http://www.viewauckland.co.nz/motutapu_island_auckland_index.html
What looks like a peaceful haven has had more than its fair share of excitement.
Motutapu Island has witnessed eruptions, aggressive farming, countless visitors, and animals introduced from far-flung lands.
When Rangitoto Island emerged from the sea 600-odd years ago—blasting lava and ash—Maori frantically paddled away from the adjacent Motutapu Island.
They’d been living on this island for generations. In fact, it was one of the earliest Maori settlement sites in New Zealand.
For Motutaupo’s iwi, Rangitoto’s eruption had its pros and cons. It destroyed their villages and gardens, but it also made the soil much more fertile and it wasn’t difficult to resettle there soon
Friday 28 March 2008
Minestrone Soup Recipe
– From the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health
Serves four
olive or canola oil spray
1 onion, chopped
1 potato, cubed
1 carrot, cubed
400g can tomatoes in juice, chopped
1 pkt MAGGI Rich Tomato Soup Mix
2 tsp MAGGI Garlic Stock Powder
3 1/2 cups water
1 courgette, cubed
1 cup chopped green beans
1/2 cup dried pasta
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Spray a large saucepan with oil and heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes.
Add potato, carrot, tomatoes, soup mix, stock powder and water. Bring to boil, stirring. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add courgette, green beans and pasta. Simmer uncovered for a further 15 minutes or until pasta is cooked, stirring occasionally. Stir in chopped parsley and serve with bread.
Food Tip:
For a low fuss minestrone option, try using pre-cut frozen vegetables (such as beans, peas and corn mixes) to save preparation time.
Serves four
olive or canola oil spray
1 onion, chopped
1 potato, cubed
1 carrot, cubed
400g can tomatoes in juice, chopped
1 pkt MAGGI Rich Tomato Soup Mix
2 tsp MAGGI Garlic Stock Powder
3 1/2 cups water
1 courgette, cubed
1 cup chopped green beans
1/2 cup dried pasta
2 tbsp chopped fresh parsley
Spray a large saucepan with oil and heat. Add onion and cook for 2 minutes.
Add potato, carrot, tomatoes, soup mix, stock powder and water. Bring to boil, stirring. Cover and simmer for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add courgette, green beans and pasta. Simmer uncovered for a further 15 minutes or until pasta is cooked, stirring occasionally. Stir in chopped parsley and serve with bread.
Food Tip:
For a low fuss minestrone option, try using pre-cut frozen vegetables (such as beans, peas and corn mixes) to save preparation time.
Lamb Shanks Recipe –
From the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health
Serves 4
Olive or canola oil spray
4 lamb shanks, trimmed of fat
10 baby pickling onions
250g button mushrooms
1 pkt MAGGI Cook in the Pot Beef Bourguignon Recipe Mix
1/2 cup red wine or water
1/4 cup water
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp MAGGI Garlic Stock Powder
400g can tomatoes in juice, chopped
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and heat. Add lamb shanks and cook, turning for 3-4 minutes. Add onions and cook for a further 2-3 minutes or until browned.
Place lamb shanks, onions and mushrooms in a large casserole dish.
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over lamb shanks. Cover casserole.
Cook in preheated oven for 1 1/2 – 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Serve with mashed potato and steamed green beans.
Food Tip:
For creamy mashed potatoes, cook and drain potatoes and mash with reduced fat milk and a knob of margarine. Add chopped fresh herbs or a little parmesan if desired. Beat with a fork.
Serves 4
Olive or canola oil spray
4 lamb shanks, trimmed of fat
10 baby pickling onions
250g button mushrooms
1 pkt MAGGI Cook in the Pot Beef Bourguignon Recipe Mix
1/2 cup red wine or water
1/4 cup water
1 tsp dried thyme
2 tbsp tomato paste
1 tsp MAGGI Garlic Stock Powder
400g can tomatoes in juice, chopped
Preheat oven to 180 degrees C. Spray a large non-stick frying pan with oil and heat. Add lamb shanks and cook, turning for 3-4 minutes. Add onions and cook for a further 2-3 minutes or until browned.
