Hauraki-Coromandel Tracks and Trails – Te Moengahau-o-Tamatekapua
Mt Moehau is an incredible mountain located at the northern end of the Coromandel, in the range which extends from the settlement of Colville northwards to the tip of the peninsula.
Mt Moehau is an incredible mountain located at the northern end of the Coromandel, in the range which extends from the settlement of Colville northwards to the tip of the peninsula.
Here’s a question for you: When was the last time you truly listened to your beloved? Not that half-listening we all do while mentally preparing tomorrow’s shopping list or scrolling through social media. I mean really listened – the kind of listening that makes someone feel like they’re the only person in the world?
My French friends, Jacques and Marie and their two young children, who participated in the cricket match mentioned in Part 1, eventually left Aotearoa bound for New Caledonia where they stayed for some months before heading to Fiji. They invited me to join them to sail with them to Vanuatu, so I flew to Nadi and boarded their 40-foot yacht.
Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.
Darby Tuhaka is an artist, advocate, activist, cultural preservationist and healer. His business, Healing Ink Studio, is a multi-faceted venture, home to tā moko (traditional tattoo), whakairo (carving) and rongoā (traditional medicine). It’s also what he calls “a destination for discarded taonga (treasures)”.
Mt Moehau is an incredible mountain located at the northern end of the Coromandel, in the range which extends from the settlement of Colville northwards to the tip of the peninsula.
Here’s a question for you: When was the last time you truly listened to your beloved? Not that half-listening we all do while mentally preparing tomorrow’s shopping list or scrolling through social media. I mean really listened – the kind of listening that makes someone feel like they’re the only person in the world?
My French friends, Jacques and Marie and their two young children, who participated in the cricket match mentioned in Part 1, eventually left Aotearoa bound for New Caledonia where they stayed for some months before heading to Fiji. They invited me to join them to sail with them to Vanuatu, so I flew to Nadi and boarded their 40-foot yacht.
Proud to be Local — brought to you by CFM — is our inspirational feature, highlighting home-grown Coromandel Peninsula folks doing wonderful things out in the world.
Darby Tuhaka is an artist, advocate, activist, cultural preservationist and healer. His business, Healing Ink Studio, is a multi-faceted venture, home to tā moko (traditional tattoo), whakairo (carving) and rongoā (traditional medicine). It’s also what he calls “a destination for discarded taonga (treasures)”.
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