wellington camp

As we enter the realms of the building a scaly green beast looms above us, cold wet mucus drips down. They stand rock still surprisingly, as they are made out of plastic.

We go into the Weta Workshop store and come face to face with a real life like, and extremely freaky, Golem clutching a fish.

We are at Weta Workshop; one of the best known places in the world for making movie props. They have made props for the Lord Of The Rings , The Hobbit and tonnes of other well known films. Although they have made a multitude of props, my first impression is that they are good at making swords and shields and guns. They make things for video games as well.  An example of this is the way they were exhibiting the motorised vehicle for the Warthog, along with the sniper and machine gun from Halo. They had a man who is one of the only men in the world to actually forge his own steel weapons like they did in medieval times.

We g had tour around the workshop and got to feel and ask questions about bits of artistic crafting which provided a lot of insight to the more arty people in our class.

This is a bit of background about weta workshop according to wikipedia

Weta Digital is a digital visual effects company based in Wellington, New Zealand. It was founded by Peter Jackson,Richard Taylor, and Jamie Selkirk in 1993 to produce the digital special effects for Heavenly Creatures. In 2007 Weta Digital’s Senior Visual Effects Supervisor, Joe Letteri, was also appointed as a Director of the company. Weta Digital has won several Academy Awards and BAFTAs.[1]

Weta Digital is part of a number of Peter Jackson co-owned companies in Wellington which includes Weta Workshop, Weta Productions, Weta Collectibles and Park Road Post Production.

The company is named after the New Zealand weta, one of the world's largest insects.

To date, Weta Digital has won five Academy Awards for Best Visual Effects: The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring (2001), The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002), The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King[2] (2003), King Kong[3] (2005), and Avatar (2009).[4]

I got background about Weta Workshop from wikipedia

year 8 leavers dinner speech

I've really enjoyed the extra curricular activities and my chance to excel as a leader. I've enjoyed being a leader of a whanau group and class leader. I especially enjoyed revamping the library and going to the bush and wet land. I would like to thank my teachers for all the learning opportunities they have provided. It was great having time with all the year 8's at tech and all the Oroua events. I am looking forward to the challenges next year will bring. Have a great holiday and the best of luck for high school.