Life in Wellington, New Zealand, photos, and dogs

For several reasons I've decided to close this blog and incorporate existing and future posts into my main blog, KnowIT.

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Green turtles by the shore

Between organised tours on the Big Island I spent one day hanging out in Kailua Kona. After a lazy morning I drove along the waterfront, ending up at Kahalu’u Bay, once a sacred and life-giving place, now a popular destination for snorkelling, surfing and lying on the beach. I ate an ice cream and watched [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Real life 13 December 2008 0 comments

The disappearing birds

We often hear about numerous ‘endangered’ birds, but as human population and endeavour increases even previously common birds are in decline, according to the BBC NEWS: The populations of the world’s common birds are declining as a result of continued habitat loss, a global assessment has warned. …The State of the World’s Birds 2008 report, [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Save the planet 23 September 2008 0 comments

Sanctuary on stoat alert

The Karori Sanctuary advised today that they’ve had a security breach, after a sighting of either a stoat or weasel at the Sanctuary. But look at what they did: they installed 180 traps and tracking tunnels. That’s a lot of traps. The first thing we needed to ascertain was what we were up against. So [...]

Read the full article ⍾ Wellington & NZ 21 February 2008 0 comments