It’s starting to get really confusing with Christmas looming.The daylight and climate is just not very christmasy. I was wandering around the supermarket this evening and heard a carol and was temporarily glued to the floor as I tried to reconcile the seasonal... The weka is a large, brown flightless bird that has a famously feisty and curious personality. It is these two qualities that have traditionally made the bird an easy food source for Maori and early European settlers.We have the company of a Weka at the Black Rock day... MT – proud of his walking achievementsEnd of the walk view – looking towards Portage Bay Where to next – Picton by road (1.5 hours drive), Picton by boat from Torea Bay (10 minutes)11 November 2006 – Remembering those lost from Kenepuru... http://www.doc.govt.nz/Explore/002~Tracks-and-Walks/By-Region/009~Nelson-Marlborough/003~Sounds/Queen-Charlotte-Track.aspLong before the inter-island ferries plied its waters, Queen Charlotte Sound (Totaranui) was an important trade route for Maori, and provided good... WARNING – don’t look at the last picture if you’re squeamish (You have been warned!)There are some gruesome realities of wildlife in NZ that you know about but rarely come face to face with. This weekend we stumbled across a possum hunter relieving... 