Carvings will provide a spectacular welcome to Kororāreka/Russell
15 Feb, 2021 11:00 PM
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Carver Tony Makiha, pictured at work in 2016, will create a gateway and a wero figure to welcome visitors to Kororāreka/Russell. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Carver Tony Makiha, pictured at work in 2016, will create a gateway and a wero figure to welcome visitors to Kororāreka/Russell. Photo / Peter de Graaf
Northland Age
By: Peter Jackson
It s been said that arriving in Kororāreka/Russell is a bit underwhelming, with nothing distinctive or special to the area to greet visitors, let alone to honour its long, rich Māori history. There s the sign by Matauwhi Bay, mostly overgrown, and nothing on the wharf except a lot of advertising, but that s about to change thanks to a bold new initiative that began with Kororāreka Marae, was picked up by the original wharf trust and then by its successor, the Russell Community Wharf Trust.
GO NZ: Hokitika holiday highlights - what to see, do and where to stay
16 Feb, 2021 05:00 PM
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Conservative estimates have the Hokitika of the gold rush-crazy 1860s being the proud owner of no less than 100 pubs. Less conservative estimates place the number closer to 200. Either way, in what was a booming population of 25,000 transient souls looking to find fortune in those rich West Coast soils, whether your pub-to-person ratio was 1:250 or 1:125, you were unlikely to have gone thirsty.
All of which can be gleaned from the history lesson that comes free when you stay at the Hokitika Fire Station Apartments, a place with a history that dates back to those gold-digging, beer-swilling days. With all those pubs n people crammed together in hastily-built quarters, fire was an ever-present risk. Indeed, in an ironic divine act, the town s first fire station once burnt to the ground after a lightning strike.
Stunning new apple signals early start to Hawke s Bay season
12 Feb, 2021 12:44 AM
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Poppi apples are grown in Hawke s Bay in early micro-climate orchard blocks. Photo / Supplied
Hawkes Bay Today
A sweet flavoured, medium sized apple with a rich red colour will be one of the first in New Zealand s 2021 season to ripen on Hawke s Bay trees.
T&G Global Poppi apple also hits the scene as one of the front-running apples of 2021 to arrive in key Asian markets.
With its thin skin, crisp sweet flavour and stunning appearance , the Poppi brand was developed as a nod to the distinctive red colour of the apple, said Rachel Stotter, T&G Global s director international sales.
CONWAY â Who would marry a man whose idea of a honeymoon is to cross-country ski in subzero temperatures in the wilds of Maine? Fortunately for Dave Greenslit, Paula Brown would, and did.
Dave retired from the Worcester Telegram, where he had served as a reporter, sports editor and copy editor for 30 years, at age 60. Paula was enrolled in nursing courses for her second career when they met on an AMC hike in 2013.
âHe was one of the co-leaders on the trip,â said Paula this week from their Center Conway home prior to heading to work for Northern Human Services in Conway.