Matariki

After 6 months on the southern hemisphere, I finally made it to a planetarium…. What I wanted to do already in the first week, but scrapped because of language issues, children’s programs of some comic figures hopping on the moon, renovations or the usual I’ll do that tomorrow…. It was worth it. We had a […] Read More

Māori

I’m fascinated with Māori culture. The first thing that astonished me is how visible it is here. In culture, language, names and people, you see Māori all around. Māori words have penetrated the Kiwi English, besides the occasional Kia Ora. Unlike Australia, where I actually only ever saw a handful of Aborigines. I was astonished to see Australia […] Read More