https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb 2020 - A very big year for news! en-us 2020-02-10 18:51:58 UTC 2025-02-01 18:46:53 UTC hello@padlet.com https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/11/Sulphur_from_White_Island.jpg lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/443254218 Let's go to Kiwi Kids news to see what the most popular news stories were in 2019.  This is called 'The Catch Up'.  ]]> 2020-02-10 18:56:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/443254218 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/443259532 There were two very sad news events at the start of this year.  One was the bushfires in Australia and the other happened in New Zealand.  It was the eruption of White Island.

]]> 2020-02-10 19:02:50 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/443259532 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444706905 White Island is in the Bay of Plenty which is in the North Island of New Zealand.]]> 2020-02-12 22:36:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444706905 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444711320 On Monday 9th December a volcano erupted on White Island in New Zealand’s Bay of Plenty, with reports people on the island have critical injuries.]]> 2020-02-12 22:47:54 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444711320 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444713207 There were 47 people on the island when it erupted. Many were tourists and tour guides who were showing people around the island. Nine people died during the explosion and eight others were buried under ash.]]> 2020-02-12 22:53:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444713207 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444716956 People go to White Island to study the volcano.  When you are there it is like being on another planet.   There is amazing steam, boiling water and sulphur.  Look at how small the tourists look in this photo.]]> 2020-02-12 23:05:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444716956 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444721964 There were a number of helicopter pilots who flew to the island when they heard the news. They saved injured people by rescuing them from the island and taking them to hospital. Some of these people were very sick and died. ]]> 2020-02-12 23:22:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444721964 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444723028 2020-02-12 23:26:31 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444723028 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444724781 There were some tourists who had arrived in a helicopter for a tour of the island. The helicopter was destroyed in the eruption.]]> 2020-02-12 23:32:35 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444724781 lynette_serjeant1 https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444726018 There were many heroes on the day. Some people rescued the survivors and other people brought the dead people back to the mainland.]]> 2020-02-12 23:37:27 UTC https://padlet.com/lynette_serjeant1/wscsclshj4kb/wish/444726018