Nga mihi nui ki a Moana Maniapoto, wahine toa, te manutioriori ataahua… Moana Maniapoto’s evening at the tiny Coromandel Club was an absolute delight. She described her show, My Name is Moana, as being about our waterways- and indeed, we were drawn into a passion for protecting our waterways – and our land, and our […]
Summer Solstice
December 19, 2016 by 3 Comments
Our warm Summer Solstice greetings to all of you from Tāmaki Makaurau, where it’s beginning to feel like summer at last- and happy Winter Solstice blessings as well to those of you in the Northern Hemisphere. May the New Year bring more good tidings of comfort and joy, more political sanity and more stable […]
Tanya’s year of studying Te Reo Maori
December 19, 2016 by 2 Comments
Nga mihi matakuikui ki a koutou, I have just emerged from a year-long immersion course in Te Ara Reo Maori at the Lincoln Road campus of Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, exhausted and elated, appreciative of my new understandings, skills and inspiration. I’ve been immersed in, but also “on the edge of”another way of seeing the […]
Charmaine’s year of unexpected activities…
December 19, 2016 by 1 Comment
Some of my time-consuming activities this year have arisen in the course of local community commitments; others have been projects which have emerged through meeting interesting people further afield. Here are some examples of both… Earthsong Centre Trust constitution and new reporting requirements At meetings of the Earthsong Centre Trust, which I chaired 2015-16, it became […]
Raukura O Te Koroto
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Our family friend Nic Moon won the commission to design a sculpture which was also a useful structure at Wenderholm Regional Park to celebrate 50 years of regional parks in Auckland. She worked with three mana whenua groups on the project. We were delighted to be present at the dawn blessing for the sculpture by mana whenua groups […]
Auckland Regional Parks
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The Regional Parks in Tamaki Makaurau are amazing – 26 of them, from Te Arai in the north to the Hunua Ranges in the south, and on both east and west coasts. Many have baches which were farm cottages, now available to the public to rent for holidays. We honour the foresight of the regional […]
Storytellers…
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From the Raindrop, to the River, to the Sea.. Tame Iti, artist and activist, is often seen as the wild man of the Urewera Wilderness. On November 9, in top hat, tails and a scarlet bow tie, he gave a formal lecture in the Halls of Power (actually the Sir Paul Reeves […]
Turanganui-a-Kiwa… (Gisborne)
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Turanganui-a-Kiwa was our spring holiday destination this year. Sunshine every day, so much to do and see.. here are a few highlights.. Watching the Walkway From our motel balcony we enjoyed watching the variety of people on Oneroa, the new coastal walkway, which stretches the length of Waikanae beach: walkers, of course, but also runners, […]
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