What a great place to live

Pakauratahi Stream

Staying with a friend of mine who lived in the far reaches of Yellowstone Park about 15 years ago I watched a herd of bison cross the bottom of their garden.  I use the term garden loosely here since living on a National Park Rangers Station you don’t so much have a garden but rather [...]

Shh, don’t tell anyone but we’re open for growing

Being the butt of many jokes was an occupational hazard working in marketing and PR.  Someone once asked me if we threw a party in the office to open the post since we were constantly organising opening ceremonies of one sort or another.  Although my life in corporate PR is now a thing of the [...]

How the humble cauliflower can save the day

Water tank bursting rain is upon us for a few days.  The temperatures have plummeted and the winds are wild enough to create sleep depriving booms under the veranda. However hard I tell myself that rain is a good thing for the land I can’t help feel deprived of summer.  Call me old fashioned but [...]

2010: the year for new growth and strength

The maori word Koru means new beginnings.  I love the way that the fern koru unfurls to unleashes new growth, new life and new strength to nature.  This is a notion I’m going to embrace as we herald in the New Year. In years gone by I’ve rather sauntered into the year thinking let positive [...]