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22 June 2018 Taranaki probably the NZ volcano most at risk of large eruption in next 50 years
The shortest day 21 June is also Winter solstice 2018 in the Southern Hemisphere will be at 10:07 PM.
June 7th is listed as the day that Matariki sets and July 6 - 9 as the rising, which is when you can see Matariki just above the horizon before the sun comes up.
25 May 2018 There were 575 Lightning strikes recorded across the Taranaki region in the space of 24 hours.
The club will be in contact with all of those who were registered for this event.
The longest night is June 22/23 and the shortest day is June 21.
You are welcome to attend any day or all the days.
The longest daylight hours - December 21 and the shortest night is December 21/22.
Enjoy the Summer.
https://givealittle.co.nz/org/puretaranaki
100% Pure Taranaki Society are committed to our vision of creating an organic Maunga Taranaki / Egmont National Park, and believe people power is the best way to achieve this.
We providing training for people interested in manual pest control and run trap lines to control pest species as we train our "apprentices".
Please help us to purchase more traps, hire full time training staff and share our vision with the community.
there are earthquakes every minute or two with a fair swag of big ones. Even some of them being felt here, which is unnerving, but worse in Wellington and worse again in Marlborough and Kaikoura.
"We did it," says Sarah Buist, "Friends of Waitara River raised the money the Taranaki Regional Council demanded from three of our members. It took a combination of a Give-A-Little page and local fundraising but we had wonderful support."
Matariki mornings : on Tuesday 21st and Wednesday 22nd June. Matariki will be rising.
Winter Solstice is 20 June - it is the day with the shortest daylight hours of the year.
The 2016 festival will take place from Friday 10th to Sunday 12th June at Parihaka (South Taranaki).
The Taranaki Arts Trail provides the public with the unique opportunity to meet with over 70 artists in their studio/workshops.
http://www.taranakiartstrail.co.nz/
Day and night are equal.
From now on the nights become longer than the days until the Winter Solstice on 21 June.
Thank you all for your support
http://seaweek.org.nz/nzaee-seaweek-2016-ocean-champion-winner-announced/
improving whitebait habitat in Waitara - 11:00 am to 2:00 pm. Meet at the end of Brookes Terrace Waitara.
Parihaka Anniversary day -
http://www.govettbrewster.com/events/experience/parihaka-anniversary-day?date=2015-11-05
Te Wiki o te Reo Māori: 27 July - 2 August 2015.
Kaupapa: Whāngaihia ngā Mātua, helping parents to pass te reo on to their tamariki.
Numerous groups and coalitions around the world will be mobilising on this day to draw attention to the problems of climate change.
Waitara's riverside pohutukawa trees are considered taonga by a Bay of Plenty hapu, Ngai Te Hapu Incorporated of Motiti Island.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/67557295/Taonga-claim-in-row-on-trees
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/67452241/Trio-told-to-pay-for-river-hearing
CALLING ALL TREE SAVERS!
With the people-powered success of #SaveOurKauri and the #Pōhutukawa6, it's time to stand up for communities and their trees in... other parts of the country as well. Help SAVE the Waitara Riverside Pohutukawa
TAKE ACTION: actionstation.org.nz/save_our_pohutukawa_waitara
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/67223654/Waitaras-pohutukawa-protest-fight TRC's engineer decides to rip down the signs of peaceful protest.
We start daylight saving again this Sunday.
Celebrate the Maori new year with us.
We are putting on a free event that will feature korero, gardening bees, wananga, kapa haka, bands, kids zone, sports and more. Please come join us!
For the full programme and more info see:
www.puanga.info
"Kia mataara! Tiakina te au o te moana, he kōpīpī tōna".
http://seaweek.org.nz/events/taranaki/
Waitangi in Waitara - Friends of Waitara River - Ngaa hoa piri o te Muriwai o Waitara gather from noon at Waitara marine park to acknowlegde Taranaki Waitangi Day Celebrations.
Please sign and share with as many networks as possible.
http://www.petitions24.com/save_mount_taranaki
and Weld Rd beach near Oakura.
Come support the flotilla and national campaign to stop deep sea oil drilling. Gather midday Saturday 23rd November on any North Island west coast beach to show your support
to "stop deep sea oil".
Facebook Event: http://tiny.cc/aufx6w
Meet at Ngamotu Beach in New Plymouth
and Weld Rd beach near Oakura.
Facebook Event: http://tiny.cc/8ufx6w
http://oilfreeseasflotilla.org.nz/
and placards to tell people what you think.
