Our house backs onto paddocks and on the other side of those paddocks part of Transmission Gully is being constructed. It’s a notorious road. One I can hardly believe is actually being built, having heard about it for as long as I can remember. I see the earthmovers and the hazard bunting during the … [Read more...] about Centennial
Currently
after Alistair Te Ariki Campbell They say we are ants. So many humans. They say we are sheep one after another on a hillside. They say we are birds i.e sweethearts. And donkeys and snakes and coots. It’s neat the way we can become so many others in the … [Read more...] about Currently
Paekākāriki Hill
hunched like a guardian above the village under a full moon silver light like tinsel strewn through the trees a bolt of blue light exploded from the hillside and sped south along the railway line at the creek mouth it made an abrupt 90 degree turn headed towards the island and vanished into the … [Read more...] about Paekākāriki Hill
Not everyone wears shoes
Erica Julian ponders Paekākāriki’s future and what makes us special. The first in a series of stories for Paekākāriki.nz by young residents on what we will, or could look like in 50 years' time. In 50 years Paekākāriki will have changed forever. Its unique character will have been lost to … [Read more...] about Not everyone wears shoes
Children and parents learn te reo Māori together
Whānau tupu ngātahi, or families learning together, is the kaupapa of Playcentre in New Zealand, and it’s what the whānau at Paekākāriki’s Playcentre do each week. “By supporting our Playcentre parents to increase their confidence with te reo Māori we empower them to nurture the language in our … [Read more...] about Children and parents learn te reo Māori together