Travel New Zealand
Rapaki Part One – A ‘fashion statement’ or retrieving the past? On my recent trip to Hawaii, I met up with a relative from here. He was wearing a lavalava. He looked very relaxed. He assured me that it was indeed ‘very’ comfortable and that he wore it back at […]
Rapaki – Part Two A nonchalant stroll from the car to the bus at the Whakatu depot: a cheery good morning from the bus driver, nothing else. At the port, a similar response. Perhaps the port staff were just being polite. A bold move out into the open and away […]
On a crisp winter morning, we opened our new stargazing site, Te Kōripitanga o Tama-nui-te-Ra. The pre-dawn ceremony attended by many whānau, friends and members of the community. Together, we participated in the traditional custom to cleanse the land and instil the mauri. Most importantly, our ceremony ensured that we […]
Any visitor to our Hakikino Conservation Reserve will know about our eels and just how passionately we feel about protecting them and their habitat. We have recently engaged a resident eel specialist from DOC who has come to speak to us about the pressures on the New Zealand’s endemic species […]
