The New Zealand Government!

The New Zealand Government is called a democracy this is because New Zealand citizens who are over the age of 18 are eligible to vote for who they want in office as Prime Minister. By voting, New Zealand citizens are able to have a say on who they want in office & who they believe will make the best decisions for our nation. These elections are held every three years to vote for the Political Party's values and ideas you stand with & also the MP you'd like to represent your electorate. There are 120 members in parliament who are the house of representatives, their responsibility is to speak on the various decisions that the Government is making either concerning tax or just human rights overall. House of Representatives are elected by the electorate, but only if your party has over 5% (6 seats) of the seats in parliament which are given to a party if they had been voted over 5% across the entire nation. I personally think the democratic system in New Zeland is exceptional! I believe the democracy system is exceptional because the citizens of our nation are able to have a say on who they’d what to represent our nation.

Second Wave Of Lock Down!

-  Second Wave Of Lock Down!  -

On the 12 Of August 2020, Auckland had entered level 3 as COVID-19 began to spread to a family in South Auckland, whilst the other regions in New Zealand moved to Level 2 as there were no known cases throughout the rest of New Zealand. As a result of this, all schools were back to online learning which to me personally wasn't abnormal as this was our second wave of COVID-19. 

During the lockdown period, I mainly occupied myself by video chatting with one of my friends Jayde. Whilst we were video chatting with each other we were mainly watching TV shows & Animes such as Fairy Tail, Naruto, Mako Mermaids, H20, Jane The Virgin & 13 Reasons Why! Most nights we were up late & talking or watching these TV shows/Animes. Although most of my lockdown was spent video chatting Jayde I also occupied myself with chores & school work. 

I wouldn't say this lockdown was any different than the first wave of COVID-19, the only difference was the fact that we had already been through this so it made it a lot easier to understand the situation & cooperate with what Jacinda Adern (Prime Minister) had been saying instead of panicking. Overall this lockdown was a lot easier & better than the first one!