Gosh, there's a whole lotta shaking going on down under, but this sunrise was still. We've had huge winds and big storms and hail and...not that we feel any shaking up here in Northland, we are the least shaky part of the country, but there are constant shakes in Christchurch and there have also been a couple in the North Island recently and then the Kermadec Trench. THATput Civil Defence on alert, but we made it though with minor tidal surges. Whew!
Meanwhile...
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| Omapere Volunteer Fire Brigade |
I've been up to Hokianga to visit the Omapere Volunteer Fire Brigade where we have a new, and female, chief Fire Officer, Mere Morunga.
And further south, about half an hour's drive from Waipu, there was a momentous opening of a new tourist and cultural project.
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| Paa site at Te Hana Te Ao Marama Maori Cultural Village |
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| Te Hana Kapa Haka Group is fab! |
Friends and I attended the opening of Te Hana Te Ao Marama, a new Maori cultural village, built as a replica of a 17th century village. It will be a fabulous place to visit. The building of it has been a major task with minimal funding and the project is being run by CEO Linda Clapham who I used to work for in Auckland. She is an architect and we worked together with landscaping as our commonality. There is more to that story, but another time.
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| 17th Century Maori Village, crafted by hand. |
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