Government in the Maze Runner - Hurumanu 6

 For the past few session we have started watching the movie "The maze runner". 

The maze runner is about a teenage boy named Thomas who wakes up in the center of a gigantic labyrinth.  He doesn't remember anything from his past, except his name. He is not the only person there. There are many other teenage boys stuck inside the labyrinth as well. As time goes on he gradually finds out more and more about where he is. The people that have been dumped here previously are called Gladers. They call the place where they all now live The Glade. The Glade is run by two boys, Alby, the leader, and Newt, the second-in-charge. The elevator like box comes up to the surface once a month with supplies, weapons, and always a new boy. The Glade is surrounded by a mile high concrete wall covered in ivy. On the other side of the wall there are Grievers, Grievers are described as monsters of metal and flesh. The Gladers are trying to stay alive as well as "solve" the Maze by running through it as fast as they can while tracking movements of the walls and trying to escape. Not long after Thomas's arrival, the box is sent up with a girl and a note in it - the note said "she is the last one ever". Which implies that there will be no more people sent into the maze. The girl, Teresa, goes into a coma and when Thomas goes to see her he recognizes her but can't remember her name. He hears a voice telling them her name in Teresa but the voice is in his head. Her arrival triggers everything in the Glade to Change; the sun disappeared, the deliveries of supplies stop coming, and the doors of the Maze stay open at night, which now allows the Grievers to enter the Glade and hunt the children.

Therefore in our Hurumanu we are based on the social/political side, we had to create a slide/poster of the movie and how it connects with politics.

Malala Yousafzai Advert - Power To The People Hurumanu

 Nobel Peace Prize-winner Malala Yousafzai has called for gender equality in her native Pakistan, urging women and girls there to struggle for their rights through education.

Malala Yousafzai Poster - Power to the People Hurumanu

 Malala Yousafzai was born in the Swat district of northwestern Pakistan, where her father was a school owner and was active in educational issues. After having blogged for the BBC since 2009 about her experience during the Taliban's growing influence in the region, in 2012 the Taliban attempted to assassinate Malala Yousafzai on the bus home from school. She survived, but continues her work for the right of girls to education. 

Malala Yousafzai Timeline - Power to the People Timeline

This week in Power to the People hurumanu, we have been learning about Heroes and Villains. This Hurumanu is about learning about the political life, heroes, people who run our country and seeing different role and role models there are. Villains are characters whose evil actions or motives are important to the plot. As with most stories out there. But they fail to be more than the heroes themselves because of their lack of good judgement or belief in whats right, or at least they choose to ignore it and follow their path. A part of our learning about Heroes and Villains we had to create a timeline about a leader who we think inspires me, I chose Malala because I've read a lot about her and knowing what someone like her was capable of doing is incredible. 

Power to the People Hurumanu 6

Hurumanu 6 is called Power to the people, it focuses on politics, elections, prime minister etc. 

What we are doing is that we have been put into groups of 5 members, and we have to create our own political party. Our assessment for this Hurumanu will be that the end of the Hurumanu we will be debating or having an election in the Auditorium in front of the year 7 & 8's in the Tieke Kahui, and we will be finding out who will be the Tieke Prime Minister. In our group we have Paea, Daisy, Danielle, Bryce and I. For our political part we have decided to call it  United Voices.  Our group  has decided to base our party on Equality/Equal rights or Equal Opportunities.  We think that this is important because this is a big problem not just in New Zealand but in the world. Our top five policies for our political party are, Equal rights (Gender equality), health, Education, Housing and Employment. Our side of view is that if we were prime minister what would the top five priorities that the people of New Zealand needs.  Our slogan is: Your Vote, Your Voice, this comes in handy with our party name because we believe that everyone should be able to have a chance at voting and getting their voices heard. 

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Elected Government Representatives - Power to the people Hurumanu

 This week in Power to the People Hurumanu we have started forming our own political party. Therefore, before we form our own political party we have to know the basics. Our big assessment is that we have to persuade the juniors in our kahui to vote for us/me to become the prime minister of our kahui. Our task was to find out about the roles and qualifications needed to become the prime minister. 

