commonwealth

1.	What is the commonwealth? It is like the olympics but  for 53 countries. for africa, americas, asia, europe, and pacific
2.	Who is part of it?nz england Australia south africa Namibia Samoa New Guinea.
3.	What are the advantages? Their aren’t to many advantages
4.	Are there any disadvantages? Not a lot of disadvantages
5.	Why the commonwealth games? The commonwealth games are here so the smaller countries can do something like the olympics
6.	When did NZ become part of the commonwealth? 1930
7.	Who leads the commonwealth? Britain
8.	How many sports are included in the Commonwealth Games? 10
9.	What sports are NZ athletes competing in? Shot put, 20km race walk, 10,000m,5000m,400m hurdles,discus,javelin,pole vault,800m,200m,hammer,marathon, and 1500
10.	#EARNTHEFERN - what does this mean? It means how we complete with pride and honor. How we draw on the achievements of those who have gone before us and how we add to the story of the fern with our efforts to have opportunity to wear the fern as we take on some of the best athletes in the world will be a huge honor for us all.
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	How does belonging to the Commonwealth support diversity, equality and friendship? (FULL paragraph answer)
	Diversity it allows people from all different faith races and cultures to compete. In diversity someone from fiji could play with someone from NZ. Equality means the smaller countries get the same opportunities  to compete as the larger countries. This lets some people who wouldn’t be able to compete a chance therefore they are equal. Friendship means even though they are competing they can still grow a relationship with the other teams. This allows them to make new friends and get to do things they may not have if they didn’t meet them like if a african met someone from the Bahamas the African could try new food same with the person from the bahamas.