role of gevernment

at social studies we have recently been focusing on the role of government. our teacher has asked us what would we do if we had tax money (tax money can not be used for personal purposes and can only be used for and important issues we have as a community) i would use it to help the homeless.

The New Zealand Parliament: How does it work?

1. New Zealand uses a form of government called democracy. What is a democracy?

The New Zealand Government

Type of Government (Name, NZ flag)	Leader (Name, title, picture)
Union jack	Jacinda ardern, prime minister

Using the Explore Parliament: What is Parliament? worksheet answers the following questions.

2. Where is the NZ Parliament? (Find a picture)	in wellington
3. What are the two parts of Parliament?	The Sovereign and  The House of Representatives
4. Who represents the Sovereign in NZ? (Find their title, name and picture)	governo geral
5. There are 120 what, in the House of Representatives? (Clue: they are voted for by the people)	Members parliament
6. Name three jobs of Parliament.	Making laws improving laws and debate important issues
7. Who chooses the Governor-General? (Find a picture and name for the GG)	Queen elizbith
8. Which country’s Westminster system is our Parliament based?
9. How much support from the MPs must the government have? What is the smallest number this could be?
10. What is the opposition?
11. NZ’s government is sometimes called a “constitutional monarchy”. Explain what this means.

government decisions

this is a google doc i made about the recent government decisions about how the labour party is going to band using plastic bags in new Zealand for six months. my opinion on this is i dont think its a good idea but i dont think its a bad idea i think its a bad idea because it will be hard to find paper bags and i use plastic bags for my rubbish. i think its a good idea because it will help our environment and its will change how people behave like when people want to go shopping they have to think oh hey in need to take my paper bag.

Name each of the  MPs mentioned in this story,  and the political party they represent.	Write your answers here Jacinda ardern- leader of the labour party Simon bridges- leader of national party	Images to support
2. What decision is being made in the article and by who ?	Jacinda ardern leader of the labour party wants to ban using plastic bags for 6 months simon bridges leader of the national tribe says its a distraction.
3.Who will be affected by these decisions ?	The shop owners will be affected by this.
4. Explain how they will be affected ?	because they will either have to pay more money to have paper bags or ask the customers to bring their own bag. It would change our behaviour because we will have to bring a recycling bag
5. What impact do you think this will have on NZ Society ? Give your opinion (explain)	This will have a good and bad impact on nz because of rubbish bags people will have to look for paper bags for their rubbish but it might help our environment to become a bit more healthy. It will change our behaviour by getting used to using paper bags or boxes

Chinese migration

today i presented my migration inquiry on Chinese migrants moving to new zealand