Kina has many faces: It stretches north of Mapua onto an almost-island (peninsula) which nearly touches Motueka Harbour on its northern tongue. Some nice holiday…

Because Anna attends to school from 9 to 3, there’s never any homework.  And that’s a good thing, too, because when the kids get home,…

Get up, have some perfectly spiced chai with milk and a big spoon of sugar. Inhale the fresh spring air with closed eyes and listen…

Anna had her first contact with stilts two weeks ago (and already knows how a fall feels on these stilts with shoes nailed to it).…

Our weekly adventure at the Nelson Saturday Market left us a little bit exhausted, so we ate some stirfry chicken with noodles (honey and peanutbutter…

When we first drove the Takaka Hill Highway we realised it was a massive crossing with several sights and lookouts and Canaan Road which is…

Two weeks ago I joined the local dollmaking group in Motueka which meet for some hours every  Wednesday morning, have some tea, talk a lot…

Spring rain falls continously. Some dry hours are followed by more rain. But then, there are some few sunny and really warm days sandwiched in…

There’s one thing not to miss once you’ve got your teeth into Abel Tasman National Park: the split apple rock. It’s not exactly at the…

As it has been wet all week and didn’t seem to lighten up we decided to have a little road trip to a nice recreation…