After departing the campground at McLean Falls, we wended our way through the rest of the Catlins, stopping at Matai Falls (which was not nearly as good as McLean Falls), then on to Nugget Point and its iconic lighthouse. I was quite disappointed as the best view is from a privately owned property and thus not accessible to us mere mortals. Still, the terrain is quite impressive and the views were pretty darn good. Back along the shoreline we drove north to Dunedin. I swear, this must be the largest city in area in all of New Zealand. Nearly twenty miles out from the city center you hit the city boundary. It still takes nearly a half hour to get to the center, and this is without traffic! We will explore Dunedin tomorrow, but today was mostly driving and checking out the adjacent beach in St. Kilda, where our not so great campground will be for the next two nights. Thankfully, the art museum and the Speights Brewery are open on Sundays (tomorrow). Nugget Point Light Nugget Point Rocks St. Kilda Beach Nugget Point Catlin Shoreline St. Kilda Country Club Links Catlin Shore Haze Looking Back from Nugget Point Matai Falls

Karl Chitham reflects on the power of Māori mythology that Todd Couper is able to express in his carvings.

At the stern of the waka were taurapa (sternposts), sometimes beautifully carved like these, which are held in the Auckland Museum. The posts were often adorned with feather streamers known as [no-lexicon]puhi[/no-lexicon].

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This 68 page product has an I Spy worksheet for each māori sound. Help your students learn basic nouns and verbs. All the words included come from the 1000 most used words in Children's Māori texts. Get a free downloadable sample HERE Students look at the picture and search for the matching letter sound. For each letter there is a sheet with no clues, a sheet with the list of the words in the picture and an answer sheet Simply Print and Go! No fuss :) Enjoy! Included in the product are the following letters and sounds - note some letters have multiple sheets and 'e' is included with 'a' Āhua, ākonga/ako, ao, eke, awa, anga, aroha, āporo, aihikrimi haki, hākinakina, huruhuru, hēki/hura, harikoa, hū hikoi, hipi, huritau, hoiho, horoi, huna ipu, ika, ihu, ine, iwa, inu kai, kāpia, kāpata, kainga, kakahu, kākano karu, kapu, kau, kapua, kareti, karaka kaukau/kauhoe, keke, kiwi, kete, kiore, koha kūpenga, kōhanga, kuri, kotirro, kura mahere, marama, mano, matimati, manu, matapihi maunga, mokomoko, miraka, moana, moenga Nama, niho, noho, noke, nui Ngeru, naru, ngutu, ngata, ngahere one, oma, otaota, ono pahi, panana, parāoa, paoro, pene, pākete pēpi, poraka (jersey), pi, poraka (frog), piriti, pūngāwerewere, porowhita, putiputi, pōtae, pukapuka, pūrerehua, poaka rā, rau, rākau, rua, rima, riri tūru, tote, tahora, tao, tekau tatau, taringa, tarua, taraka, tama/tamaiti ua, uenuku, uira wira, waea, waewae, waiata, waru, wahine whakaaro, whare, whetu, whutupōro, whānau