Hello Smoothie – the world’s most photogenic cat

Meet Smoothie. She has been called “the world’s most photogenic cat”.

The furry, golden shaded kitty boasts striking emerald green eyes, and thanks to her adorable pictures and videos, Smoothie has more than 1.4 million followers on Instagram.

According to her website — yes she has her own website — she thoroughly enjoys chasing soft sponge balls to get her exercise in.

We think she is prefect 

Blood moon visible from New Zealand

New Zealand got a short glimpse at the longest lunar eclipse of the century on Saturday morning.

The blood moon lasted for one hour and 43 minutes.

The moon began to enter earth’s shadow (known as the penumbra) around 5.15am.

The moon appears red (rather than in complete darkness) due to blue light from the earth’s atmosphere refracting sunlight onto the surface of the moon.

No glasses are needed for the lunar eclipse due to its dimmer colour.

New Zealand only had a partial eclipse, but most of Europe, Asia, Australia, Africa and South America had a total eclipse.

Prince George turns 5

A new official picture of Prince George has been released as he turns five.

The picture, showing the prince grinning was taken after the christening of Prince Louis.

A handout picture released by Kensington Palace to mark Prince George’s fifth birthday shows him smiling to camera.

The eldest child of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge was photographed in the garden of Clarence House.

The picture, tweeted by Kensington Palace, was accompanied by a message of thanks from the duke and duchess to everyone for their “lovely messages”.

George Alexander Louis of Cambridge was born in the private Lindo Wing at St Mary’s Hospital, Paddington, on 22 July 2013, weighing 8lb 6oz.

He has made a number of public appearances in the past 12 months, including on the balcony at Buckingham Palace for the Queen’s official birthday celebrations in June

Collapsed dam in Laos causes major floods

More than 6,000 people have been left homeless and hundreds are missing after a dam collapsed in Laos, a country in Southeast Asia.

The dam collapsed late on Monday night and sent flash floods through villages in the area, causing lots of devastation.

It is thought that the dam released about five billion cubic metres (five trillion litres) of water when it collapsed.

The dam was a hydroelectric dam, being built to provide energy.

It is not yet known how many people have died in the disaster.

It is thought heavy rainstorms had caused part of the dam to collapse

Boeing building new plane that flies five times the speed of sound

magine going to Los Angeles or London for a weekend or even a day trip?

Well, Boeing is is working on a super-speed, ‘hypersonic’ plane capable of travelling at a velocity five times the speed of sound.

The plans say it could fly at up to 6500km/h.

At that speed the flight from Auckland to Los Angeles would only be an hour and a half ….. Wellington to London? Just THREE hours.

Boeing chief hypersonic scientist Kevin Bowcutt said the plane will be revolutionary for global travel.

“We’re excited about the potential of hypersonic technology to connect the world faster than ever before,” he said.

The aircraft would be capable of carrying passengers at full speed, though Boeing said it would also be used commercially or for the military.

Dr Bowcutt said it is possible this design could become a reality within 20 to 30 years.

Wildfires in Greece

At least 50 people are feared dead in wildfires burning in Greece. The fires have hit the Attica region around Athens, the capital of Greece.

It is Greece’s worst fire crisis in more than a decade.

As part of a huge rescue effort, emergency workers used boats and helicopters to evacuate a beach.

“We will do whatever is humanly possible to control it,” Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras told reporters.

Tsipras has declared a state of emergency in Attica, saying “all emergency forces” had been mobilised.

His government has asked other European countries for helicopters and additional firefighters to help tackle the fires.

Italy, Germany, Poland and France have all sent help in the form of planes, vehicles and firefighters.

What caused the fires?

Fires are a recurring problem during the hot, dry summer months in Attica. The flames this week were fanned by high winds.

The world’s oldest known Sumatran orangutan has died in an Australian zoo.

Puan, described as the “grand old lady” of Perth Zoo, died this week aged 62. She left behind 54 descendants.

She had been at the zoo since 1968, and was officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest of her species in 2016.

A critically endangered species, Sumatran orangutans rarely reach age 50 in the wild, the zoo said.

Believed to have been born in a jungle in Sumatra, Indonesia, in 1956, Puan left an “incredible legacy” of 11 children and a total of 54 descendants across the US, Europe and elsewhere, the zoo said.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs.

On Thursday the 28th we learnt about Dogs, we went to the Dogs safety So we can learn how to keep our Dogs or puppies safe we got learnt by Nick and Michel, Nick and Michel gave us Book,s about Dogs safety, here are some things you can do And if the dog goes on his back and put one paw up and don’t open his mouth it doesn’t mean he want’s a tummy rub it mean don’t touch him just leave him alone, but if a dog comes up to you and lay on his back and shut his mouth with his two paws down, that means they want a tummy rub. We also learnt about if you are at the park by yourself and a Dog run up to you can just stay still and put your hands out  like a tree for the branches.