puff 602 Wednesday 5th

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Thousands of dead fish washed up last week on a 20 mile stretch along the Arkansas River between Ozark and Clarksville. On New Year's Eve thousands of red-winged blackbirds tumbled from the sky in Beebe, Arkansas.

According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, a tug boat operator noticed thousands of dead drum fish. Experts estimate somewhere between 80,000 and 100,000 fish died.

"This is really getting kind of crazy with the fish and the birds and these tornadoes hitting during the winter," said Denise Dickerson, of Ozark.

Scientists still cannot explain either incident for sure, but the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission believes the fish may have had a disease. Some experts think the birds may have been hit by lightning or hail, or may have been stressed out because of fireworks. "I just think it might be the way the weather's changing so much. One day it might be hot and one day it might be really cold," said Jon Rose Brammer.

Crews dressed in Hazmat suits collected the dead birds from a one square mile area near Beebe. "I'm wondering do we need the same thing because what makes that happen for them to drop out of the sky like that," said Melissa Weatherly, a Beebe resident.

According to the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission, so far there is no sign that what killed the birds could hurt humans.
Some believe it is not a coincidence all the dead animals started showing up at once. "I'm just wondering, what's next really? What's next?" said Dickerson.

The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission does not believe these incidents are connected.

Game and Fish spokesman Keith Stephens says the aquaculture school at the University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff will conduct tests to determine the cause of the fish die-off. The results will take about a month to come back. Stephens says only one species was affected, which indicates the fish were sick.

Dozens of the dead birds will be sent for testing to the state Livestock and Poultry Commission lab and the National Wildlife Health Center lab in Madison, Wisconsin.


Maori Unpacked continued
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Putting our manners in place.

Aata haere .
Go carefully.

Where do we put manner particles?

Pack them around the verb.

In front of the verb,

Aata haere koe.
You go carefully.

Or behind the verb,

Haere kee koe.
You go there instead.

Some manner particles like ata or tino can go before the verb but most come after like noa and/or iho

He koohumuhumu noa iho.
Just some gossip.

Make up a Mobile about Manner particles.

Take a word like hoki
and put particles around it.

Hoki mai. Return in this direction.

Hoki atu. Return in that direction, away.

Aata hoki. Carefully return


Demonstrate manner particles in a Mind Map.



Tell a simple story with sentences starting with ka haere au,

Ka haere au moo te hikoi.
I went for a walk.

ka aata haere au ki te whare.
I went carefully to the house.

he aahua mokemoke au.
I was a bit lonely.

Ka karanga atu au ki tooku matua keekee.
I called out to my aunt.

Engari kaaore kau he tangata ki roto.
But there was no-one inside.

He tere rawa tooku hokinga ki te kaainga.
My return home was very quick.

Ka aata titiro au i muri i a au.
I looked carefully behind me.

aa,
and

Ka haere au moo te kaukau.
I went for a swim.

He tino makariri te wai.aa,
the water was very coldand

ka hoki au ki te kaainga
I came back home