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Kia ora everyone! We are M5, a Year 7 class at Hutt Intermediate School. We're loving the novel so far and are having some amazing discussions in class. Lots of enthusiasm! We look forward to connecting more with everyone else in the NZra :)

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Room 1, Morrinsville Intermediate School

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Room 1, Morrinsville Intermediate School

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Kia ora fellow Children of the Rush readers!
We are a class of 27 students, a learning assistant (Poi, on the right) and me - Mrs Vette on the left. Our school has 312 students and is @30 mins out of Hamilton.
We are excited to share our thoughts and thinking about the book!

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Kia ora koutou, we are a years 7/8 class from Plimmerton School! We are based in a beautiful seaside community in Porirua, about 30 minutes from Wellington City. We are excited to be on the #NZra journey with you all!

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Clutha Valley Primary, Year 8 crew
Hey everyone! We are located close to Mata-Au (Clutha River) in South Otago. We are also very close to Gabriel's Gully, so are very excited to be reading "Children of the Rush" with you all! While we look like we are lying down on the job, trust us when we say getting into this position took quite some effort 😅.

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Super excited to join you all on this shared novel journey!
We are a year 7 class at Remuera Intermediate school in Auckland.
We have nearly finished chapter 2 and so far are loving it!

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Kia ora koutou, from Tairua in the Coromandel.  We are a Year 6 and 7 class.  We are looking forward to connecting with you all.

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Kia ora koutou, from Tairua in the Coromandel.  We are a Year 6 and 7 class.  We are looking forward to connecting with you all.

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Kia ora, we are the senior students from St Leonards School in Dunedin. We know that Dunedin and Otago played an important part in the gold rush and we're looking forward to hopefully finding out more about that while reading the novel.

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Kia ora everyone. We are a group of Year 7-8 students proudly sitting beside our local river, the mighty Mata-au (Clutha River). We wonder if our river has a mention in the novel? We can't wait to get stuck into reading the book and are so excited to meet the author James Russell next week. How lucky are we!

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Hi, we are P1 a Year 8 class from Mokoia Intermediate School in Rotorua. We are excited to read Children of the rush and find out what it is all about!

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Kia Ora everyone. Sorry for the finger in the photo.
We are a Yr 6 and 7 class from down in Southland and this is the first time for all of us. Our Yr 7 students are going on camp later in the term and looking at gold in Otago, so this is perfect. Looking forward to reading 'Children of the Rush'.

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Kia ora koutou! We are a team of Year 6 & 7 superstars down in heart of Central Otago. Goldmining sure does make up part of our local identity and we are so PUMPED to be connecting with others across NZ as we get stuck into 'Children of the Rush'.

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Hi everyone,

This is the lovely K2 from Hutt Intermediate in Lower Hutt. We are a Year 8 class and are very much looking forward to joining everyone in this terms read aloud.

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St Joseph's Ōamaru, Year 7&8. We are newbies to #NZreadaloud and are excited in joining 'Children of the Rush' journey with you all.   Yes, our photo has been shot outside the iconic Ōamaru's Steampunk HQ. Definitely worth a visit if you are here in town.

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Pukepuke tamariki, Waitaki Valley School. SO looking forward to starting 'Children of the Rush' next week and connecting with you all.

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Sorry, no class pic at this stage! We're a Year 6-8 class in rural Southland. Introduced to the book today, and really excited!

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Tunohopu 2, Rotorua Intermediate, Year 7 Extension

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Tūrepo 3, Ashgrove School in sunny Rangiora, North Canterbury