http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress A musing on New Zealand, Kiwiana and it's re discovery from far out in space. Fri, 04 Nov 2011 07:47:43 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Six60 - Don't Forget Your Roots [Official Video]I love this video, it so captures what it means to me to be a kiwi, a New Zealander. We are unique and long may we stay that way, with all the colour that has made us us. Tangata ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/dont-forget-your-roots-my-friend/ 100% Pure NZ Full...........This reminds me, and not that I have even forgotten, why I love my country, and why to me she is the soil I was birthed in and continue to grow in. There is nothing like 'Home'. http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/100-pure-new-zealand/ Pig Hunt New Zealand. Good shot of boar attacking the dog (part1) http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/pig-hunt-new-zealand/ Pig Hunting is a pastime and hobby of many Kiwis. Hokianga is in Northland, Te Tai Tokerau the land of some of the author of this blogs ancestors, who participated in this sport. Pig Hunting NZ 100% Grunt Hokianga Hog hunters http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/pig-hunting-in-the-hokianga-northland-new-zealand/ Hokitika River Whitebaiting Nov 2009 http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/hokitika-whitebaiting/ Tarawera River Mouth : Bay of Plenty : New ZealandOn the day in late October 2011 that I took this photo, it was whitebait season, ( info on NZ whitebaiting here) and there was a rain storm coming in.I was heading home north after time with my family and as ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/tarawera-river-mouth/ Matata Straits : Bay of Plenty New ZealandThe Matata Straits are a long section of road that last for 10 minutes at 100kms and hour. They are between high sandstone cliffs and the sea. Beside the road runs the railway line linking the foresty industries of Whakatane and Kauwerau with ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/matata-straits/ Hoha (pronounced hor ha) means something or someone is stink. Stink being boring, or you are annoyed with them or they you. It is a feeling or state of being or mind. hoha, bored, wearied.eg. I feel hoha with Sally because she is going to the party and I am ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/hoha/ The marae, a marae is the place where the tangata whenua, people of the land have there family roots and whare nui (meeting house). Tangata whenua is a loose term meaning 'aboriginal' or original inhabitants. This has been called 'native' in colonial or anthropological terms. In New Zealand it means ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/marae/ Waikare Inlet : Bay of Islands New Zealand I have many weekends told myself that I will just get in the car and drive and go somewhere new, up some side road I have always passed by going from  A - B. Often it never happens for one very compelling reason ... http://kiwivagabond.com/wordpress/waikare-inlet-bay-of-islands/