The grass roof of the Earthstead

We planted native shrubs up here. A 'green roof' is a great way to insulate your house and it hugely reduces the amount of water that just runs off your roof. And it looks so cool!

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New Zealand

April 7th 2010
First wwoof experience - Kaeo After spending 4 days with my 'relatives' in Warkworth, just north of Auckland, I headed to my first wwoofing experience in Northland. The town was a small place called Kaeo. It turned out that the wife was away for the week and so it was just me and Bruce who was a conspiracy theorist! Then his 24 yr old son came for my last night and he also thought that ... read more

Oceania » New Zealand

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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