Amanda Giorgis
Author of the Applecross Saga
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South Island Kokako
I’ve been writing about birdsong today. And it reminded me about the South Island Kokako. A real life treasure hunt, or should I say bird hunt? There’s a kokako that lives up north. It was doing pretty badly but, by…
Read MoreInnoxious creatures
From Te Ara – Hamish Foote, ‘Allegorical triumph of Sir George’ (2001) The first New Zealand acclimatisation society probably started in Auckland in 1861. It was focused on introducing “all manner of new species as long as they were ‘innoxious’.”…
Read MoreCrack willow, Russel lupin, buddleia, alder, elderberry, cotoneaster, gooseberry, flowering currant, raspberry and hops
That title reads like a link to the local Garden Centre – but no, this is the list of invasive weeds that will be targeted in the Hopkins River and Dobson Valley area on the western edge of the Mackenzie…
Read MoreHinewai
If you’ve read the Prologue in The Wideawake Hat you would have met Hinewai, the maori girl who catches an eel for supper. Hinewai, who’s name means ‘water maiden’, we find out later, is Atewhai’s mother. Hinewai is also the…
Read MoreRecord-setting dog, Jack!
Wow – I wonder how much Friday would be worth these days? Record-setting $10,000 dog Note – the photo above is of Alfie, our very first foster pup from Dog Rescue Dunedin who now lives and works in the Mackenzie Basin.
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