Place lamb shanks, onions and mushrooms in a large casserole dish.
Combine remaining ingredients and pour over lamb shanks. Cover casserole.
Cook in preheated oven for 1 1/2 – 2 hours, stirring occasionally.
Serve with mashed potato and steamed green beans.
Food Tip:
For creamy mashed potatoes, cook and drain potatoes and mash with reduced fat milk and a knob of margarine. Add chopped fresh herbs or a little parmesan if desired. Beat with a fork.
Passionfruit Cheesecake Recipe
– From the Millennium Institute of Sport and Health
Serves 10
125g vanilla wine biscuits, crushed
75g margarine, melted
2 tbsp gelatine
1/4 cup hot water
375g light cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
375mL can CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup orange juice
passionfruit pulp to serve
Combine biscuit crumbs and margarine, mix well. Press into base of 22cm round springform tin, refrigerate until firm.
Dissolve gelatine in hot water, cool.
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in evaporated milk and vanilla essence.
Stir orange juice into gelatine mixture, beat into cheesecake mixture. Pour mixture over crumb crust, refrigerate until set.
Drizzle over passionfruit pulp before serving.
Food Tip:
This cheesecake is delicious served with any seasonal fresh fruit or berries.
Serves 10
125g vanilla wine biscuits, crushed
75g margarine, melted
2 tbsp gelatine
1/4 cup hot water
375g light cream cheese
1/2 cup sugar
375mL can CARNATION Light & Creamy Evaporated Milk
1 tsp vanilla essence
1/4 cup orange juice
passionfruit pulp to serve
Combine biscuit crumbs and margarine, mix well. Press into base of 22cm round springform tin, refrigerate until firm.
Dissolve gelatine in hot water, cool.
Beat cream cheese and sugar until smooth. Beat in evaporated milk and vanilla essence.
Stir orange juice into gelatine mixture, beat into cheesecake mixture. Pour mixture over crumb crust, refrigerate until set.
Drizzle over passionfruit pulp before serving.
Food Tip:
This cheesecake is delicious served with any seasonal fresh fruit or berries.
Thursday 27 March 2008
Maori film festival to go on the road
The Maori Film Festival is going on the road for the first time, visiting Wellington, Auckland and Taumarunui after the main event in Wairoa.
For its third running, the main festival in Wairoa will be held during Queen's Birthday weekend in June, tying in with the Matariki festival, which celebrates the Maori New Year and harvest.
Selections from the main festival will then be toured to the other centres, and overseas film-makers will be invited to those screenings.
"The theme of this year's festival is 'Te Karanga O Papatuanuku, Te Waiata O Te Whenua - The Land Sings, The Earth Cries Out'," festival director Leo Koziol said yesterday.
"As we face a world imperilled by ecological decline and the uncertain impacts of climate change, we find it is our indigenous voices that are emerging as beacons of hope for the future of our planet."
Films on this theme include Barry Barclay's documentary The Neglected Miracle, about plant genetics; Herdswoman, set among the native people of Lapland; and Blowin' in the Wind, about the effects of atomic testing on Australian Aborigines.
The festival will also honour the contributions of Maori film pioneers Witarina Harris, Don Selwyn and Barclay, who died in February.
It will open with the classic New Zealand comedy Came a Hot Friday, starring Selwyn and Billy T James. A Mexican-Maori themed celebration will accompany this screening.
In Taumarunui, a special showcase of Selwyn's films will be presented to local audiences to celebrate the life of their hometown film-maker, who died last year
The Dominion Post | Thursday, 27 March 2008
For its third running, the main festival in Wairoa will be held during Queen's Birthday weekend in June, tying in with the Matariki festival, which celebrates the Maori New Year and harvest.
Selections from the main festival will then be toured to the other centres, and overseas film-makers will be invited to those screenings.
