It Was a Mystery Until...

On the road out of Te Kuiti, summer arrived. The tarseal was starting to melt, globules of it glistening in the sun and the bike's tyres hissing on the sticky surface. In the air and on the ground in a couple of places was something that looked like thistleheads blown on the wind. I took several photos and showed them to someone at a DoC office who said it was seed or pollen from poplar trees. As he said it, I remembered seeing several polars lining the road.

CYCLE TOUR - A PERFECT CAMPSITE

November 25th 2009
For the second morning in a row I was woken by the dawn chorus. The first of the birds to announce the new day were the tuis at 4.50 am. The others joined in a few minutes later. The kaka were by far the noisiest as they screeched in the air high above me. I listened in vain for the beautiful notes of the kokako, which I'd heard once before not too far from here. But on this occasion it wasn't to ... read more

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The Polynesian Maori reached New Zealand in about A.D. 800. In 1840, their chieftains entered into a compact with Britain, the Treaty of Waitangi, in which they ceded sovereignty to Queen Victoria while retaining territorial rights. In that same year... ... read more

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