Doodle4Google NZ

Have you seen the doodle on Google New Zealand today? It was designed by a 12-year old boy Deyvi Wilton. He comes from Bolivia but he now lives in Christchurch.

His design won the Doodle4Google competition. The theme for the doodle was “If I was an explorer, I would …” His doodle shows him on his bike going along a road (that’s the E of GOOGLE). Behind him are the Southern Alps, those magnificent mountains he can see from Christchurch. The G looks like a waterfall and the L is the native cabbage tree. They are very common in New Zealand. And the second G is made up of two kiwis.

You can see a photo of him and his mum and read more about him in this article in The Press.

Vocabulary

  • doodle – this is a form of art you do when you are just playing with designs, maybe when the teacher is talking
  • theme – main idea
  • magnificent – wonderful, beautiful
  • cabbage tree – ti kouka (Maori) Cordyline Australis (botanical name)