The hikoi will stop each night at kura or marae. Everyone is welcome. Karakia 6am at Parihaka Pa, 249 Mid Parihaka Rd before heading off on Sunday, 24th November.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/news/9376383/Orange-river-blamed-on-iron-deposits
http://parihaka.com
This message has details of commemorative events in Christchurch (on 4 and 5 November) and in Nelson, New Plymouth and Auckland on 5 November. - it is available on
Facebook at
https://www.facebook.com/notes/peace-movement-aotearoa/parihaka-day-commemorations-4-and-5-november-2013/589317944448912
Their Christmas flowering is a joy each year.
http://www.stuff.co.nz/taranaki-daily-news/opinion/9310542/Plea-for-pohutukawa
Area: the River Banks
Assembly point: at Toohill Park, By the Paddling Club and Manukorihi Park
http://www.knzbcleanupweek.co.nz/clean-up-events/cleanup/27
Here is the official Conservation Week website
http://www.doc.govt.nz/conservation-week-home/
Friends of Waitara River Inc. and local school students will plant the Mangahinau / Waitara river area on Tuesday 10th September - from 10.30. all welcome to help. We have over 700 trees to plant.
Solstice also is mid winter for us in the Southern hemisphere. We celebrate 6 years of viewing our Taranaki Mountain from this web site.
Over the last 6 years we have had 311,206 visitors to the site. The site has been viewed from 132 countries with 92 languages.
Thank you for your support.
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 this year 10th June 2013. Matariki is the Māori name for the star cluster known as the Pleiades. The brightest stars are quite easy to see with the unaided eye in Greek legend bear the names of Seven Sisters, the daughters of Atlas and Pleone, Alcyone, Merope, Asterops, Maia, Taygeta, Calaeno and Electra.
The reserve day will be Sunday February 24th.
This from the clubs web site - Registrations are now full for the Open Climb.This year the club has had a huge response to the Open Climb.
If you arrive at Tahurangi Lodge with your paper registrations this will slow down the process of placing you in parties while we process them. It will really speed things up if you get those details back to us.
Check out:
http://www.taranakialpineclub.co.nz/pages/open.html
Last week I stood at the drilling rig of Todd Energy Mangahewa C site.The worker told me that they had drilled down 5,000 metres and then they would be ‘fracking'. I looked across at mount Taranaki and the elevation I could see was 2,500 metres. This is the reality of what is happening under our Mountain and also what is happening in the place I live.
http://jury.co.nz/2013/02/02/saving-tikorangi-what-could-councils-do/
Lots to interest the whole whanau/family.
Music, Historical Journey, Korero/Forum.
Come and enjoy Waitara and the River.
The Friends of Waitara River are hosting Eugenie Sage - Green Party MP, as she kicks of her 2013 Dirty River Tour.
A flotilla will journey down the river from Mamaku at 1.30 pm to the river mouth.
This is a day dedicated to the Waitara River, and celebrating it as a community.
It is also World wetlands day.
Since late-October small earthquakes have been occurring about 5 km beneath the summit area of Ruapehu, but these may not be directly related to the high temperatures beneath Crater Lake as the earthquakes are much deeper.
A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring the image of the Sun for a viewer on Earth. A total solar eclipse occurs when the Moon's apparent diameter is larger than the Sun, blocking all direct sunlight, turning day into darkness. Totality occurs in a narrow path across the surface of the Earth, while a partial solar eclipse will be visible over a region thousands of kilometres wide.
Tongariro is a complex of multiple volcanic cones constructed over a period of 275,000 years. There have been five reported eruptions from the Te Māri craters between 1855 and 1897 and these have since been dormant.
http://www.geonet.org.nz/volcano/activity/tongariro/
is the theme for Māori Language Week, which means to cherish the language. We encourage you, no matter who you are, where you come from, or what you do, to find a way to express how you can use, honour, speak and show your love for the language of our country.
Over the last 5 years we have had 266,4519 visitors to the site. The site has been viewed from many countries with 78 languages. The usual viewing time on the site is an average of 1 minute.
Thank you for your support.
The time to celebrate the Maori new year. Matariki is our Aotearoa Pacific New Year. It is also the time of the shortest day and longest night in our southern hemisphere. Each year around June, the stars of Matariki and Puanga signal the end of one year and the start of the next. 'Puanga' known as Rigel appears in the north eastern horizon in late May or early June. Some Iwi recognize and celebrate a different cluster of stars called Puanga or Puaka.
Matariki, Puanga or Puaka are generally celebrated during the months of June and July.
Common principles apply to all celebrations whether they are Matariki, Puanga or Puaka.
Puanga, Matariki celebrates the diversity of life.
It's a celebration of culture, language, spirit and people.
Astronomers call this sort of close full moon a perigee full moon. The word perigee describes the moon's closest point to Earth for a given month.
