The Holocaust: industrialised murder
The 27th of January 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the “liberation” of the extermination…
Browsing: ENVIRO & POLITICAL ART
Kamai Summer: new hours for the Whakamarama Farmers Market
After some online discussion the hours at the Friday Farmers Market at the Whakamarama Hall…
Organic green fingers: Abundant Backyard
Abundant Backyard has a large, perhaps the feature, stall at the weekly Whakamarama Farmers Market…
Show Day: hardwork and magic
Show Day at our rural school. On the day it all looks so easy. Runs…
Road Rage: a vision of another journey
I’ve just come back from a visit to New Zealand’s most transport congested urban area…
Autumn Alarm: Harvest Festival in Whakamarama
Harvest Festivals sound the alarm – summer’s over, autumn’s here. The 2019 harvest event at…
The art of walking Whakamarama
The natural world provides some of the most stunning and engaging art but often, because…
State Highway 2: all quiet on the western front…?
What’s happening on State Highway 2 the Tauranga West Road at the moment? I don’t…
Maketu Magic: an historic resting place
Maketu, that magical, mystical name – the final resting place of the canoe Te Arawa.…
Going Down to the Sea: Pilot Bay on a Summer’s Day
The Viking Orion is delicately leaving Tauranga. Its majestic size even more imposing and its…