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Tag Archives: New Zealand
Save our Longfin eel!
Our longfin eel is amazing! It spawns somewhere near Tonga (at the end of its life), its elvers can climb 43 metres up vertical surfaces and it’s as endangered as our little spotted kiwi. Eel lovers will be descending on … Continue reading
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Tagged conservation, elvers, endangered longfin eels, Longfin eels, New Zealand, New Zealand eels, Tonga
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A walk in the Tree tops
One of the special features at Otari Open air plant Museum is the Tree top walk. This wooden walkway begins here with a Waharoa or gateway into a spiritual realm. Ahead are tall trees. The walkway bridges the Open air … Continue reading
Filling the well
It has been a dry season. Our summer since mid January has been near perfect – hot, dry and calm or breezy with only the occasional deluge of rain. The outdoor conditions have been mirrored indoors here with one issue … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, beach, Beauty, blue sky, children, colour, dreams, flow, growth and development, inspiration, leis, Mana Island, New Zealand, Pataka Art gallery, photography, play, Porirua, resilience, resourcefulness, silk flower leis, silk flowers, Titahi Bay, waves, Wells
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Waitangi Day is Wordless Wednesday
Today at Otari-Wilton Bush Reserve.
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Tagged Beauty, bush reserve, nature, New Zealand, New Zealand native bush, Otari-Wilton Bush reserve, photography, plants, stream, Waitangi Day, walk
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The theory and practice of summer
In theory we get summer weather here when large, slow moving high pressure weather systems move over the Tasman Sea and settle above our small homeland. This seasons such systems have been very rare. The good news for us is … Continue reading
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Tagged birds, Mana Island, nature, New Zealand, paddling, photography, Plimmerton, Plimmerton Beach, red billed gull, relaxation, South Island New Zealand, Summer, swimming, umbrella
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Bushfire sky on Saturday
The ash and smoke from the devastating Australian bushfires drifts to New Zealand’s atmosphere on the prevailing north westerly winds. We have had plenty of those this summer. Any sunshine this morning, long after dawn, is a strange orangey red. … Continue reading
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Tagged ash and smoke, Australian bushfires, clouds, nature, New Zealand, sky, sun, sunshine, weather, westerly winds
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Finding summer in Hawkes Bay
We made a visit to Hawkes Bay last weekend to visit my father in law before Xmas. Not only did we enjoy time with him and other family members we also found summer. Spring here has been long, cloudy, cool, … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, drought, feijoas, gardens, Hawkes Bay, nature, New Zealand, organic farming, photography, roses, spring, Summer, The Farmhouse Kitchen, travel, winds
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Light work
The days are lengthening noticeably here now as we head to the longest day in just over a month’s time. The garlic is looking increasingly closer to harvesting time. The light is playing games in the house right now. I … Continue reading
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Tagged astronomy, high cloud, light, longest day, moon, New Zealand, Partial solar eclipse, photography, science, solar eclipse, sunlight
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This time last year
It is a year ago since we were in the grip of a vicious weather system that came straight from Antarctica. Snow fell here over several days in a very unusual occurrence. In contrast, today was mild and the sun … Continue reading
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Tagged Antarctica, garden, mild temperatures, nature, New Zealand, photography, snow, sunshine, weather
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Wordless Wednesday
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Tagged beach, Beauty, New Zealand, peacefulness, photography, Summer, vacation, Wharariki Beach
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