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Dedicated to Zara aged 5 today
Kinsa Hays
  • Nov 19, 2020
  • 1 min

Dedicated to Zara aged 5 today

Yep, it's a special birthday and I had the privilege of reading the book I've written for 3-6 year olds to Zara's daycare friends right...
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Book Launch: Three Little Wax-eyes
Kinsa Hays
  • Nov 11, 2020
  • 1 min

Book Launch: Three Little Wax-eyes

Three Little Wax-eyes is dedicated to Zara."My book," she says.
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The secretive native bird living on the edge of extinction
Kinsa Hays
  • Feb 7, 2020
  • 4 min

The secretive native bird living on the edge of extinction

The secretive native bird living on the edge of distinction, the bittern or matuku. Can you spot it in the photos?
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Launching a book into the world
Kinsa Hays
  • Jan 16, 2020
  • 1 min

Launching a book into the world

It's a big deal sending your baby out into the world. It's exciting and scary and expensive. Wiremu WEka Treks the Alps is my third book.
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NEW YEAR CONNECTIONS
Kinsa Hays
  • Jan 5, 2020
  • 1 min

NEW YEAR CONNECTIONS

I've been teaching grandson Alex the art and science of growing flowers and vegetables. He's proud of his first harvest.
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Simple delights
Kinsa Hays
  • Dec 30, 2019
  • 2 min

Simple delights

My first ‘adventure’ alone with my four-year old grandchild Zara to the local shops where, wincing, I bought an extra-large gift for myself
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Footprints
Kinsa Hays
  • Dec 18, 2019
  • 3 min

Footprints

Recently I launched my new children’s book Wiremu Weka Treks the Alps in the Tauranga Art Society rooms. Being an artist as well as a...
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No ordinary sculptor: The man who makes wood come to life
Kinsa Hays
  • Aug 18, 2019
  • 1 min

No ordinary sculptor: The man who makes wood come to life

This story is from: North & South Magazine – NOTED In a small part of the Bay of Plenty works a man who can make satin and lace from...
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My New Home
Kinsa Hays
  • Aug 17, 2019
  • 1 min

My New Home

I’ve moved from a cottage on a farm in Katikati to a brick refurbished 1961-design home in Central Tauranga. Quite a change for someone...
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Fonterra failing us and out of step
Kinsa Hays
  • Nov 6, 2018
  • 1 min

Fonterra failing us and out of step

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Today in our local Farmers Weekly paper November 5, 2018 the first para says ‘Fonterra achieved a positive...
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My environmental poems
Kinsa Hays
  • Nov 2, 2018
  • 1 min

My environmental poems

Beach Rhythms at Mount Maunganui at 5pm The way ranks of clouds saunter across the sky The way sand ripples reflect dark shadows onto...
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River with a legal voice – the Wanganui/Whanganui River
Kinsa Hays
  • Apr 30, 2017
  • 2 min

River with a legal voice – the Wanganui/Whanganui River

The Whanganui River is about to become a legal entity in its own right. Te Awa Tupua is an environmental settlement recognising the...
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Whale Island in Bay of Plenty
Kinsa Hays
  • Jan 9, 2017
  • 2 min

Whale Island in Bay of Plenty

It looked like a humpback whale to both the Maori and Captain James Cook, who charted New Zealand for the first time in the far-back...
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A Walk on the Wild Side – sort of
Kinsa Hays
  • Dec 11, 2016
  • 2 min

A Walk on the Wild Side – sort of

We volunteers met at the kohanga, the hut where the supplies are kept for the pest eradication project for the Aongatete Forest...
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Two Good Keen Girls
Kinsa Hays
  • Dec 10, 2016
  • 2 min

Two Good Keen Girls

It was supposed to be a rat-station baiting  day in the forest, but a previous check by volunteers found only two rats had been caught!...
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Reflections Post – on the elections for local government
Kinsa Hays
  • Oct 12, 2016
  • 2 min

Reflections Post – on the elections for local government

Reflections in Lake Brunner, Westland Noel at the Permablitz, Papamoa Rock Gardens Congratulations to all those people who stood up for...
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Te Aroha – the mountain of love and a surprise Edwardian town in the Waikato
Kinsa Hays
  • Aug 27, 2016
  • 3 min

Te Aroha – the mountain of love and a surprise Edwardian town in the Waikato

The old Te Aroha bath house nestled beneath the mountain. Now it’s a museum. Te Aroha snuggles beneath the moutain bearing the same name...
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Doing the Duckboard Walk for Whitebait / Inanga
Kinsa Hays
  • Mar 28, 2016
  • 2 min

Doing the Duckboard Walk for Whitebait / Inanga

Doing the duckboard walk In the eastern Bay of Plenty a small river runs beside the road towards the estuary, creating a swampy area...
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Wilderness as therapy
Kinsa Hays
  • Feb 22, 2016
  • 3 min

Wilderness as therapy

Have you ever wished to get away from it all, get into nature and escape into solitude? Probably, and I’m there now for two weeks,...
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Being an Enviro-warrior – Noel and his e-cycle
Kinsa Hays
  • Jan 24, 2016
  • 3 min

Being an Enviro-warrior – Noel and his e-cycle

The Green Wizard in casual mode The Green Wizard of Tauranga and I were having a cup of coffee when this bright idea came to mind: “What...
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