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On the West Coast the whitebait season runs from 1 September until 14 November.
Food theme for Māori Language Week 2010
"Te Mahi Kai" - The Language of Food
The National Government of New Zealand is currently going through the process to enable legislature that will open up
conservation land for the purpose of mining.
Last year the first snowfall came in April.
it is a public holiday every year to commemorate the signing of - the Treaty of Waitangi - in 1840.
The national holiday was first declared in 1974, and since then has grown in
significance for all New Zealanders through the Maori renaissance that has
fostered better understanding of the Treaty's ramifications.
This year's OPEN climbs on Mt.Taranaki will be on Saturday January 30th with TAC - Taranaki Alpine Club & with the reserve date of 31st January and with MtEAC - Mt. Egmont Alpine Club - Saturday 6th February & reserve date 7th February.
Thursday 7th of January 2009 at 5.00pm the festival gates are open to the public.
The official opening ceremony is on Friday the 8th on the papakainga at 12 noon.
No Glass, No Pets.
The official closing ceremony will be held on Monday the 11th January on the papakainga at 10.00am.
Enjoy Christmas and a happy safe new year. Thanks for your support during the year.
Clocks go forward one hour.
Clocks will go forward an hour a week earlier than usual - On the last Sunday in September -
And will go back an hour on the first Sunday of April, instead of the third Sunday in March.
New Zealanders will soon be able to enjoy more summer days.
Conservation Week is about celebrating and experiencing
New Zealand’s unique wildlife, natural areas and historic places.
Spring - Koanga.
1 September, Mahuru -
30 November, Whiringa a Nuku.
Springtime is about new beginnings.
Celebrate Māori Language Week July 27th - August 2nd 2009.
The theme for Māori Language Week in 2009 is 'Te Reo i te Hapori - Māori Language in the Community'.
Have a go, Learn some basic phrases and greetings in te reo Māori and practice with your friends, family and neighbours.
Puanga, Matariki celebrates the diversity of life.
It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people.
The pre-dawn rise of Puanga, Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year.
The new moon can be seen for the first time on these dates.
In Taranaki it is called Puanga. For Taranaki, Puanga or Rigel is the star that signifies the beginning of the Maori New Year.
The Winter Solstice is on June 22 at 06:06; this is when the Sun is at its most Northerly point in the sky. At the middle of the day on June 22, it reaches its lowest altitude, from the Northern horizon, for the year. It also means that the Sun rises at its most Northerly point of East and sets at its most Northerly point of West.
Included in the exhibition are 4 vintage C41 Colour Prints printed 1975 from the 'Go Girl' series by Fiona Clark.
The exhibition reflects and commemorates
The Bock Centennial - the marriage of Amy Maud Bock (aka Percy Redwood) to Agnes Ottaway at Nuggets Point in April 1909.
From the 28th March 2009 - "The press release put out by the company yesterday shows us just how big a gap there is in understanding " says, spokesman, David Doorbar.
" We might as well be talking a different language".
This is their Notice of Intent:
Otaraua Hapu wish to advise
that we are occupying the Petrocorp work site on Ngati Maru road for the sole purposes
of protecting the Tikorangi Pa waahi tapu site from sub-surface drilling by Greymouth Petroluem.
Otararau Hapu intends to undertake a peacefull occupation until the issues are dealt with reasonably by Greymouth Petroluem.
Temperatures dropped overnight to 4 degrees.
The autumn weather has arrived.
The mid morning live view has had the seasonal rainbows slowly moving across the landscape.
In association with Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ) presents the SCANZ exhibition – Raranga Tangata – The Weaving Together of People.
In Taranaki - at Puke Ariki, New Plymouth a series of community events will be held that encourage wide participation to
positively reflect and commemorate the signing of the Treaty.
These events will occur from the 2nd - 6th Feb.
On Waitangi Day there will be Waitangi Day Family Ngahau Picnic @ Puke Ariki Landing.
to check the details :
http://www.newplymouthnz.com/LivinginNewPlymouth/CommunityDevelopment/WaitangiDay2009.htm
In Patea, Paepae in the Park.
A music festival in Patea with national and local talent on display.
Solar Circuit Aotearoa New Zealand (SCANZ).
The Research Centre for Interdisciplinary Creativity's major project, is a two week residency for artists, producers, writers, theorists and curators in
New Plymouth, New Zealand from January 26th to February 8th 2009 based at WITT.
