Kia Ora!

Trips

The Trips section contains travelogues of various adventures.

From England, there's some pages about:

• Cornwall
  
• Lands End
  
• The Eden Project
  
  • About the Project
    
  • Visit
    
• Goonhilly Earth Station
  

From New Zealand:

• Bay of Plenty
  
• Northland
  
• Waipoua forest
  
• Otorohanga
  

Māori

There's a substantial section about New Zealand Māori.

There's lots of stuff about Māori language (Te Reo Māori); history (Tāhuhu Kōrero); culture (Māoritanga); Marae; and customs (Tikanga), such as carving (Whakairo), tattooing (Ta Moko), and performing arts (Kapa Haka).

The section on Kapa Haka tells you of Māori song (Waiata), including about one of the best known of Māori songs - Pokarekare Ana (you can even listen to it!). 

Also of Māori dance (Haka), including about 'The' Haka - that as made famous by the New Zealand All Blacks; and there's a page on the use of poi in dance. There's also a page about Kapa Haka today, on the world stage.

There's even two Māori stories (Kōrero) - one a well known love story - that of Hinemoa and Tutanekai, and another about How the Kiwi Lost Its Wings.

Reference

There's a page about the geography of New Zealand on the maps page.

Of course, there's now quite a lot on this site, and its assembly required consulting a number of sources. The sources page acknowledges the people, authors and other contributors used in the construction of this site, and includes some links to other web sites.

There's also a page with a few common Māori terms to help you, which you can always get to at the bottom of each page.