Aotearoa – MAHI A MARA

Landscape in origins and culture…

“Basis of language, basis of culture, basis of life…turanga o te huruhuru, ano te turanga o te ora; te tiki, te hine, te tamahine… Under the veil of stars, least the white tipped feather should fall from the maidens hair, stone waka guard the pa with all the warrior of that world there…” Korero oContinue reading “Landscape in origins and culture…”

Movement…

The flutter of a butterfly wing, jumping of a wren, darting of a skink or the rustle of leaves in the wind all produce secondary and tertiary movement so important to life. Just like a food web, these tiny to enormous movements provide various types of trophic levels of vibration, disruption and change; compare theContinue reading “Movement…”

Disgusting State of NZ, the lies that tourism tries to cover…

When you understand how the system works, and you’ve seen a few untimely or disgusting things in person whilst working for your people or country; protecting those more innocent who have no need to ever experience those bad things becomes paramount in achieving communities that function well for generations more to come. As a citizenContinue reading “Disgusting State of NZ, the lies that tourism tries to cover…”

Gardens are never done…

NZ native Turkey Tail fungus in a working system where the fungi collects and directs water with its 'tails' assisting to degrade woody materials on the forest floor.This in turn provides food,moisture and ambient tempreture for tree roots, which provide more food for the fungi. If the fungi becomes too optimistic and takes over the tree too quickly, the light and heat will kill off the tails until such a time equilibrium is again reached, and the trees and fungi are again in balance...

Effects of a garden are huge and wide ranging. Gardens are providers, teachers, sustainers, nurturers who work with and on behalf of our earth-mother and sky-father – Rangi’ and Papa’ (and of course their children as off-shoots of their own love), the lord- God, and most poignant of all, our Earth, and it’s wider placementContinue reading “Gardens are never done…”