Lisa Carrington

Lisa Carrington MNZM (born 23 June 1989) is a New Zealand flatwater canoeist. She won three consecutive gold medals in the Women's K-1 200 metres at the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2016 Summer Olympics and 2020 Summer Olympics, as well as gold in the same event at the 2011 Canoe Sprint World Championships. She is one of New Zealand's most successful Olympians ever, having won a total of four gold medals and one bronze medal.

• Born in Tauranga,Carrington was raised in Ōhope, a satellite town of Whakatane in the eastern Bay of Plenty, and is of Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou descent. She attended Whakatane High School, and Massey University in Alba

• Canoeing 

In June 2009 she won a bronze medal at the World Cup regatta held in Szeged, Hungary, competing alongside Teneale Hatton in the women's K-2 1000 metres event. In May 2010 the pair won the gold medal in the same event at a World Cup regatta in Vichy, France.

 

• Carrington and Hatton won three gold medals at the 2010 Oceania Canoe Championships; they won the 500 and 1000 metres K-2 events and were joined by Rachael Dodwell and Erin Taylor to win the K-4 500 metres. The pair became the first New Zealanders ever to reach a World Championship A final at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Poznań, Poland;. Their time of one minute 42.365 seconds in the semi-finals meant they qualified third fastest for the final of the K-2 500 metres, however they finished the final in ninth position.

• At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, she defended her gold medal in the K-1 200 metres event and won a bronze medal in the K-1 500 metres event. In doing so, she became the first New Zealand woman to win multiple medals at the same Olympic games. Carrington was the flag bearer at the 2016 closing ceremony. She is coached by Gordon Walker.

• On 3 August 2021, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Carrington won her third consecutive gold medal in the K-1 200 metres event.On the same day, she and her crewmate Caitlin Regal won a gold medal in the K-2 500 metres event

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• Lisa Carrington was named as New Zealand's senior Māori sportswoman and overall Māori sportsperson of the year in November 2012. In the 2013 New Year Honours, she was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit for services to kayaking.In 2014. 

• Carrington was named the NEXT Woman of the Year in the Sport category. At the 2016 Halberg Awards, she won the Sportswoman of the Year and also won the Supreme Award.

• On 11 February 2021, Lisa Carrington was named the most influential Māori sports personality of the past 30 years in the Māori Sports Awards 30 in 30 show, aired on Māori Television

• Carrington is an athlete ambassador for Beef and Lamb New Zealand, alongside Eliza McCartney, Sophie Pascoe and Sarah Walker. She is also an ambassador for Southern Cross Health Society.

Answer & do the following activities (15 in all).

1. Why is Lisa Carrington in the news right now? Because she plays in the Olympics and she is New Zealand's most successful athlete in history

2. What country is Lisa from? New Zealand

3. Where was Lisa born? Tauranga

4. What province is that city in? Bay of plenty

5. Identify Lisa’s iwi. Te Aitanga-a-Māhaki and Ngāti Porou descent

6. What satellite town did Lisa grow up in? Whakatane

7. What High School did Lisa attend? Whakatane High School

8. Name the University Lisa went to and where it is located. Massey University and it is in Alba

9. What is Lisa’s Olympic event? Kayak sprint

10. List 5 countries that Lisa has competed successfully in. London, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Denmark, Hungary

11. Who is Lisa's crew mate in the Tokyo Olympics? Caitlin Regal

12. Name 2 awards Lisa has achieved in NZ. supreme award, sportsmanship of the year award

13. What are Lisa’s ambassadorial roles in NZ? beef and lamb nz, southern cross health and society

14. Google ‘Lisa Carrington’ in Wikipedia and use information there to add key facts below her pic

Lisa Carrington

Age: 32

Date -of-birth: 23 June 1989

Height: 1.68 m

Weight: 63 kg

Sport: Canoe sprinting

Club: Eastern Bay Canoe Racing Club

MNZM means: New Zealand Order of Merit

 

Science taste test

 

Science again

 Method:

1. Place the heat mat

2. Put the Bunsen burner on the heat mat

3. Plug the Bunsen burner into the gas tap

4. Put the tripod over the Bunsen burner

5. Put the gauze mat on the tripod

Equipment needed:

1. Bunsen Burner

2. Safety glasses

3. Heat mat

4. Tripod

5.  Gauze mat

Other:

1. The hottest part of the flame is the inner flame.

2. The order of lighting a Bunsen burner is light the match then turn on the tap.

Questions:

1. Where is the broken glass put?  in the special glass bin.

2. How do you stop all class gas taps?  with the emergency gas stop button.

3. Where is the fire extinguisher?  next to the little door in the corner of class.

4. When should you wear safety glasses?  when experimenting with fire.

pH Levels

 Definition: pH (potential of hydrogen) is a scale of acidity from 0 to 14 with 7 being neutral

pH Explained: All solutions have a pH. Acid solutions, have lower pH. Alkaline solutions, have higher pH. Substances that aren't acidic 

The pH Scale

0 - Battery
1 - Stomach Acid
2 - Lemon
3 - Vinegar
4 - Tomato
5 - Coffee
6 - Milk
7 - Water
8 - Blood
9 - Baking soda
10 - Stomach Tablets
11 - Ammonia Solution
12 - Soap
13 - Bleach
14- Drain Cleaner

My flappy bird

this is my game that i have made

hope you enjoy it  :)

Canterbury Flooding

 Canterbury Flooding

Heavy rain continues to fall in Canterbury, raising fears of further evacuations and flooding, particularly in Ashburton where half of the town's residents are preparing to leave their homes. 

MetService has a code-red warning in place for Canterbury as the deluge is expected to bring up to 400mm to the high country by Monday afternoon. A red warning is its highest alert level and has only been issued once before.

People have been evacuated in Springfield, the Upper and Lower Selwyn Huts and in Peel Forest, while people trapped by floodwaters have been rescued in multiple locations.

Late this evening, Waimakariri District Council said the Eyre River stopbanks are now expected to fail and 133 households along the river from Wolffs Road and north of the river to North Eyre Road must evacuate immediately.

The Ashley River stopbank is also at risk of failure and 100 Fernside residents between Mt Thomas Road, Oxford Road and Merton Road should also evacuate immediately. Another eight households near Kairaki Beach are also being evacuated.

The Mandeville Sports Centre and Rangiora Baptist Church have been set up as evacuation centres.

Geraldine Retirement Village has also been evacuated as a precaution, a staff member said.

Many roads, including some sections of state highways, are closed, while more than 70 schools, kura and early learning services in Canterbury have confirmed they will be closed tomorrow.

Ashburton, Timaru and Selwyn have all declared a civil defence emergency.

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and i hope that this storm doesn't come back

Kupe and the Giant Wheke

This week, we read about a legendary character called Kupe who found his fishing lines were empty because Te Wheke ate it

Main characters in the story are Kupe, his wife Hine-Te-Aparangi and Muturangi the owner of Te Wheke, the giant octopus

Kupe said he would kill Muturangi’s pet, Te Wheke. After that, the following things happened 

A giant octopus can travel a long way they sailed so far out to sea and dropped their fishing lines to tempt Te Wheke to come closer.

In the end, two major things happened. Hine-Te-Aparangi saw something unusual. It was Aotearoa AND Te Wheke was trapped and killed

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