How is it that there can be places which are completely overwhelming, and totally calming at the same time? Recently, Mum and I hiked down the verdant Hollyford Valley. This gem…
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Coming up with practical ways to get more quality time outdoors either with your kids, your friends, your partner, or by yourself is a challenge well worth tackling. There’s a heck…
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NZ Conservation week is coming up this month, offering plenty of ways to foster a strong conservation ethic in our kids. Why is it important to get children involved in conservation? We…
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There’s something awesome about the way that children look at art. They don’t have any pre-conceived ideas about the ways things ‘should’ be, as we often do. Children just take things…
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It’s mid Spring here in NZ. This is the time of year we start to dream of summer adventures – where are we going to go? What are we going to…
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Staring up into the sky is one of the best time-wasters I know of. Don’t laugh. I love star gazing. My son and I get a kick out of looking for…
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Ah, the ocean. What is it that is so calming about the sea? The small one and I spend as much time as we can next to it, on it, in…
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Last weekend I was very fortunate to attend New Zealand’s 6th annual Nature Education Network national conference – ‘The Natural Phenomena’. With a vision of ’empowering you to bring the wonder…
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We all have those days. And sometimes, they’re weeks. You’re in a funk. You’re in a hole. You’re just not feeling quite right about life and it is proving difficult to…
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Take your coffee break outdoors – when was the last time that you sat outside with a hot drink and nothing else? No iPad to scroll through emails. No book, magazine, or…