You are here:
Home / Archives for people
P.D. Eastman wrote the classic Children’s Book ‘Are You My Mother?’ the story of a baby bird that has hatched while his mother was away. Fallen from his nest, he sets out to look for her and asks everyone he meets — including a dog, a cow, and a
Tags: antipodeans, Are you My Mother, asks, author, baby bird, blog, blog entry, blog writer, building, Central hawkes Bay, children's book, Classic, collectors, comicStyle, cow, diving off, dof, dovetail, exploring, family, family members, feet, formal greetings, future, genealogical backbone, genealogies, genealogy, gifting, gratitude, guide, hand down, Hastings New Zealand, hatched, Hawke's Bay, high, hikoi, human stories, information, Jason Frazer, kiwi, kiwiStyle, koha, layer, lifeStyle, long journey, manner, maori, mihi, mindStyle, Moewaka Jane Rapana, monetary, mythological, nest, New Zealand, new zealanders, offered, oral traditions, oratory, P.D. Eastman, pasifka, past, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, picture, places, plane, pohiri, points, polynesian, pontifications, powhiri, present, presentation, questions, reflections, research, reveal, Ruth, search, song, sotry, speaker, spiritual, stories. different, teaching, The wind beneath my feet, thought, thoughts, towrds, traditional act, Tripping, true, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, value, versions, views, waiata, Waipukurau, welcoming ceremony, whakapapa, where mindStyle matters, wind, writer, writing, writings
Driving through Taupiri it would be easy to think there’s nothing special about this little place but you’d be wrong. Taupiri is the sacred mountain of the Waikato people. It is remembered in the tribal saying:
Tags: alive, alluvial plain, antipodeans, arrival, Auckland-Hamilton highway, author, Battle Rangiriri, being, blog, blog writer, bushclad, Central hawkes Bay, chiefs, cloud of witnesses, comicStyle, Dame Te Atairangikahu, debate, district, european, European settlers, fitting, Hamilton, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, hills, Human Documents, Jason Frazer, King Country, king movement, kingship, kiwi, kiwiStyle, legs, lifeStyle, maori, maori authority, maori kings, maori Queen, maori settlement, maori tribes, map, march, mindStyle, named, New Zealand, new zealanders, North Island, North Island Main trunk, offered, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, place, polynesian, pontifications, Potatau I, Potatau Te Wherowhero, promote, railway, reflections, reign, Rohe Potae, sacred mountain, safety, sales of land, south island, special, stories, stretch, Taranaki, Taupiri, Tawhiao, Te Kingitanga, thoughts, tribal sayings, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, waikato ancestors, Waikato chief, waikato people, waikato war, Waipukurau, where mindStyle matters, writer, writing, writings
Further on from Hamilton is Cambridge, a charming country town. You’ll find some of New Zealand’s best fences in this neck of the woods because this is horse country, racehorse country! But there’s so much more to it. I think this is a playground for the
Tags: Add new tag, air, antipodeans, author, blog, blog writer, boat, built, Cambridge, camjet, canoe races, Central hawkes Bay, characteristics, charming, cheers, comicStyle, country, crew, different, experienced, fences, figure of speech, forms, good, good yarns, great chief, green twig, Hamilton, hant, hapu, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, he piko he taniwha, historical fatcs, horse, House Boat Escape, iwi, Jason Frazer, journey, kai-hautau, kai-tuki, kaitiaki, Karapiro Cruiser, kayak, kiwi, kiwiStyle, lake cruising, lament, lifeStyle, local, maori, maori mythology, maori view, mind, mindStyle, modern 50 foot catamaran, Moewaka, monuments, name, natural environment, New Zealand, new zealanders, Ngati Paoa tribe, paddle, paddle strokes, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, playground, polynesian, pontifications, pontoon boat, protectors, proverb, quality air, racehorse, rear vision, reflections, respect, rhythmic measure, river cruising, Riverside Park, sub tribes, supernatural creatures, symbol, taonga, Te Haupa, tell, The Boatshed Cafe, thoughts, time-song, Timeless Taniwha, toil, town, treasure, tribal traditions, tribes, tui-waka, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, waikato region, waikato taniwha rau, Waipukurau, waka, where mindStyle matters, window, withdrawn now is the dragon from his lair, woods, writer, writing, writings
Talk is a process, you didn’t know that? It is, just as life is a process. Interesting right? It should be because developing and using the many facets of talk add new dimensions and give depth to our lives. Infact for talk to be effective it ought be flexible so that it’s ‘usable’ in any […]
Tags: advance, antipodeans, Art Director, author, blog, blog writer, bridge, Central hawkes Bay, challenging, circumstances, comicStyle, depth, develop, dimensions, Director, drama, dynamic, effective, encyclopaedia, engage, evolve, expressions, facets, finish, friends, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, hidden meanings, interations, interesting, Jason Frazer, jelly babies, kiwi, kiwiStyle, life, lifeStyle, maori, meaning, meaningful, meta-talk, mindStyle, New Zealand, new zealanders, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, phrases, playwright, polynesian, pontifications, process, producer, race, reality, reflections, regional art Gallery, role, small talk, snail, snail jokes, speakers, star performer, static, structure, Talking the Talk, thoughts, transactions, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, understand, views, Waipukurau, walk the walk, where mindStyle matters, writer, writing, writings
There’s a lot to be said for ignoring the ‘voices in your head’ and finding your own way about doing a thing. I find that all the time! Surprised? Well, neither am I! But you always knew that about me right? I have certain friends who would definitely fall off
Tags: afternoon, air, antipodeans, apple tree, author, barefoot, blog, blog writer, Central hawkes Bay, children, comfort, comicStyle, family dog, finding, friends, Hastings New Zealand, Hawke's Bay, honest, Jason Frazer, kiwi, kiwiStyle, laughter, launch, life, lifeStyle, limbs, lip, maori, mind, mindStyle, moss, nerve, New Zealand, new zealanders, park, pasifka, penneylane, penneylaneonline, penneylaneonline.com, people, polynesian, pontifications, puddle, rain, reflections, scene, skateboard, skatebowls, small, Sydney, thoughts, turnStyle, twistedmusings.com.au, views, Voices in my Head, Waipukurau, warm, where mindStyle matters, writer, writing, writings
« Previous Page — Next Page »
