Nothing much really has happened over the last few weeks and hence our updates have been rather sparse.

One thing did happen however: Think it really turned spring. The wet weather has subsided, the grass and trees are growing. The ducklings have grown too and learning to fly. Things are blooming and showing fresh juicy green.

And the Tuis come visiting for the harakeke.

View of the valley with fog lingering over the Kaipara river meandering through the valley

Bye Summer, hello Autumn

April 16, 2021 No Comments

Summer went and Easter and Autumn came around. We have been starting to prepare for winter to come.

View across gannet colony with a gannet in the foreground and a large rock in the ocean behind.

Muriwai beach walk

April 1, 2021 No Comments

A walk on our local backyard beach, Muriwai Beach. Home to a gannet colony and lovely black sand with beautiful sunsets across the ocean.

piece of paper with some feathers and ink bottle we used.

Making quills out of duck feathers

February 6, 2021 No Comments

We created quills out of some duck feathers. They have the big advantage that the quill is actually pretty long already. Still not long enough to actually handle them properly though. Shaved some of the vane off and it was much better.

Life is slowing down

December 26, 2020 No Comments

After being rather busy over the last week before Christmas with a film crew on site and the typical “everything needs to be finished by Christmas” work frantic, we are now all truly in holiday mode.

All at Pukeatua Farmstay wishing you a lovely and relaxed time and a Happy New 2021. May it bring prosperity and happiness.

Officially Summer – and how lovely it is

December 2, 2020 No Comments

The first days of summer greeted with a mixed bag of weather. The first day was coldish and still wet with quite some wind. But that all eased down on the second day which turned into a nice, dry and hot summer day featuring blue sky and green grass.