Project partners are Creative New Zealand, the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, Puke Ariki integrated library and museum and Shell.
The December solstice will occur at 12:04 (or 12.04pm) Coordinated Universal Time (UTC) on December 21, 2008.
It marks the longest day of the year in terms of daylight hours for those living South of the Tropic of Capricorn - the Southern hemisphere.
It is also known as the winter solstice in the northern hemisphere and marks the day of the year with the least hours of daylight for those living north of the Tropic of Cancer.
The sun is directly overhead on the Tropic of Capricorn in the southern hemisphere during the December solstice.
An international symposium looking at climate change.
The four day event ”Snowchange 2008” is devoted to Indigenous and local peoples discussions around the crucial themes of climate and
ecological changes from their own perspectives.
Wearing a white ribbon is a personal pledge never to commit, condone or remain silent about violence against women.
Ngati Mutunga invites you all - to celebrate the achievments of one of our national treasures Te Rangihiroa - Sir Peter Buck and to celebrtae our people today. This weekend on 22 November- Saturday starting at 9:30 am with Mihi Whakatau - at Urenui Marae, Main North Road, Urenui, North Taranaki.
Spring Skiing this month on the Top Tow.
There is still a great cover on the upper slopes - getting thin on the ridges but still plenty in the valleys. With the top tow extension now running well., As at Sunday 12th October, the top tow is still able to be ridden still from the bottom ramp, with the odd walk across the tussock or mossy ridge to get back, valley skiing to the ramp made for lots of vertical and great skiing/riding.
Heavy rainfall turned a stream into a raging torrent.
A woman was swept to her death while tramping on Mt Taranaki on 7th October.
Diane May Campbell-Hunt of Dunedin, 56, was tramping with her 17-year-old daughter when she was swept away as they tried to cross a stream in Egmont National Park.
Clocks went forward one hour.
It ends on Sunday 5 April 2009 - when 3.00am becomes 2.00am.
Running for the month of September every year, New Zealand Book Month is your chance to celebrate the best of New Zealand writing.
Every September, hundreds of New Zealand writer events are held, enabling New Zealanders to be introduced to new writers and hear old favourites talking about new work.
Conservation Week 2008 is about getting out in your region to Meet the Locals - Tutakitia te Iwi Kainga.
Learn about the natural landscapes, native animals, plant species, people and historical places that are unique to both our region and our country.
Taranaki has its thickest coating of snow in more than 25 years.
The Manganui Ski field have had a fantastic season - great conditions and snow coverage.
The season will last well into October.
It's been very cold.
There was hail on the roadsides like snow this morning at 10.30 am at Inglewood.
The whitebait fishing season opens on the 15 August for all areas of New Zealand, except the West Coast and the Chatham Islands.
On the West Coast the whitebait season is from 1 September to 14 November and on the Chatham Islands it is from 1 December till the end of February.
The whitebait season goes through to the 30 November.
Maori Language Week will be celebrated from 21st - 27 July.
This year’s theme is "Te Reo i te Kainga – "Maori Language in the Home".
Locally a new web site Te Reo o Taranaki has just recently gone online -
to foster the regeneration, use and continued development of Taranaki's unique regional dialect ('Taranaki reo').
www.taranakireo.co.nz
22 June 2008.
From Fiona.
In the last year, 3 family members have died - both my parents -
Mary and Cec and my brother, Dusty (Ross), recently on the 22 nd June - Solstice.
All 3 loved the Mountain view and I often think of them when I log on to the LIVE view.
Here are the words that were sung at Dustys' service.
Whakataka te hau ki te uru
Whakataka te hau ki te tonga
Kia maakinakina ki uta
Kia maataratara ki tai
Kia hii ake ana te atakura
He tio
He huka
He hauhuu
Tihee mouri ora!
Cease the winds from the West
Cease the winds from the South
To breeze mildly over the lands
To breeze mildly over the oceans
To welcome a red tinged dawn with
Crisp, fresh air, a hint of frost and the promise of a
newborn day.
Tihee mouri ora!
In the Eastern Sky -
Matariki - the Pleiades, seven sisters
Taumata-kuku
Tautoru
Puanga - or Rigel, the bright star
Takurua
The Maori new year 'Te tau hou' is marked by the rise of Matariki : the small cluster of stars also known as the Pleiades or the Seven Sisters,
in the Taurus constellation and the sighting of the next new moon.
