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Auckland temporarily bans Lime e-scooters

The Auckland Council has announced that Lime scooters will be temporarily suspended from the city.

The ban comes after the company failed to prove its scooters were safe and follows on from Dunedin Council who announced a similar ban last week.

There have been a number of issues with the scooters , especially around their front wheels locking up.

The suspension will last until Monday, when Lime will have another opportunity to present information to the Auckland Council regarding equipment safety.

There had been 92 reported “irregular braking incidents” in Auckland, which resulted in 19 separate injury claims.

Nelson bush fires

Several houses have been lost in Redwood Valley in the Nelson region in a large forest fire. A state of emergency has been declared.

People who are close to the fire or downwind of the fire have been evacuated.

The fire broke out mid-afternoon on Tuesday in Pigeon Valley near Nelson – it’s now grown to 1370 hectares.

Conditions are hot and windy and firefighters say they could be battling the blaze for another two to four days.

Twelve firefighting crews, two planes and six helicopters are trying to control the blaze.

Nelson residents are reporting ash is falling over the city, despite the fire being 30km away.

There had not been any rain in the area since December.

Freedom writing

Last night I went to bed. I was feeling so emotional because

my uncle Vili came in my room and said “I’m going to australia tomorrow I’m gonna miss you” and I said “I will miss you too uncle” and he said “goodnight Mele” then I replied “goodnight uncle”. Later that night I was crying and crying. It was midnight and I still haven't slept I looked at the time and it was 1.50 in the morning and I quickly asleep.

The ghost of Anne Tottenham?

21 year old English man, Thomas Beavis, snapped a pretty spooky photo whilst on a tour of a haunted mansion in Ireland.

Thomas was flicking through the photos on his camera from the tour of Lotus Hall and was shocked to find a ghostly figure of what appears to be a young girl in the background of one of his shots.

Thomas says that everyone was already feeling a little spooked after the tour but after he showed his friends the photo, they freaked out.

Legend tells of Lotus Hall being home to the Tottenham family in 1766 and soon after the youngest child, Anne, became ill and claimed to have witnessed a paranormal experience of her own – leading her parents to lock the girl away in one of the rooms until she died.

Thomas says he got the chills when he found the spooky figure in the photo and still doesn’t quite believe what he has captured on camera.

So is it a trick of the light? Or is it the ghost of Anne Tottenham?

Doctors warn about dangers of Fortnite

Every few years a new video game fad explodes onto the scene. In 2016 it was Pokémon Go, now it’s Fortnite.

The game has been downloaded more than 40 million times since its launch last year. But its popularity has prompted a warning about the dangers of addiction.

The video game puts 100 players against each other in a frantic fight for survival.

No matter your skill level, the game will get you hooked.

“Fortnite is really addictive because it’s a free-to-play game and it doesn’t make any difference if you play it for one hour or 100 hours, you’re always going to get the same experience,” says video games journalist.

About me

About me - Writing

Walt: write about ourselves on the internet in a cybersmart way.

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Greeting: What do you want to welcome with? Kia ora, Talofa...	Malo e lelei
Who are you? Name/ Year/ Teachers	My name is Mele and am year 5 at Pt England School and my teachers name is Ms Sio
Interests I enjoy, I like, My favourite	I enjoy spending time my family and friends I also like my new class room my favourite subject in school is writing
Sports/ Hobbies I play, On the weekend,	On the weekend I went to the beach with my brothers and my mum and dad. I love playing netball.
Other Anything else?	No