Porches of Solitude

The first person I meet as I walk up from the car park toward St Joseph’s Church at Hiruharama is Sister Anna Maria Shortall. She was walking down to the church to check that everything was in order for the days visitors. She is one of only three Poutiriao (guardians, nurturers, protectors, caretakers) Sisters of […]

Hiruharama (Jerusalem)

You catch a glimpse of the steeple of St Joseph’s Church some way ahead of actually driving into Hiruharama (Jerusalem) up the Whanganui awa (river). It peers out at you from between the

Moutoa Island

It’s the start of autumn as we make this journey up the Whanganui awa (river) on our way to Hiruharama (Jerusalem). Autumn warms me more than any other single season in a calendar year. It has the soft foot fall of

Maelstrom

There’s a malestrom building. “A maelstrom is a very powerful whirlpool; a large, swirling body of water. A free vortex that has a considerable downdraft. The Scandinavian word (malström or malstrøm) was introduced into English by Edgar Allan Poe in his story “A Descent into the Maelström” (1841).

Stan-ding Room Only

Singularly one of my most favourite guy-moments that happened last year was the charming interplay between Australian Idol finalist Stan Walker and

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