliament also has the job of making new laws, updating old laws, and 
approving decisions about how tax money will be spent for the benefit of all 
New Zealanders. In addition, Parliament has opportunities to question the 
Government’s actions to keep it “accountable” for the decisions it makes.
The Governor-General, on behalf of the Sovereign, acts as New Zealand’s 
head of state. The Governor-General’s role in the work of Parliament is to 
sign off new laws by giving them the Royal assent, open Parliament at the 
beginning of a new term, and close it when there is to be a general election. 
The Governor-General is chosen by the Prime Minister and is appointed by the 
Sovereign, and carries out these responsibilities on advice from the Government.

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What is The Commonwealth all about?

What are the Commonwealth Games? First of all they are called the Friendly Games because the 
competition is against individual sportsmen and women, but not between countries. The first ever Commonwealth Games were held in 1930 in Hamilton, Canada. There are always athletics swimming, playing the rugby sevens, netball, lawn bowls and even more events than you can imagine. In the Commonwealth Games there are 71 countries altogether. The Commonwealth Games are held every four years. Most recently, the 2010   games took place in New Delhi, India, and during 2006 the games were in Melbourne, Australia. The 2014 Commonwealth Games will be hosted by Glasgow, Scotland.

How do you Become an athlete?

In the Commonwealth games there are lots of amazing athletes and some of their names are:

Valerie Adams, Usain Bolt, Lauren Boyle, Josh Taylor, Eric Finau and there are lots of other athletes. To become a really good athlete to be in the Commonwealth Games you need to think about what sport you should be in and once you have done that you need to train. So pretend I picked boxing. I would need to be strong, fit and I will have to eat healthy food everyday and drink lots of water, but if I was doing gymnastics I would still have to eat healthy food everyday and  drink lots of water as well, but I would also need to be skinny, fit and confident.

That is what you need to do to be a good athlete no matter what sport you choose. So it is all up to you.

The sports of the Commonwealth are:

Shotput, Lawn bowls, Shooting, Sprinting, Swimming, Gymnastics Artistic, Heptathlon, High Jump, Netball, Rugby Sevens, Table Tennis, Squash, Weightlifting, Hockey, Judo, Wrestling, Boxing, Gymnastics Rhythmic, Triathlon, Powerlifting, Cycling Track, Cycling Mountain Bike, Badminton and Athletics.

Extension Writing

Once upon a time there were two girls and their names were Tracey and Laura. They both loved candy so so much, so then they saw a beautiful fairy that came out of nowhere. The fairy granted Tracey and Laura one wish to share between each other. After that they both could not decide what they should wish for. But then they finally decided what they wanted and it was to go to a land called Candy land. Then there wish came true as fast light. Then 2 extraordinarily boring weeks of Candy there wish was due and when they got back home, Tracey and Laura had a really painful headache because they had too much Candy and let me tell you how much candy they had: They had candy for breakfast, lunch and dinner for guess how many weeks, 2 whole weeks. They also had a painful stomach ache for the same reason. So after that Tracey and Laura had salads and healthy food for 2 more weeks and guess what happen after that, They finally felt better, but do you know what would’ve happened to them if they didn’t eat healthy food, they would have died from sickness.

                        That is the story about Tracey and Laura that loved

                        Candy so so much that they almost died from sickness.

I HOPE YOU ENJOYED MY STORY OF THE TWO GIRLS WHO LOVED CANDY. THANK YOU FOR READING. PLEASE BE FREE TO LEAVE A COMMENT.

BY ATAREITA