Kinsa Hays

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...

Three Little Wax-eyes is dedicated to Zara."My book," she says.

The secretive native bird living on the edge of distinction, the bittern or matuku. Can you spot it in the photos?

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.

I've been teaching grandson Alex the art and science of growing flowers and vegetables. He's proud of his first harvest.

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

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...

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...

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...

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Today in our local Farmers Weekly paper November 5, 2018 the first para says ‘Fonterra achieved a positive...

Beach Rhythms at Mount Maunganui at 5pm The way ranks of clouds saunter across the sky The way sand ripples reflect dark shadows onto...

The Whanganui River is about to become a legal entity in its own right. Te Awa Tupua is an environmental settlement recognising the...

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...

We volunteers met at the kohanga, the hut where the supplies are kept for the pest eradication project for the Aongatete Forest...

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!...

Reflections in Lake Brunner, Westland Noel at the Permablitz, Papamoa Rock Gardens Congratulations to all those people who stood up for...

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...

Doing the duckboard walk In the eastern Bay of Plenty a small river runs beside the road towards the estuary, creating a swampy area...

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,...

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...