Stewart+Island

Hello New Zeland people, how are you doing?

My name is Valentin and, as you surely can guess, I'm studying at Saint Bertuin. You may already know a few things about me by the clips we sent to you.

Anyway, I've got some questions to ask you, questions about a videoclip that I watched some days ago in my english class. That video was talking about New Zeland people activities at the Anao. One of those activities was the "lobstar fishing" and the exportation of this seafood. Here are some of the questions I would like to ask you:

1. Is there anybody in your family that dedicates his time to this activity? Bonjour Valentin! non mon famille n'habite pas pres de l'ocean alors nous n'allons pas a la peche souvent. Georgia :) 2. Do you eat seafood frequently?

3. Would you like to dedicate yourself to this activity?

4. Do you need a special training to be able to do the lobsterfishing?

5. Do you need to be in good shape to do this job?

Thanks for the time you're taking to read this, I wish you'll answer the questions I''ve sent to you. If you want to contact me personally (don't hesitate to do so) write me to this mail: hisouba@hotmail.com Good bye and thanks again for reading this mail !!

Hello New Zealand People! How are you? I saw a video last week in english class. That video talk about a part of New Zealand. Have you ever heard about Stewart Island and Ron Dennis?

Stewart Island is located on the south of your country. there is only one city call "Oban". There are less of 300 inhabitants and they make living mainly with the fish and tourism. If you want to go on this island, you have to go on a boat. Ron Dennis is an inhabitant of the Stuart Island. He have found a very good idea. He is "chirurgian of pawa". Pawa is a shellfish.Pawa is call Abalone in New Zealand. It look like to a big mussels. Ron Dennis fish a Pawa and then he put a nucleus below the pawa and 36 months after, he get a big pearl and he sold it. Ron sold shell too. He have created a factory of Pawa on his island. In this video he said the pawa is very delicious. Have you ever eaten it? How do you find is it? Have you ever seen a pearl of Abalone? Do you find it pretty?

Thanks to paied attention to my presentation. I hope to talk you soon ;) Good bye Cyrille

Hello girls,Do you know what are abalones? If not, I'll make you discover this.

In fact, we have seen a documentary during English lessons. This documentary talks about a man, Ron Dennis, who fishes abalones( a kind of shellfish) in Stewart Island( it's an island in the south of the south Island of New-Zealand.There is only less than 300 inhabitants) The diver attracts the abalone with algaes and Ron Dennis sorts them and takes only the bigger. After have anaestezised them, he transplants a nucleus in the abalone to make their paerl grows and color them in his factory( Empress Abalone Limited). People like this kind of jewels because it's natural and besides, he is the first person who has done that. If the abalones aren't used, they can also be cooked or fried but personnaly, I don't find this appetizing...

So, I hope that you have learned about this strange shellfish but I have one last question : Do you have also abalone in Dunedin?? Goodbye and talk you soon ;)

Hello girls ! Today I'll tell you about a documentar y rather unusual that we saw in class. It's about an Island where graft cores called abalone sellfish. In order to obtain very fine pearls.The man who had this idea called Ron Dennis, so he set up his factory on the Island and thus became surgeon Pawa ( This is an other name for an abalone). I guess you know a little bit the Stewart Island which has only one city ? He then transplant the nuclei to Pawas and months again later it gets colored pearls that sell very expensive for jewelers. But you can also eat it, it's a luxury product, but personally I don't really want to eat. Do you already have taste? Do you eat this stuff in NZ ?

Bye bye ! Thank's for reading :) Chloé

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Hi girls ;D It's Thibaut, how are you ? I hope you're fine =). We have seen a domentary during English lesson.. And it spoke about Ron Dennis and his hobby / job : Abalone fisher. R.Dennis lives in a little island ( Steward Island ) who's under the south island. There are less than 300 unhabitants et one city. First, an Abalone is a kind of shellfish, and his activity consisting in fish abalones ( he takes only the bigger ), then he anestezises them and put a "nucleus" inside them and, 36 months later, he gets a colored pearl, and this pearl is sale to. Litlle abalones can also be eat ( also in Japan for example ).. Have you already heard about it ? Don't hésitate to send me an e-mail ;) Bye !====== Hello girls !

Have you already heard about Steward Island ? If you haven't, you're lucky because I'm going to tell you about this little island. In fact, we watched a documentary with the class about this... Steward Island is situated in a south of the South Island. There is only one "city" : Oban. There are less than 300 inhabitants. They make a living with fishing and tourism. Ron Dennis lives there. He fishes "abalones" (shellfish with a colored spell) then he uses a new and revolutionary technique to transplant pearl into the abalone. In fact, he anesthetizes the Pawa, then he cuts between two arteries and he introduces a nucleus into the flesh. After 36 months, beautiful pearls appeared ! Once pearls are "ready", he sells them and some people make jowels. You can also fry the pawa and eat it. It seems to be delicious ! If you have already eaten abalones, tell me that.

That's it. Hopefully you learned something and you understood everything. Bye bye. Emeline :)

Hello girls

Here is my reaction of this work on Steward Islands, a bit late but... hum.. ^^ So I watched this documentary and one more time, I am simply amazed by your area this is so beautiful ! And I learned so many things about these "abalones" which made these expensive colored pearls. Ron Dennis lives in this island for a quite long time now, and his job - and passion - is these shell. He anesthetizes the shellfish, he cuts between arteries and introduce a nucleus there. Afther a few months (36) the pearl is ready to be taken off. And he said that theses abalones are good to eat too ! :D'

So, that's what I learned about a little island close to you, and I hope you enjoyed and understood what I mean See you there ;-)


 * Denis**