Spring is the time of the year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade

It is Friday evening, and I like to do a blog post at the end of the week to put …

This week’s small pleasures #49

Another week has gone by, another set of small pleasures.

If we were having coffee…or even a cup of tea

If we were having coffee …or even a cup of tea, we would naturally talk about our recent trip to …

A welcome, a lesson and a journey by canoe

A couple of weeks ago, I was formally welcomed to the organisation I now work for with a whakatau, a …

Tattoos, ta moko and traditions

I’m going slightly of my usual themes in this post – no scones or cats – but still kind of …