Tree man from Aotearoa
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‘He rangi tā Matawhāiti, he rangi tā Matawhānui'
'The person with a narrow vision sees a narrow horizon, the person with a wide vision sees a wide horizon."
Technocrat - and tree stuff.
Banner: Urtica ferox - IYKYK
'The person with a narrow vision sees a narrow horizon, the person with a wide vision sees a wide horizon."
Technocrat - and tree stuff.
Banner: Urtica ferox - IYKYK
From my morning walk. The Pohutukawa (Metrosiderous excela) have just started flowering here so we have 6 weeks of gorgeous redness to look forward to:
November 13, 2025 at 7:40 PM
From my morning walk. The Pohutukawa (Metrosiderous excela) have just started flowering here so we have 6 weeks of gorgeous redness to look forward to:
Remember that time Fox was more on point than the NYT:
November 12, 2025 at 11:16 PM
Remember that time Fox was more on point than the NYT:
If you go to a hardware shop looking for a gardening trowel, bypass the garden section and head to the cement corner for one of these.
The angles and build quality mean you can comfortably use it all day and it never breaks.
This one's followed me around since the early '80s
The angles and build quality mean you can comfortably use it all day and it never breaks.
This one's followed me around since the early '80s
November 2, 2025 at 6:32 PM
If you go to a hardware shop looking for a gardening trowel, bypass the garden section and head to the cement corner for one of these.
The angles and build quality mean you can comfortably use it all day and it never breaks.
This one's followed me around since the early '80s
The angles and build quality mean you can comfortably use it all day and it never breaks.
This one's followed me around since the early '80s
October 13, 2025 at 8:05 PM
This from the late and lamented Nigel Latta of Aotearoa:
October 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
This from the late and lamented Nigel Latta of Aotearoa:
A few of Kirk's 'centrist' sayings. Perhaps Mr Church isn't as centrist as he thinks:
September 19, 2025 at 3:59 AM
A few of Kirk's 'centrist' sayings. Perhaps Mr Church isn't as centrist as he thinks:
So much for this:
September 18, 2025 at 1:36 AM
So much for this:
The Kowhai are flowering and the Tui are HAPPY! Sound up.
September 15, 2025 at 4:12 AM
The Kowhai are flowering and the Tui are HAPPY! Sound up.
Whew! I'll try and leave that with you. I'm going to 'stick' with this sort of thing
September 15, 2025 at 3:08 AM
Whew! I'll try and leave that with you. I'm going to 'stick' with this sort of thing
Dipping into what my father's being fed. Good grief.
September 15, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Dipping into what my father's being fed. Good grief.
Some Kirk ideas:
September 11, 2025 at 6:32 AM
Some Kirk ideas:
Here is a cricket photo of players at Pukearuhe, Aotearoa in 1866.
3 years later this was the site of a massacre.
3 years later this was the site of a massacre.
August 2, 2025 at 8:36 PM
Here is a cricket photo of players at Pukearuhe, Aotearoa in 1866.
3 years later this was the site of a massacre.
3 years later this was the site of a massacre.
That looks like fun! But it don't translate to Aotearoa...
July 29, 2025 at 5:11 AM
That looks like fun! But it don't translate to Aotearoa...
And this week, the Tui are back:
(Volume up)
(Volume up)
July 27, 2025 at 2:37 AM
And this week, the Tui are back:
(Volume up)
(Volume up)
Dude horrors abound. We contain multitudes.
Here in Aotearoa, the Magnolia are flowering and that means the Kowhai aren't far behind and then come the Dogwoods.
And they last until Christmas. Then we'll see.
Here in Aotearoa, the Magnolia are flowering and that means the Kowhai aren't far behind and then come the Dogwoods.
And they last until Christmas. Then we'll see.
July 27, 2025 at 2:33 AM
Dude horrors abound. We contain multitudes.
Here in Aotearoa, the Magnolia are flowering and that means the Kowhai aren't far behind and then come the Dogwoods.
And they last until Christmas. Then we'll see.
Here in Aotearoa, the Magnolia are flowering and that means the Kowhai aren't far behind and then come the Dogwoods.
And they last until Christmas. Then we'll see.
What could be more Aotearoa than a Tui singing a waiata from a ti kouka:
July 20, 2025 at 5:06 AM
What could be more Aotearoa than a Tui singing a waiata from a ti kouka:
'The Secretary' is hard at work today:
July 2, 2025 at 11:44 PM
'The Secretary' is hard at work today:
One of my favorite pictures of a favourite city...
July 2, 2025 at 7:21 PM
One of my favorite pictures of a favourite city...
I think it might've been this work of Aotearoa genius. Probably not in this guy's context, but good luck AI-ing it:
June 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
I think it might've been this work of Aotearoa genius. Probably not in this guy's context, but good luck AI-ing it:
Tree content:
Anyone can vote!
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
And for your added pleasure, last year's winner:
Anyone can vote!
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
And for your added pleasure, last year's winner:
June 10, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Tree content:
Anyone can vote!
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
And for your added pleasure, last year's winner:
Anyone can vote!
www.treeoftheyear.co.nz
And for your added pleasure, last year's winner:
Appears Fox digital are highlighting this but not sure whose side they're on:
June 6, 2025 at 2:47 AM
Appears Fox digital are highlighting this but not sure whose side they're on: