Last winter I attended the inaugural, for NZ, Sustainable Summits Conference, at Mt Cook Aoraki Village and did several posts on same. It was one of the most interesting multi-day events I’ve ever attended. For it’s duration my friend Carla Braun-Elwert filmmaker editor artist, made videos, and she has now published them as below. Click… Continue reading Videos of last year’s Sustainable Summits Conference, at Mt Cook
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Kākā like men with beards
The South Island kākā are Nationally Vulnerable and of significant concern, especially when you see how they behave with bearded men. Their amusing antics and raucousness led Māori to refer to them as chattering and gossiping – now we can add grooming: Video courtesy of Brian Miller ~ https://lifelogs.co.nz
A year in the life of the Matukituki Charitable Trust operating in Mt Aspiring National Park
The Matukituki Charitable Trust which operates in Mt Aspiring National Park has just released a newsletter which is reproduced below, [unless otherwise indicated photos and italicised text are by Donald Lousley who btw is proud to have been involved trapping, monitoring and making photos towards assisting with the great results as outlined below]: Kia Ora… Continue reading A year in the life of the Matukituki Charitable Trust operating in Mt Aspiring National Park
The many moods of Lake Wanaka
Sunrise on Lake Wanaka from the mouth of Bullock Creek near the town center and dinosaur park children’s playground A summer “chop” on Lake Wanaka from the prevailing nor west winds in summer. The edge of Ruby Island to the right June 2017 – Black Peak in the back ground of this Lake Wanaka photo,… Continue reading The many moods of Lake Wanaka
Winter Weather Temperature Inversions in southern New Zealand
Temperature inversion is a reversal of the normal distribution of temperature near the ground, in which a layer of colder air is overlain by a layer of warmer air. Whereas normally air temperature usually decreases as you go higher. There are four types: ground, turbulence, subsidence, and frontal, but in the case of large areas… Continue reading Winter Weather Temperature Inversions in southern New Zealand