{"id":5342,"date":"2013-11-18T04:00:03","date_gmt":"2013-11-18T04:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/soundslikewish.wordpress.com\/?p=5342"},"modified":"2018-08-28T07:23:54","modified_gmt":"2018-08-27T21:23:54","slug":"the-colours-of-new-zealand-south-north-island","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/soundslikewish.org\/?p=5342","title":{"rendered":"The colours of New Zealand – South North Island!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week I posted photos from our time in Auckland<\/a>, and on the volcanic plateau<\/a>, and in Hawke’s Bay<\/a> on the North Island of New Zealand.<\/p>\n

GREEN, AGAIN<\/p>\n

Our last stop was at a small bay north of the capital, Wellington.\u00a0 To say it was windy would be an understatement.\u00a0 It blew cold constant gusts that drew my hair up and out and often over my face at the moment I wanted to click a photo.\u00a0 Many of my shots were taken blind, like a lucky dip photographer.\u00a0 Take a look at these trees on the beach;\u00a0 there’s no way they can grow vertically!<\/p>\n

\"Windblown<\/a>
Windblown trees, Titahi Bay, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

But before we got to this little place, Titahi Bay, we drove through an interesting town established by Scandinavian immigrants in the 19th century: Norsewood.<\/p>\n

BURGUNDY<\/p>\n

In Norsewood, we went through this little museum which must have had the same architect as the Literary Institute in Gundaroo<\/a>, NSW!\u00a0 The museum is painted a rich burgundy red, a contrast to the snow-white houses we saw everywhere in New Zealand.\u00a0 By the verandah grows a great bunch of deep pink Watsonias, another flower that appeared in all sorts of gardens in NZ, even neglected ones.<\/p>\n

\"Museum,<\/a>
Museum, Norsewood, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

IRIDESCENT BLUE-GREEN<\/p>\n

While the iconic blue-green-purple P\u0101<\/span>ua<\/span> shells are found on most beaches and are available in all the souvenir shops, I found something else, less common but equally iridescent and resembling the P\u0101ua shells in their colours – this turn-of-the-century wedding dress on display in Norsewood museum.\u00a0 Clearly, the Scandinavian migrants had to improvise and make do in this strange new land;\u00a0 both the bodice and skirt are decorated with beetle casings:<\/p>\n

\"Wedding<\/a>
Beetle casings adorning a wedding dress, Norsewood museum, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

MULTICOLOUR<\/p>\n

At each end of the curving beach of Titahi Bay, there are colourful boat sheds sitting on one of the flattest pieces of ground in this region: the beach.\u00a0 See the hill behind them?\u00a0 In this area near Wellington every house is built on a hill, all with someone else looking down on them (except those at the very top!).<\/p>\n

\"Boat<\/a>
Boat sheds, Titahi Bay, NZ<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

And that’s it for our colourful New Zealand holiday.\u00a0 There were many other places we visited along the way, but I’ve enjoyed leaving some hints of this country’s beauty here on this blog.\u00a0 You have to go there!\u00a0 And I have to go back!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Last week I posted photos from our time in Auckland, and on the volcanic plateau, and in Hawke’s Bay on the North Island of New Zealand. GREEN, AGAIN Our last stop was at a small bay north of the capital, Wellington.\u00a0 To say it was windy would be an understatement.\u00a0 It blew cold constant gusts … <\/p>\n

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