Touring around the north of Northland is a step back into our earliest history, both European and Māori. It is the story of how the races met and interacted, of colonial days, development, hardship, conflict and strife – all the factors that shape the north as we find it today. Our group travelled by road from Auckland to Whangarei, but the trip really began in Paihia and … [Read more...] about A journey into the Far North
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Kai Waho a happy place
The day Tom Loughlin takes me into the bare hills high above Lake Taupo, the only sound we hear standing on the deck of the whare overlooking the vast valley is a gentle wind and the far-off cheep of a miromiro bird or tomtit. If you can’t bear your own company or if you are terrified by your own thoughts when you are alone, this is not the place for you. But this is … [Read more...] about Kai Waho a happy place