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It's that time of year when the sun sets over the sea between Paritutu and the Sugarloaf Islands. For the last couple of nights I've been fortunate to witness these stunning sunsets as I leave work, a wonderful reminder of what a beautiful world we live in. …

It's that time of year again when the cherries and kowhai are in flower and our garden is full of tui getting drunk on nectar and chasing each other about with the males constantly puffing themselves up and singing, putting on a display for the females. We often have 30 or 40 tui in the garden at a time fillling the air with their beautiful resonant notes and intermittent squawks. It's my favorite time of year with so much fresh colour in the garden and the constant activity of the tuis as they …

I've been wanting to do a night climb on a moonlit night to Pouakai tarn for a while but the weather just hasn't been suitable. Last night was cloudy again and I had given it up as a lost cause until I woke at 1:40am and saw the mountain clear and bold under the full moon.  So after hastily stuffin my camera gear into my pack I was off, leaving the end of Mangorie road around 2:20am.It was a beautiful clear cold night and a wonderful tramp under the moonlight. I arrived on top of the Pouaka …

Fresias in spring beauty unfolding existence inviting us into the depths of her soul