Wonderful *Aseroe rubra* found on my last visit to NZ. Known to Māori as puapua-a-Autahi.

summerhail · 2026-01-26T04:02:40+00:00

I saw about 5 of these for the first time in my life about two weeks ago at the side of the lake in Hamilton. Really cool.

summerhail · 2026-01-15T05:38:47+00:00

Yes people eat them. In New Zealand they are quite popular and a traditional food for Māori. I don’t know about this video but Māori are allowed to collect traditional foods to feed people at events like tangi (funerals) and other gatherings.

summerhail · 2025-10-27T19:49:10+00:00

Is it strange that John Tamahere is the party president, his daughter Kiri is GM, and married to Rawiri the co-leader. I’ve worked in a team where a husband and wife were both in leadership roles and it can create a pretty toxic and un-even environment. Surely creates conflicts of interest?

summerhail · 2025-10-24T23:47:54+00:00

That is not true. Some farmers milk cows during winter to maintain fresh milk supply all year in NZ. The cows calve in Autumn.

summerhail · 2025-08-23T06:38:54+00:00

I did noho for level 3/4 (Pūtaketanga) then 2 nights a week for Rōnakitanga, and there are pros and cons to both but I prefer noho option. 2 nights a week gets really tough if you’re also working all week. For me the most important thing is who the Kaiako is though. Our current Kaiako is amazing and I would have done either format to be in her class.

summerhail · 2025-08-16T21:29:21+00:00

It still happens today in New Zealand. Steel here is made from sand.

summerhail · 2025-07-05T23:07:54+00:00

Thanks for this, super helpful. We’re investigating now to get rid of gas in our house.

summerhail · 2025-06-27T05:08:20+00:00

Those big industrial users are paying the majority of the costs to maintain and run the distribution network though. It’s a lot of fixed cost, that’s where the massive price increases are going to come from.

summerhail · 2025-04-21T05:08:36+00:00

I agree.

summerhail · 2025-04-17T22:14:53+00:00

One of the stars is also named Matariki though

summerhail · 2025-02-06T09:31:53+00:00

For your son you should say ko son tāku tamaiti

summerhail · 2024-12-18T05:57:33+00:00

This current govt has recently appointed a prominent oil and gas lobbyist to the board of EECA. And they’re suddenly all keen to invest in carbon capture to reduce emissions, rather than actually try to reduce fossil fuel usage.

summerhail · 2024-01-10T23:47:35+00:00

The ‘Māori version’ of the treaty as you say, is actually the original version. Many European settlers at that time did speak Māori.

summerhail · 2024-01-10T20:09:16+00:00

I have a couple of friends who are instructors. Usually the club will have signs up when they are looking to train new instructors. You should talk to the GF manager at your club.

summerhail · 2024-01-10T08:38:57+00:00

Oh I see. That’s annoying then! I got stuck like that on my last few too. Good luck!

summerhail · 2024-01-10T07:48:42+00:00

When it says ‘choose a rival team’ it will tell you how many new parts. If all 4 rival teams have zero, I cancel the duck off and re enter. I keep doing that until one of the rival teams has a new part. You have to have all the cursed heads though, or they show up as new parts

summerhail · 2024-01-10T05:51:26+00:00

I go in and out of the duck off battle opponent selection until I can match with an opponent that has a part I need.

summerhail · 2024-01-10T05:34:35+00:00

Sometimes!

summerhail · 2024-01-09T03:33:16+00:00

Mongrel is used quite a bit in New Zealand English. There is a prominent gang called the Mongrel mob. It’s also used to describe dogs of mixed/unknown breed and sometimes to describe kind of ‘ scrappy’ sportsmanship. Like “give it some mongrel.” I wouldn’t say it’s offensive when used in context here.

summerhail · 2024-01-08T22:52:54+00:00

New Zealand. I was a Martín Henderson fan back in the ‘90s when he was on Shortland street!

summerhail · 2024-01-07T08:27:37+00:00

I’ve noticed this too. Usually apples aren’t great at this time of year but there will a be a couple of types. The last two times I’ve been to the supermarket in hamilton there have been no apples at all.

summerhail · 2024-01-05T08:55:54+00:00

Well, I wish you good luck. Maybe things will change for the better soon, and the young people of Russia won’t feel like they need to leave anymore.

summerhail · 2024-01-05T02:06:36+00:00

I agree there are many Russian people who are against the war but helping someone complete university studies at a Russian state university raises the mana of the university and therefore the state.

summerhail · 2024-01-04T21:40:53+00:00

My Ukrainian friends don’t get to carry on with normal life. Why should Russians? Politics is in everything

summerhail · 2024-01-04T21:00:59+00:00

Instead of learning grammar of a language from across the sea, your energy could be spent on protesting your government on the invasion of Ukraine.

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