"The theme of this year's festival is 'Te Karanga O Papatuanuku, Te Waiata O Te Whenua - The Land Sings, The Earth Cries Out'," festival director Leo Koziol said yesterday.
"As we face a world imperilled by ecological decline and the uncertain impacts of climate change, we find it is our indigenous voices that are emerging as beacons of hope for the future of our planet."
Films on this theme include Barry Barclay's documentary The Neglected Miracle, about plant genetics; Herdswoman, set among the native people of Lapland; and Blowin' in the Wind, about the effects of atomic testing on Australian Aborigines.
The festival will also honour the contributions of Maori film pioneers Witarina Harris, Don Selwyn and Barclay, who died in February.
It will open with the classic New Zealand comedy Came a Hot Friday, starring Selwyn and Billy T James. A Mexican-Maori themed celebration will accompany this screening.
In Taumarunui, a special showcase of Selwyn's films will be presented to local audiences to celebrate the life of their hometown film-maker, who died last year
The Dominion Post | Thursday, 27 March 2008
It's natural for children to love nature
North Harbour News | Friday, 21 March 2008
Remember those long, lazy summer days of your youth when you’d lie on the grass patiently watching a spider weave its web?
Those times of watching nature are often forgotten in the bustle of school, homework, after-school activities, television and computer games.
Children often miss out on the chance to build their own love affair with nature.
"My dad used to get me to recite all the names of the plants and trees he grew at home," local Kiwi Conservation Club parent Linda Darbyshire says.
"And he had big gardens. It was a matter of pride to him, that he could always remember their Latin and common names, and he wanted me to be able to do the same.
"He loved nature and just naturally instilled that into my sisters and brother and me. He would turn over old logs on our wood-pile and show me the centipedes and slaters quickly scuttling away.
"He found a nest of hedgehogs under our hedge and we watched each day as the naked, pink little babies’ soft spines grew. He used to leave a saucer of milk out for the mamma hedgehog and she’d always come snuffling out to drink it.
"I cherish those memories, especially now that he’s gone. I’ve brought my children up to love nature too, and KCC is a brilliant way to nourish that enjoyment."
Hibiscus Coast KCC coordinator Richard Chambers is keen to see the local group grow.
If people want to go along to see what it’s like, they need a gold coin donation for each child. To join KCC costs $12 a year, or $20 for a family. The membership fee supports KCC and Forest & Bird and a subscription to the KCC bi-monthly children’s magazine.
KCC meets once a month, every second Friday.
Coming up on Friday, April 11, at 6.30pm, is a night walk, meeting at the Waterfall Valley carpark. Torches and warm clothes are needed. Discover glow-worms, fish and other night-loving critters.
On Sunday, May 25, is the Shakespear Regional Park tree planting day. KCC has an area to plant out. A sausage sizzle follows. Times are to be advised.
On Friday, June 13, at 4pm, the club meets at the Woolshed. Peacocks and other introduced birds are the topic of study. Bring binoculars and any bird identification books.
Remember those long, lazy summer days of your youth when you’d lie on the grass patiently watching a spider weave its web?
Those times of watching nature are often forgotten in the bustle of school, homework, after-school activities, television and computer games.
Children often miss out on the chance to build their own love affair with nature.
"My dad used to get me to recite all the names of the plants and trees he grew at home," local Kiwi Conservation Club parent Linda Darbyshire says.
"And he had big gardens. It was a matter of pride to him, that he could always remember their Latin and common names, and he wanted me to be able to do the same.
"He loved nature and just naturally instilled that into my sisters and brother and me. He would turn over old logs on our wood-pile and show me the centipedes and slaters quickly scuttling away.
"He found a nest of hedgehogs under our hedge and we watched each day as the naked, pink little babies’ soft spines grew. He used to leave a saucer of milk out for the mamma hedgehog and she’d always come snuffling out to drink it.
"I cherish those memories, especially now that he’s gone. I’ve brought my children up to love nature too, and KCC is a brilliant way to nourish that enjoyment."
