// fossicking //

Treasure hunting at Owenga Beach, Rēkohu (Chatham Island)

What to do when the ******* is gone // Popshot Romance Issue

"What to do when the ******* is gone" is in the latest issue (The Romance Issue) of Popshot Magazine: The Illustrated Magazine of New Writing with beautiful illustrations by Michael Parkin.

// Kiwi Diary 2018 //

A few of my photographs in the 2018 Kiwi Diary.   Courtesy of Rēkohu (Chatham Island).

You can purchase a copy via Etsy x

// Port Hutt //

Port Hutt

I take my Aunty to see the shipwrecks at Port Hutt

When we close the truck doors, small birds fly away from the top of a caravan without wheels

There’s three of them, I say as we drive down towards the coast

One lies next to the wharf; its flaking pale blue exterior betrays the rot.

The other, further down the beach, is a meeting spot for birds.

The third adorns the tired shore across the bay.

Look, hon, she says, after some time sweeping her hands across the detritus. 

She is turning a piece of paua shell in her fingers.

A bird flies over our heads.

You could never replicate those colours, she is saying, never reproduce them in any kind of art form.

But all I can see is how much her hands look like mine.

// Lost and Found //

Inspired by Megan (at The Scent of Water) to take these foraged pieces from their natural surroundings and experiment a little.  

// Admiral Garden, Rekohu //

Nga mihi tino nui, Lois and whanau.  This place is something special.