Friday, 27 April 2007

Hello World

Hi everyone this is a first time for me on a blog spot. I live in a small rural town in clean green New Zealand called Taihape and I am in a leadership and communication class. As a class we are deciding on an issue that effects our community. I enjoy living in Taihape as it has a lot of sporting activities to offer, especially rugby. We are looking to improve a lot of things in Taihape, here is a list of some of the many things needed to be improved in Taihape.
  • opening the cinemas
  • recycling collected
  • Graffiti free Taihape
  • more youth sports opportunities
  • our river cleaned up

If you have any ideas or suggestions I would like to hear about them.

Here are a few questions our class has been discussing.

The thing I like most about Taihape?

I like living in a community where everyone knows everyone and they are all friendly. We also have a lot of rugby opportunities and that is great for me as I play rugby.

The thing I like least about Taihape?

I think Taihape needs too many things to improve on like the rubbish disposal and opening the cinema and there is a lot of graffiti going on in Taihape.

If I were Mayor of Taihape i would?

I would improve the rubbish disposal and open the cinema and organise more sporting events.

If i had $10,000 dollars to spend on the Taihape Community?

I would once again open the cinema and organise more sporting events like touch competitions. And I would improve the rubbish disposal and place more rubbish bins around Taihape.

here are our class guidelines below

  • participate
  • get your work done
  • be open to other peoples ideas
  • Respect other people and their resources

So once again if you have any ideas I would like to hear about them.

4 comments:

Rachel Hansen said...

Josh your blog looks great! I am really excited about working with you on this project.

Anonymous said...

Hey Josh

My name is Cam. Miss Chisholm/Mrs Hansen is a friend of mine, we used to be lifeguards together at Whangamata in the Bay of Plenty. I now live in Auckland but I am hoping to move back to Napier my hometown in a few months time. My wife is from Andover, which is in the county of Hampshire in England.

Good luck with your project I think is is awesome! You will be very surprised at what a difference your class could make especially with something as important as the environment.

Best regards

Cam Marett

Anonymous said...

Hi Josh,
I grew up in Wellington and am now working for the Australian Government in Canberra on Energy and Environment issues.

I think your project sounds great. Your project is an example of how a small group can contribute to the community - I think you should get your ideas out there and encourage more NZ schools to do something similar. We need to work together to improve our environment!

Good luck!

Anonymous said...

Hi Josh,

I grew up in Atlanta, Georgia, USA and I now work in Cambridge, England studying infectious diseases.

I think your project sounds great! Hope you do get to be mayor some day.

Best wishes

Colin Russell