At perigee, the moon lies only 356,955 kilometers (221,802 miles) away. Later this month, on May 19, the moon will swing out to apogee - its farthest point for the month
- at 406,448 kilometers (252,555 miles) distant.
Perigee full moons bring the highest (and lowest) tides of all.
The mornings of May 5 and 6, 2012 are probably best for meteor-watching.
Sunday, 5th Feb & Monday 6th Feb
Waitara Marine Outfall Park.
Lots to interest the whole whanau.
Music -Historical Journey -Waka ama
Workshops -Korero/Forum
Open climbs on Mt Taranaki will live on thanks to
the Taranaki's alpine clubs - TAC and MtEAC and the Department of Conservation - D.O.C.
The clubs charge a fee to cover costs such as medics, radios, refreshments and 45 club members to accompany climbers.
Toitu Te Whenua - leave the land undisturbed.
Contact D.O.C.
Or
The Taranaki Alpine Club, the climb on the 28th January with reserve date 29th January 2011
Bookings are essential and can be made at Kiwi Outdoors Phone: 06 758 4152
Email : kiwioutdoorcentre@xtra.co.nz
http://www.taranakialpineclub.co.nz/openclimb.htm
http://www.taranakialpineclub.co.nz
Or
The Mt. Egmont Alpine Club - for the climb on Saturday 4th February.. Registration forms are now available from both Hawera and Stratford iSites and online. Participant numbers will be limited.
http://www.mtegmontalpineclub.org.nz/openclimbs.html
The summit is a culturally sensitive area to Maori. People refer to the mountain as an ancestor.
The top of the mountain is the head.
The iwi ask climbers not to climb onto the "summit Rock". Please respect their wishes.
Take nothing but photos leave nothing but footprints.
Over the last 4 years we have had 213,417 visitors to the site. The site has been viewed from many countries with 78 languages. The usual viewing time on the site is an average of 1 minute. Thank you all for your support.
The longest night is June 21/22 and the shortest day is June 21.
On the 7 March 2011 there was a first light coating of snow.
The first heavy fall for 2010 was on 03 May. There was a light coating on the 25th March 2010.
In 2009, the first snowfall came in April.
In 2009, the first snowfall came in April.
The day was first officially commemorated in 1934. 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.
A large dust cloud formed at the base of Mt Taranaki, after massive erosion on the mountain. Locals noticed huge
billowing clouds of dust, evidence of the amount of debris in motion, entering the nearby Hangatahua/Stony river.
Millions of tones of debris have fallen into the River below and has effectively made the river a dead river with no trout being able to survive the onslaught.
The huge slips - which have formed giant canyons - are visible from the city of New Plymouth.
The slips occured in the Hangatahua/Stony River/Okato/Oakura area. In the web camera view it is on the right hand side of the mountain. Scientists are always monitoring the erosion on Mt Taranaki and the mountain has been described as very unstable.
3rd November, Public Meeting - 6 p.m. Govett Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth.
check for the tour itinerary at
check out the time lapses on this site -
http://www.taranakivista.co.nz/cart/index.php?main_page=timelapse_movie_list&m=11102010
http://www.taranakiblowout.org.
Taranaki Blowout is a community exercise based on a fictional but fact-based eruption scenario on Mount Taranaki.
http://www.taranakivista.co.nz/cart/index.php?main_page=timelapse_movie_list&m=22092010
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.
After 7 years of operating, we are doing some maintenance - sorry for the inconvenience - we will back online soon.
The polls close off on October 12. Democracy is fragile. Exercise your right and vote.
Daylight saving ends 6 April 2014 when clocks go back one hour. 3:00 AM becomes 2:00 AM.
We are so excited with Puanga - our Maori new year - coming to Parihaka this weekend. Below you will find the program of the two-day festival. A concert, featuring superstar Mihirangi, will take place alongside workshops, documentary screenings and Pa tours on Saturday 8th June. Below is the FULL program. You can download a PDF of the program here:
http://www.puanga.info/program
This festival is FREE
Today I was visited by 2 members of the Waitara police. One of the policemen issued me with a trespass notice from Paul Gerard Bourke. Paul is land owner of the Todd energy Mangahewa C well site. I took a series of images of him on the site, his farmland. I had his permission when I took the images.
To serve a Trespass notice is a total hostile act.
The images and trespass notice can be viewed at
the transit will be visible from New Zealand, although the final part, just before Venus moves off the Sun, will occur with the Sun very low. This part is only likely to be visible from places with a very low horizon to the west. The time of mid transit is just before 1.30 pm, so near the time the Sun is highest, but even so, being close to
mid-winter, the Sun will be rather low, especially from the south of the country.
From
Royal Astronomical Society of New Zealan.
http://www.rasnz.org.nz/2012Transit/Venus2012.html
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.