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Kahungunu Day Waitangi Day Celebration
- WHERE: Sports Park Hawke's Bay, Percival Rd, Hastings
- WHEN: Mon, February 06, 2012 9.00 a.m. to Mon, February 06, 2012 4.00 p.m.
Join Ngati Kahungunu on Waitangi Day for kapa haka, sports and the National Krump Dance Competition.
Tree house of dreams
By Bachchat Staff
When Cyclone Bola hit Coromandel in 1988, it blew over a pohutukawa on a hillside at Kuaotunu. The tree continued to grow along the ground, and 20 years later, John Buchan and his wife Wendy built a two-storey house whose upper decks are nestled amongst the tree’s foliage. It’s a big tree – its trunk is 1.6 metres in diameter – and when you’re on the top deck, it’s like being in a tree house, John says, surrounded by tui and bellbirds. The house was a long time in the planning for the couple. Everything starts with a dream, according to John and the sequence of how theirs unfolded was almost unbelievable. He recalls surfing at the beach when he was a teenager, and looking back up the hillside and saying to the friend he was with, “One day I’d like to own a piece of...
Waikato
Waikato, the longest river in New Zealand, rolls through the rich, green farmland of the King Country. The river has provided food and means of transport for Tainui Maori for centuries. For holiday-makers, the river and the hydro-lakes strung along it provide fantastic spots for rowing, kayaking, water-skiing and fishing. In Hamilton, stroll, bike or run beside the water on the Waikato River Walkway. If you’re in the city then visit Hamilton Gardens, perfect for picnics or a gentle wander through beautiful themed gardens - from the Italian Renaissance to the Japanese Garden of Contemplation. For the largest walk-through aviary in N.Z. visit Hamilton Zoo, home to over 600 mammals, birds and reptiles. Waikato Museum has a great collection relating to the tribes of Tainui, as well as social and local history collections and activities for children. Venturing further afield, the region is world-famous for the Waitomo caves, a...
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