Waimahia Path

It was a sticky hot December morning when we set out on this walk, brightly sunny at first, giving way to heavy grey clouds that chased us back to the car. The path starts at the bottom of a new housing estate, crosses over a mangrove bay, then twists in between the estuary and back…

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Tōtara Park Bridle Path

We’ve been having a very wet and humid summer this year. It’s February now and Auckland is still green, long after you would have expected her to have turned gold. To be honest, it isn’t very pleasant walking weather

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Rest and Regroup

I’m sitting at our desk in our study with the wooden slats of the blinds angled just enough to let in the light. Outside is blue sky. I can see a fantail bobbing up and down among the sun-warmed leaves of a fern tree. This is September. The past month has gone fast. Barely three…

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