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More on Kiwiburn: The Green Fairy

Published on March 11, 2007

I feel the need to pay homage to our Green Fairy theme camp as we pulled off something quite amazing at Kiwiburn which exceeded all of our expectations. From previous posts, you may have gleaned that we worked non-stop in January getting our theme camp ready for the festival. The official description on the Kiwiburn […]


Destination: Kiwiburn, A Taste of Utopia

Published on February 17, 2007

We had the pleasure of meeting and friending a young man at Kiwiburn named Brady. I had actually seen him around at the Convergence Festival in January, but never had the opportunity to meet him. He’s an amazing young man, wise and quite poetic. He scribbled a poem about his thoughts on […]


Destination: Kiwiburn, Whakamaru Domain, North Island, NZ, Feb 6 – 12, 2007

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Post Mortem: We are in Taupo now, several days after the Kiwiburn event, catching up on much needed sleep, talking about and revisiting our experiences at Kiwiburn, having our own little decompression. We were five yesterday: HiDive, Ingrid, Brady, Bruce & myself, hanging out in Taupo, soaking in the spa, sharing a pizza and a […]


Destination: Karamea, West Coast, South Island, NZ, Dec 12 - 19, 2006

Published on December 23, 2006

We just spent the week in Karamea. Wow!
Kathy and I were at times quite close to putting an offer in on a house. About 20 acres, 2 bedroom house, very cute and funky and tidy, 2 tunnel houses, a barn, a stream, photovoltaic panels, water wheel power generation, solar hot water, native bush, a […]


Destination: Castle Hill, Canterbury, NZ

Published on November 28, 2006

About a week ago we decided it was time to get out of the city and into nature and so, with friends Anne & Scott, we went on a Sunday outing to Castle Hill. The morning wasn’t looking so good, with overcast skies and drizzles, but we were ready for a […]