The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year and the new year is marked at the sighting of the next new moon which occurs during June. It is also referred to as Puanga - with the rising of the star Puanga (Rigel in Orion) which heralds the new year, not Matariki.
The Winter Solstice is on June 21 at 18:46 (6:46pm); this is when the Sun is at its most Northerly point in the sky.
At the middle of the day on June 21, it reaches its lowest altitude, from the Northern horizon, for the year.
During tuesday night and continuing into wednesday we had torrential down pours of rain. The rain guage at Inglewood was again completely full - another 70 mm.
The main Women's Institute banner.
a smaller banner made in 1932 - also on display.
20th April 08 - There was so much fresh snow this morning it is the complete opposite of the drought we have just had. The weather has gone from Summer, Autumn to Winter in only a few weeks.
19th April Saturday at 10.20 am and rainbows - Our first glimpse of fresh snow.
- another 9mm of rain and field mushrooms. Autumn is really here and it has rained.
A large population of giant snails - Ngata, Powelliphanta has been discovered in Egmont National park.
Pilots of light aircraft have joined the growing group of mountain watchers. They check the weather before flying into the region.
Congratulations, Taranaki Vista is the recipient of New Zealand Tourism Online's Top Tourism Site Award! for the week of the 8th October 2007.
Local community panel members open these questions up for the audience to see if we do have ‘Common Ground' to move forward on.
This year it will occur at 3.44am NZDT on Tuesday the 23rd.
The word equinox means "equal night": the duration of the day being equal to that of the night, an event which occurs but twice a year, the one marking the astrological beginning of spring and the other the ending of summer. Equal day/night always occurs a few days on the winter side of both the spring and autumn equinoxes.
A global holiday when individuals, communities, nations and governments highlight efforts to end conflict and promote peace.
Established by U.N. resolution in 1982, "Peace Day" has grown to include millions of people around the world who participate in all kinds of events, large and small.
Emory Douglas, the graphic Artist and Minister of Culture for the Black Panther Party in the USA from 1967, speaks on his life and work.
The new housing will make the image sharper and it will not suffer from condensation on the covering lens.
It has changed to a black and white image - sorry for the interuption - I will endeavour to remedy it tomorrow
Members of the Hapu have occupied the entrance to the Greymouth Petroleum well site since 22 March 2009
to prevent the laying of a pipeline under a major waahi tapu , the Tikorangi Pa.
Puanga, Matariki celebrates the diversity of life.
It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people.
The pre-dawn rise of Matariki can be seen in the last few days of May every year.
The new moon can be seen for the first time on these dates. In Taranaki it is called Puanga.
Otaraua Hapu replaced their main tent with a Portacom on 21st April - with fresh snow covering the mountain and the cold weather the Portacom is necessary.
At the sametime Greymouth Petroluem announced they plan to divert the pipleine and lay it around the waahi tapu site.
Power will be restored tommorrow midday.
On Wednesday we are planning on doing some maintenance.
The live view has been restored. Now when the weather clears we will see how much snow has stayed. We can see the mountain again even if we are living away from her. Thanks to all those who put in such an effort to get it all running again.
The storm has caused some damage. Repairs are under way. The live view will be restored as soon as possible. More heavy weather is forecast.
An endangered native Taranaki plant is being closely watched by the Department of Conservation while it is in flower. DOC has caged nearly 200 Dactylanthus plants in Egmont National Park to prevent attacks from hungry possums.
The Dactylanthus is New Zealand's only completely parasitic flowering plant, depending on host plants like horopito, kamahi and toro for sustenance.
Daylight Saving Ends in New Zealand this Sunday 6 April 2008 at 3:00am when clocks are put back one hour - 3:00am becomes 2:00am.
Taranaki Vista is part of the EXHIBITION at PUKE ARIKI:
"Taranaki Whenua: Life Blood Legacy"
29 February - 22 June 2008
Maintenance is planned for Tuesday 29 January. This is a time to clean the camera and case, and to check the mounting and alignment.
Solstice has passed. The long evenings of summer will continue but the days are past their longest.
The Live view is temporarily off line. We apologise for this. We are working to restore the live view of Mount Taranaki.
Watching dawn lighting up the mountain is becoming a popular alternative to reality TV in England.
