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Cooks Beach and Hahei. How they used to Look

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:48:16 +0000

These photos are a couple that I tidied up for Sam Harsant. They show Cooks Beach and Hahei pre developmentThese photos are probably from the early 1950’s

How It Used to Look

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Tairua Hikuai Area

admin — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 22:42:40 +0000

A few years ago Doug Johansen (aka Kiwi Dundee) was guest speaker at our Lions Club and he spoke about a very inaccessible Kauri grove near the top of the range behind Hikuai It was his ambition to hike in for a look. Not sure if he ever did it but a few of us had often gazed at these trees from the Kopu Hikuai road and when Toby Morcom suggested we fly up and have a closer look we headed off early one morning with Karen (Coromandel Helicopters). As can be seen the Kauri’s are very stunted and quite a few are dying or dead. The consensus is that it is due to the lack of nutrients as they are trying to grow on a rocky ridge.
The other photos are from various places around the area

Tairua Area

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Book of Photos, Africa 2008

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 05:24:04 +0000

The following link takes you to my book on the Momento Website where the book can be viewed by clicking on the cover.

http://www.momento.co.nz/preview.asp?b=7952-6220-5341

Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 23:52:59 +0000

Gazetted in 1993 Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve (Cathedral Cove) was the first reserve established on the Coromandel Peninsula, and in the Department of Conservation’s Waikato Conservancy.
Covering a total of nine square kilometres, Te Whanganui-A-Hei thus became New Zealand’s sixth official marine reserve and is administered by the Department of Conservation in partnership with the Te Whanganui-A-Hei Marine Reserve Committee.

Cathedral Cove Marine Reserve

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Wharekaho Beach (Simpsons Beach)

admin — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:19:18 +0000

This beautiful Bay is encompassed by Mt Maungatawhiri to the north and Wharekaho headland to the south which is the site of historic Wharetaewa Pa visited by Captain Cook in 1769 and later attacked by northern tribes armed with muskets and all but a few of the inhabitants were slaughtered.

The following websites provide a wealth of information.

http://www.ngatihei.iwi.nz/people.swf

http://www.hopper.co.nz/lifeandstyle/issue2/building_bridges.htm

The Simpson family were early european settlers and are still living and farming here. Many motorhome owners will have taken the opportunity to spend time camped in the padddock in front of Peter and Margaret Simpsons home at the northern end of the beach

Wharekaho/Simpsons Beach

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South Island 2010

admin — Sun, 13 Jun 2010 05:37:32 +0000

We had a very eventful trip to the South Island Feb/March which was punctuated by a series of gear failures (motor home mainly) which made the trip memorable for all the wrong reasons. The most annoying aspect was that the motor home had it’s annual check a couple of months before we left. Main problem was the inverter which malfunctioned and boiled the house batteries (which did not do them a lot of good) and this resulted in the fridge defrosting because of low voltage in the batteries.

The TV worked fine here at home before we left but in the South Island we could not get a signal so not able to watch : ‘Days of our Lives ‘, ‘The Simpsons’, ‘The Girls of the Playboy Mansion’ , our favourite programmes — not! Turned out the self seeking satellite dish had not been re-programmed when Sky changed the signal and we had not been informed that this needed to be done! It was fine in the North Island but not in the South Island. Anyway we got that sorted and it only took a week.
Had computer problems too. The desktop computer decided it was on holiday so I could not process any photos as I do not have Lightroom or Photoshop on the Laptop.

The following photos are a small selection including a few from a fund raising walk in Greymouth called the ‘Relay for Life’ which was well supported by the community with a large sum raised for the Cancer Society and a few other photos including one of a popular theme on the West Coast, the Anti 1080 message

South Island 2010

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The Festival of Speed 2010

admin — Wed, 12 May 2010 21:16:04 +0000

Once again we were treated to another magnificent spectacle on the 10th and 11th of April. This was around the time of when my computer decided to crash in a big way so it has taken quite some time to get everything re-loaded (hence the delay in getting this posted). Thank goodness that all was backed up.I was tied up with the Whitianga Lions Club who were engaged to organise the spectator parking and missed a lot of the Saturday morning activities so quite a few of the events are not covered in the following photos

festival of Speed 2010

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Beach Scenes

admin — Sun, 07 Feb 2010 19:17:39 +0000

These photos are from Otama, Hotwater Beach and the Whitianga Waterfront

Beaches

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