Know your rights!

What is the Fair Trading Act?   How does it affect me?

• What is the Fair Trading Act?

The Fair Trading Act helps the community or other people to not be ripped off or be treated with no respect by a shop worker or manager, they also make sure that the products being sold or traded are safe and in good condition. They do this to help the community and people feel safer and not have to worry about fake products for example if a trader said that they have a very old compass which would be made out of gold and it was actually plastic but the buyer didn't know that until they got home they would feel ripped off. That's one reason as to why The Fair Trading Act do what they do to help the people.

• What is the commerce commission’s goal?

Their goal is to suggest and bring forward more competition/s in New Zealand's management or economy.

• Who besides the commission is responsible for the act and can take their own legal action?

Other countries are also responsible and have a right to take legal action as well as the commission groups. Also, the customers and consumers can take legal action if something is wrong or if they would get disadvantages, they would also be able to report it.

• Who are the two types of groups the act applies to?

It applies to shops, trading groups or just any running businesses. It also applies to customers and consumers.

Understand your compliance obligations

• What do the acts apply to?

It applies to consumers in the act and helps protect product markings or anything such as goods in the agencies and businesses.

• Does it only apply if you intend to deceive?  Explain?

It depends if the producer believes the buyer, because if you don't have the receipt then the law does apply to you. But in any way of it, it depends on what the situation is.

• Whose ‘shoes’ must the business put themselves into?

The business would have to picture themselves in customer's or consumer's shoes to look at it from their point of view, but then they would also have to think about the business and the business's reputation.

• What is the commission empowered to do?

The commission is empowered to support or promote competition, also influencing services or control of supplies.

Reporting a business

• If you need to report a business, how do you do this?

If you want to make a complaint to a business, you could search up their e-mail, phone number, website or visit their business in person.

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS!

Māori Poi and Māori Weaving

Māori Poi

Poi is used in traditional dances for the woman, it involves swinging them around whilst moving your arms along with the music. Poi can be made out of different types of materials, some to weigh one end down, some to tie the plait together and some to make the poi and plait connect.

Poi originated in New Zealand from the Māori people, and poi is still to this day very popular and still gets made even in schools. Poi is usually performed by the woman but it is said that when it was first created men had used poi to help strengthen their wrists and so their movements were better for fighting, hunting, and usage of weapons, but there is no true evidence to support this theory.

Poi was originally and commonly made from harakeke (Flax) and raupō. They would strip the harakeke to get small strips and to get muka, which was then twisted and plaited together for the string of the poi, that was ensured that it was strong enough not to break and then they would tie a knot at the end of the rope.

Another type of materials poi was sometimes made of was Poi tāniko a different type of plant, the outer shell was made out of woven muka using a pattern from fishing nets, they sometimes included strands that were dyed yellow.

In the process of making and researching this, I have learned a lot about poi and the history behind it, I also learnt what poi was originally made out of.

Some Characteristics I think dictators have

To me, I think most dictators had some of these characteristics...

-Ruthless                           -Thirst for power
-Self-centered                    -Intimidated
-Controlling                       -Hater/Selfish
-Intelligent                         -Dangerous
-Greedy                             -Strong
-Manipulative                    -Powerful
and so on...

To me, there are many characteristics of a dictator. These were my thoughts on dictators and what I choose to believe if they are good people or bad people. They are powerful and in control, they are intelligent and selfish, they are/were killing people, some reasons can be because of their culture, some may be because of other reasons or just for fun.

My mind map on Monarch for Social Studies

Social Studies 9Ak

This is my work for 9Ak, for this we have to write down any of our own traditions and what our culture has brought to New Zealand (if you are not from NZ or just maori and so on)