Roof of a maori gathering house (marae)

Every tribe uses its own individual symbolism

Most of the marae are surrounded by a fence

Deeply symbolic carved figure on the roof of the marae

Unique carving art decorates this marae

Marae are used for cultural and ritual purposes

The maori culture is specially noticeable on the North Island

The entry or mouth of the marae

Rural idyll in Wairoa district

Nikau palm tree with fruits

Walk to the hot springs of Morere

Splendid palm trees

No sweet, without sweat

Gorgeous Nikau palm tree bush

First you have to climb high, then plummet downhill

Finally someone got that stupid spider!

The path leads us to streams, hills and valleys

Sometimes you can‘t see the path because of all the rocks

Sort of the hot wire...

Origin of the Morere hot springs

Relaxing in the hot spring water

Autumn Colours and sunlight in Gisborne

Mahia shines in the autumn sun

Hungry bee searches for food in autumn

Kids of Gisborne prettify their town

A Gisborne original

On historic paths in Gisborne

A masquerader on the platform

We get some veggies on the farmers market

Beautiful Kingfisher

Water sports in Gisborne

White­faced heron visits us

Seagulls­palace shortly before changing the guard

Beanie and Snowboots help us survive the icy winter

A little pied shag comes closer

Our new self­made heat source

There are some hot surfspots around Gisbourne

Some like it hot, I reckon

Beautiful colouring reconcile the bitter winter chill

My name is Cook, James Cook.

Young Nick gets popular

Hot Glue needs to be applied to the boxes

A palette of boxes is ready for the fruits

Fruits of our work

The boxes are piling up

Thomas the hard­working packhouse worker

The citrons need to be sorted