Ross’ Ramblings: Aussie Antics – Part 2
January 14, 2025
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Continuing with Jerry’s story from Part 1, he had been house leader for several years and was building a wooden dinghy in the garage.
Continuing with Jerry’s story from Part 1, he had been house leader for several years and was building a wooden dinghy in the garage.
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.
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)”.
At midday on Tuesday November 19th, over one hundred people from Mercury Bay and surrounds gathered at Taylors Mistake in Whitianga Town Centre in solidarity with Hikoi mō te Tiriti, as it arrived at Paremata (Parliament).
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.
Continuing with Jerry’s story from Part 1, he had been house leader for several years and was building a wooden dinghy in the garage.
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.
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)”.
At midday on Tuesday November 19th, over one hundred people from Mercury Bay and surrounds gathered at Taylors Mistake in Whitianga Town Centre in solidarity with Hikoi mō te Tiriti, as it arrived at Paremata (Parliament).
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.
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