End of Life Choice - Referendum

Today in Hurumanu 6 - Power to the People, we were learning about Referendum End of life Choice. WE were looking at the negative and positive effects of making this a new law in New Zealand. 

What is it? About the End of Life Choice Act 2019

The act gives people with a terminal illness the option of requesting assisted dying. 

Parliament passed the End of Life Choice At, but it has not come into force. The Act will only come into force if more than 50% of voters in the referendum vote 'yes'.

Who would be eligible for assisted dying?

To be able to ask for assisted dying, a person must meet ALL the following criteria. They must:

• be aged 18 years or over
• be a citizen or permanent resident of New Zealand
• suffer from a terminal illness that's likely to end their life within 6 months.
• have significant and ongoing decline in physical capability.
• experience unbearable suffering that cannot be eased
• be able to make an informed decision about assisted dying. 

A person would not be eligible for assisted dying if the only reason they give is that they are suffering from a mental disorder or mental illness, or have a disability of any kind, or are of advanced age. 

Who would be considered able to make an informed decision about assisted dying?

Under the act, a person is able to make an informed decision about assisted dying if they can do ALL of the following things:

• understand information about assisted dying
• remember information about assisted dying in order to make the decision
• use or weigh up information about assisted dying when making their decision
• communicate their decision in some way.

Making sure the choice is freely made

The doctor must do their best to make sure that a person's choice to ask for assisted dying is their own. If, at any time, the doctor or nurse practitioner thinks a person is being pressured about their decision, they must stop the process. A health practitioner is not allowed to suggest that a person consider assisted dying when providing a health service to them.

What would the process of assisted dying be?

REQUESTING ASSISTED DYING

The process of assisted dying begins with the person asking their doctor.

DETERMINING WHO IS ELIGIBLE

The person's doctor and an independent doctor must agree that the person meets all the criteria, which includes being able to make an informed decision about assisted dying. 

If either doctor is unsure of the person's ability to make that decision, a psychiatrist needs to assess the person. If a person is not eligible, they cannot receive assisted dying.

SELECTING THE METHOD AND TIMING

If the person is eligible, they choose a method, date and time for taking the medication.

ADMINISTERING THE LETHAL DOSE OF MEDICATION

At the time the person has chosen to take the medication, the doctor or nurse practitioner must ask the person if they still choose to take the medication. 

If the person chooses to take it, the doctor or nurse practitioner gives it. The doctor or nurse must be available to the person until they die.

If the person changes their mind, the medication must be taken away. 

Pros and Cons - Positive & Negatives?

I think one of the negative is the age limit because there could be kids under 18 who are suffering from terminal illnesses and have no other way and are in too much pain and it's best for them to die peacefully than suffer. 

Do you support it or not?

Personally I don't support this law at all. Because this is not just having an effect on us or those who would be willing to have the End of Life Choice, another big problem would be the doctors or whoever is going to be proving the medication, this is because doctors are meant to help patients feel better or help them from suffering, then making them give death medication it would make them feel uncomfortable and feel bad. 

Another reason why is because The End of Life Choice would just make people give up easily on themselves, some people may suffer from a really bad illness but they are underage then they wait till they are 18 so that they could have the option of getting the End of Life Choice, it doesn't encourage them to perverse and fight for their lives. 

Structure of New Zealand's Government - Hurumanu 6: Power to the People

 New Zealand's Government Structure. 

In our Hurumanu Power to the People, we are learning about New Zealand's politics & how the government runs. New Zealand is a democracy and has an election every 3 years. Democracy is a form of government in which the common people hold political power and can vote. New Zealand is also a constitutional monarchy with a parliamentary system of Government. Our head of state is presently Queen Elizabeth II. At the moment she is represented by the Governor - General, Dame Pasty Reddy.  New Zealand's Government is made up of four different categories/groups, these include the head of state, Legislative, Executive and, Judicial.  Throughout creating this poster I learnt about the different categories and its role within the country.