Hibiscus Coast KCC coordinator Richard Chambers is keen to see the local group grow.
If people want to go along to see what it’s like, they need a gold coin donation for each child. To join KCC costs $12 a year, or $20 for a family. The membership fee supports KCC and Forest & Bird and a subscription to the KCC bi-monthly children’s magazine.
KCC meets once a month, every second Friday.
Coming up on Friday, April 11, at 6.30pm, is a night walk, meeting at the Waterfall Valley carpark. Torches and warm clothes are needed. Discover glow-worms, fish and other night-loving critters.
On Sunday, May 25, is the Shakespear Regional Park tree planting day. KCC has an area to plant out. A sausage sizzle follows. Times are to be advised.
On Friday, June 13, at 4pm, the club meets at the Woolshed. Peacocks and other introduced birds are the topic of study. Bring binoculars and any bird identification books.
Crowds line up for icecreams
More than 1200 ice-creams were scooped in three hours at Ollies in Royal Oak on Saturday.
The icecream parlour was taking part in a Tip Top 10 cent cone promotion.
Owner Colin Haines says customers were queuing down the street for a cheap treat.
"It was hard work for three hours," Mr Haines says.
Ten other icecream parlours took part in the national promotion.
Central Leader | Friday, 21 March 2008
The icecream parlour was taking part in a Tip Top 10 cent cone promotion.
Owner Colin Haines says customers were queuing down the street for a cheap treat.
"It was hard work for three hours," Mr Haines says.
Ten other icecream parlours took part in the national promotion.
Central Leader | Friday, 21 March 2008
Wednesday 5 March 2008
Saturday 1 March 2008
Maori Overseas
" More than 60,000 NZ-born Maori now live in Australia."
In 2001 there were an estimated 62 thousand New Zealand-born Maori living in Australia, and another 41 thousand in Australia with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
Elsewhere in the world, there were about another 18 thousand New Zealand-born Maori living overseas, (England 8000, Canada 1000, the USA 1000), and 12 thousand with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
So in 2001 the total number of NZ-born Maori living overseas was about 80 thousand, and there were another 53 thousand overseas-born Maori with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
Therefore the total number with NZ Maori ancestory living overseas was about 133 thousand.
And of the 550,000 Maori living in New Zealand in 2001, about 5,000 had been born overseas.
A Statistics New Zealand report says:
"Like New Zealanders generally, the Maori population is mobile. The highest number of Maori movers are those aged in their 20s.
" There are now about 4000 Australian-born Maori children in New Zealand."
The 1996 NZ Census recorded 9,600 Maori who had returned to New Zealand from overseas within the last five years. Most of these were aged under 40, and two-thirds had been living in Australia."
"Nearly 2,000 of those Maori enumerated in the 1996 Census who had been overseas in 1991 were children, and over 3,500 were in the 25-34 age group. This suggests that most were returning for family or economic reasons."
In 2001 there were an estimated 62 thousand New Zealand-born Maori living in Australia, and another 41 thousand in Australia with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
Elsewhere in the world, there were about another 18 thousand New Zealand-born Maori living overseas, (England 8000, Canada 1000, the USA 1000), and 12 thousand with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
So in 2001 the total number of NZ-born Maori living overseas was about 80 thousand, and there were another 53 thousand overseas-born Maori with at least one New Zealand-born Maori parent.
Therefore the total number with NZ Maori ancestory living overseas was about 133 thousand.
And of the 550,000 Maori living in New Zealand in 2001, about 5,000 had been born overseas.
A Statistics New Zealand report says:
"Like New Zealanders generally, the Maori population is mobile. The highest number of Maori movers are those aged in their 20s.
" There are now about 4000 Australian-born Maori children in New Zealand."
The 1996 NZ Census recorded 9,600 Maori who had returned to New Zealand from overseas within the last five years. Most of these were aged under 40, and two-thirds had been living in Australia."
"Nearly 2,000 of those Maori enumerated in the 1996 Census who had been overseas in 1991 were children, and over 3,500 were in the 25-34 age group. This suggests that most were returning for family or economic reasons."
