Ake Ake Kia Kaha: Anzac Day 2020
At 6am this morning the sky over the sea is streaked Anzac Day red. It…
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Pricking my Bubble: a lockdown tale.
The rules were and are pretty clear: get in your bubble and stay in your…
Ngahuru: autumn leaves
Here in Upper Whakamarama in the Kaimai on the rural fringe of Tauranga you don’t…
The Holocaust: industrialised murder
The 27th of January 2020 is the 75th anniversary of the “liberation” of the extermination…
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…