Blogger Prompt - Week 7, Term 1, 2018
NZ Census
Roll call! This year is a Census year. A census is a big question form that gathers lots of information about all the people in New Zealand. The census only happens every 5 years. It is a snapshot of the New Zealand population on one night every five years and is compulsory to complete.
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Here are the questions for this week:
Q1: What is your favourite subject at school and why?
A1. my favourite subject in school is science because it is fun and easy to learn.
Q2: Do you have any pets? What are they and what are their names? If you don't have a pet what pet would you have if you did?
A2. yes i have pets a cat and a dog their names are charlotte (cat) maggie (dog)
Q3: What are some of your favourite foods?
A3.candy,take away,croquet and cake
Q4: What is your favourite sport? What do you like about it?
A4. My favourite sport is basketball because it is fun and you can run with the ball unlike netball.
Q5: What is your favourite hobby?
A5
acting , singing,dancing but my secret hobby is hula hooping because i think it is good to try something new and hula hooping is the fun little thing i like to do.A5
A6
i live with my mum and my dad and my big brother Neo and my cat Charlotte and my twin sister (shes a dog) Maggie
Q7: What is your ethnicity?
i was born in Australia and i lived happy there for 5 years the first five years of my life my mum was born there to and my dad was born in new Zealand .
i was born in Australia and i lived happy there for 5 years the first five years of my life my mum was born there to and my dad was born in new Zealand .
Q8: The Census video talks about finding out if there are enough parks. Do you have a park in your suburb? Do you think your suburb needs a park or a better park? What would make it better?
A8luckily for me and my dog we like to houses down from a park it is really fun and grate to take the dog for a walk i don't think we need more parks instead i think we should use the space to build more houses so we can some kiwis off the streets and lets be honest they mostly sleep at parks anyway.
Q9: Why do you think the government does a Census every 5 years?
A9 i think they have census every five years because there is a new generation of kids and adults and they need to ask them what they want in there community
and there trying to make it a happy place to live and visit.

I can imagine you being really good at hoola hooping Tanzi! I really like your comments about the census - I can see you have put thought into what you have written about the purpose of the census.
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