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Wednesday 25 November 2015

Jonah Lomu


One of the most  famous All Black players, has died at the age of 40. Jonah Lomu (a legend) died of nephrotic syndrome.The news was a shock to the rest of New Zealand. He was known as a loyal and inspirational person  to younger people.

Looking Back: Rugby Courier
New Zealand's Sevens Star Eric Rush invited Jonah for a game of touch and was impressed by the way that the then  14 year old could play. He invited Jonah to a sevens match in Singapore.
Lomu played in the Rugby World Cup in 1995 and scored seven tries in five matches; two in the match against Ireland in Johannesburg, one in the quarter final against Scotland in Loftus Versfeld and four tries in the semi-finals against England in Newlands. In the world cup for 1999 against Samoa,  Lomu scored one of All Blacks’ nine tries.

Health Issues
At the end of 1995 Jonah was diagnosed with nephrotic syndrome which is a serious kidney problem. 2003 in May his doctors  informed Jonah that he was to attend dialysis three times a week. The side effects for Jonah’s dialysis treatment led to severe damage to his feet and legs, not only this but he was also warned that he would have to be going on a wheelchair if a kidney transplant was not going to be performed sooner. Coming to the end of July 2004 it was heard that Jonah had finally had a kidney transplant on July 28 here in Auckland. The Kidney transplant came from the Wellington radio presenter Grant Kereama.

The Unexpected Death
Early morning on the 18 November Jonah Lomu died in his Auckland home. The night before he died Jonah and his family had just finished returning from a short vacation in Dubai. He had been receiving dialysis on his visit in Britain where he was involved in heavy promotional work during the RWC 2015.
The first public service was held in his church home in Auckland Mangere with Jonah’s family and friends.

Lomu was added onto the International Rugby Hall of Fame on 9 October 2007. He lent his name to various video games including the ‘Jonah Lomu Game’ and ‘Rugby Challenge’. He was also portrayed by Isaac Feau'nati in ‘Invictus’ which shows Nelson Mandela’s journey with the South African Rugby Team in the 1995 world cup. Jonah Lomu will be remembered to the whole world as ‘Rugby Union’s Biggest Drawcard’.

Friday 20 November 2015

The Long Winding Road

In Religious Education recognise church as pilgrim people journeying to the fullness of God’s kingdom. The task was to create your own road with places you will go on your journey. My long winding road include:

  • Going to college and university
  • Becoming a Nurse
  • Travel to Korea/China
  • Hire a Bodyguard
  • Meet EXO (Famous Korean artists)
  • Become a music teacher. 
The description that follows with this pictures says:
'My life Journey is a long road that goes up and then goes down. This road may require some tough decisions but it is all about taking risks. There may be some over the top decisions but it's all about dreamer and what you think is best for you and not for others. There might be some times where I cry during my journey but I know that this road will be leading me to God where I have no more troubles or worries anymore.'

Thursday 19 November 2015

Pegasus



In Reading the Kahikatea group have been doing individual research based on a mythical creature that have caught their eye. One Mythical creature that really caught my eye was Pegasus. This presentation shows how Pegasus was born and how he died.

Tuesday 3 November 2015

The Church

Today we talked about the Church. We talked about what it is and what it does. The words to the left describe the Church in what it does and what it is.

Friday 16 October 2015

Electronic Spreadsheets



Today I constructed a pie graph (Top) and bar graph (below) using a 'Google Spreadsheet'.
Firstly I entered my data in the first 2 columns. I then selected this information into a graph and customized it with a title and horizontal and vertical axis. This is my ending product.