Prince Tui Teka
Teka was from Ruatahuna in the Ureweras, and had a musical childhood. His mother played mouth organ and clarinet, and his father was a saxophonist with a bush band. After learning guitar and saxophone at woolshed dances with teenage bands, Teka moved to Sydney and began a six-year stand with the Maori Volcanics showband on the Japan and Pacific circuit. The 'Prince' title was adopted when Teka joined the Maori Troubadours: "In those days Elvis was the king of rock'n'roll so we thought up New Zealand's prince of entertainment."
In the 1970s Teka performed solo in Sydney and southeast Asian clubs, his extravagant stage wardrobe including rhinestone jackets and embroidered shirts cut for his one hundred and forty kilogram frame. His cabaret set was enlivened with downhome jokes: "Nat King Cole? - I'm his half-brother Charcoal." His over-sized choreography added to the fun, as Teka found later when he dieted down forty kilograms on medical advice: "I had no stomach to wiggle."
Missy joined the show after their marriage in 1976. Teka would appear on up to ten instruments- "Middle of the road," he said, "a couple reggae numbers, a couple country and western, rock'n'roll impressions and playing different instruments."
By 1981 he had returned to Tokomaru Bay "I began to feel homesick" and became a household name during the next year with E Ipo, and two albums with Teka originals including Real Love and Oh Mum. He appeared in films, including Came A Hot Friday, and Savage Islands in which he featured as a cannibal chief.
Gordon Spittle - Counting the Beat
In the 1970s Teka performed solo in Sydney and southeast Asian clubs, his extravagant stage wardrobe including rhinestone jackets and embroidered shirts cut for his one hundred and forty kilogram frame. His cabaret set was enlivened with downhome jokes: "Nat King Cole? - I'm his half-brother Charcoal." His over-sized choreography added to the fun, as Teka found later when he dieted down forty kilograms on medical advice: "I had no stomach to wiggle."
Missy joined the show after their marriage in 1976. Teka would appear on up to ten instruments- "Middle of the road," he said, "a couple reggae numbers, a couple country and western, rock'n'roll impressions and playing different instruments."
By 1981 he had returned to Tokomaru Bay "I began to feel homesick" and became a household name during the next year with E Ipo, and two albums with Teka originals including Real Love and Oh Mum. He appeared in films, including Came A Hot Friday, and Savage Islands in which he featured as a cannibal chief.
Gordon Spittle - Counting the Beat
Farewell Missy Teka
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/PA0802/S00502.htm
Farewell Missy Teka
Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:35 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government
“Missy Teka was a talented musician in her own right, a wonderful person and a good friend. I am truly saddened by her passing” Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia said today.
Missy Teka, the widow of the late Prince Tui Teka, passed away yesterday.
“Missy was internationally renowned for her continuous support of her late husband Prince Tui Teka, but within her home of Tokomaru Bay and amongst Ngati Porou whanau she was seen as much much more.”
“She always had a lovely disposition and was a pleasure to work with and be around. She was a talented modern musician, but could also hold her own on stage performing kapa haka.”
“Her loss will be felt by many and my thoughts are with her friends and whanau during this very sad time.”
Farewell Missy Teka
Friday, 29 February 2008, 4:35 pm
Press Release: New Zealand Government
“Missy Teka was a talented musician in her own right, a wonderful person and a good friend. I am truly saddened by her passing” Minister of Maori Affairs, Parekura Horomia said today.
Missy Teka, the widow of the late Prince Tui Teka, passed away yesterday.
“Missy was internationally renowned for her continuous support of her late husband Prince Tui Teka, but within her home of Tokomaru Bay and amongst Ngati Porou whanau she was seen as much much more.”
“She always had a lovely disposition and was a pleasure to work with and be around. She was a talented modern musician, but could also hold her own on stage performing kapa haka.”
“Her loss will be felt by many and my thoughts are with her friends and whanau during this very sad time.”
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