Good morning from Raglan #nofilter #AotearoaNZ

The Camphor Laurel (Cinnamomum Camphora) is a large handsome tree from China and Japan. The wood is dense and highly scented like the leaves. It has become invasive in many warmer pacific counties, but is still planted as an amenity tree. It has been used for making storage chests as it repels bugs. Too much exposure to the scent is not good for you. They can live over 1,000 yrs. This specimen is on an old military base in Tāmaki Makaurau. #thicktrunkthursday #AotearoaNZ #smallstories #trees

Nice article from #radionz on why and how of #cycling infrastructure investment in #AotearoaNZ
#BikeTooter

Cc / @strongtowns @WarOnTheRocks @notjustbikes

https://pca.st/episode/e1b9bea3-b915-43f7-93fd-f329e83337ab

The Puriri (Vitex Lucens) is a large tree with a spreading Oak like shape. It prefers wooded slopes and likes to be near small creeks. It has pretty pink flowers and fat purple berries which makes it a magnet for our large native pidgeon the Kererū. It even has its own moth. #trees #forest #AotearoaNZ #thicktrunktuesday

https://jazzlocal32.com/2023/03/03/swings-roundabouts-mark-lockett/ New Zealand/New York jazz. #jazz #albumreview #AotearoaNZ

Question: Purchased fresh food online from Christchurch. The package left the shop and has been sitting with the courier for 4 days down there. Delayed due to weather. It'll be at least 3 days maybe more before it reaches me.
Is it my loss or theirs?
Not sure if I have to suck it up or if I can ask for a replacement once the stale gross food finally does reach my house.

#AotearoaNZ

Hope my New-Zealand-based friends are holding on okay. Some tough times there lately with the typhoon/cyclone, and it sounds like thankfully just a smallish earthquake just recently.
#AotearoaNZ

An 800 year old Rimu (Dacrydium cupressinium), one of the giant podocarps towering above New Zealand/Aotearoa forests. #thicktrunktuesday #trees #treesofmastodon #AotearoaNZ

Right. So you're one of THOSE cats are you?
First time I've had a cat that did this!
#DevonRex
#CatsOfMastodon
#AotearoaNZ

If you were to cut the cloth carefully, you could get a sailers costume out of that blue. Therefore, we are in for better weather. If forcasters want to take issue with that assessment, think twice; because this post was approved by grandmothers born in the Edwardian era. #storm #severeweather #aucklandrain #tāmakimakaurau #AotearoaNZ

Kauri (Agathis Australis) one the worlds biggest trees. This is Tane Mahuta the king of them all and sacred to Maori. Estimated to be over 1,000 years old. Photo credit Donald Kerr #thicktrunktuesday #treesofmastodon #trees #AotearoaNZ

When the worst cyclone in living memory hits your city, when your roof leaks and your long covid flares up again after you roll up the carpets; only one sensible course of action. Sample your recently arrived Shan Ling Xi high mountain Oolong tea. The creamed parsnip over wild flowers smell and the buttery mouth feel will take you somewhere else. #tea #Zen life #storm #AotearoaNZ #tāmakimakaurau

When my brother-in-law Kit and I were working on a big construction site, he would stand on the steps each morning, scan the sky for rain clouds and recite the workers mantra, saying, ‘send her down Hughie, we’re on by the hour’. My son was at primary school at the time and when a teacher asked the kids what religions they knew about. My son informed her’ We believe in Hughie in our house’. #AotearoaNZ #humour #secularhumanist #injoke #raingods

#jacindaardern #AotearoaNZ
What PM Jacinda Ardern brought to the job was her humanity, empathy, determination, intellegence and calm, and in the midst of dealing with a horrendous terror attack, a catastrophic volcanic eruption, earthquakes, accelerating climate change events and a major pandemic, she also had to deal with death threats, rampant misogyny and an attack on our parliament by MAGA influenced conspiracy theorists and all as a new mum. From my family it’s a big thank you.

A long and wordy history of the internet in New Zealand:
https://www.nethistory.co.nz/Internet_in_New_Zealand_Timeline/
#AotearoaNZ
#Internet

Highly recommend the Ruakuri bushwalk near the #WaitomoCaves! Stunning temperate rainforest, natutal limestone arches and caves, and even some glow worms. It's not very long, but budget an hour for photos and gawking.

#AotearoaNZ #Samventures #photography #NaturePhotography #nature #cave #Aotearoa #NewZealand

#Hobbiton! Very picturesque, but quite busy. Our tour guide happened to be American with intense Theatre Kid Disney Adult energy, which probably contributed to it feeling a little touristy. Still worth it though. The cafe was unexpectedly both tasty and reasonably priced.

#Samventures #AotearoaNZ

It's been brought to my attention that I should have tagged all this (duh) so here, have lots of tags!
#caturday (just because it's a busy tag and I need views on this!)
#AotearoaNZ
#Lost
#HokioBeach
#NZ
#Help
#DevonRex
#KapitiCoast
#Missing
#Horowhenua

Sun-soaked #Waiheke Island! A fantastic way to spend a day. Batch Winery was a definite highlight, both for the views and the wines.

#Samventures #AotearoaNZ #photography

@bigblen
None of the above :) Or two at once! I tend to use #AotearoaNZ