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Anthropomorphize: that’s when humans make a rock or a stapler or a cat or a spider do people things like talk or dance (a dancing stapler??) or wear shoes or write words in webs. We love...
Ride North Extras
‘Do I look like a pack mule to you?’
pop-up tent sleeping bag map pocket knife torch water bottle folding bucket cans of food pocket money oats peppermints Those were some of the things on Folly’s list. What...
Imagine a country
Picture three islands, nice and green, plenty of animals. Now take away all the land mammals (no, leave the bats) and re-forest just about every bit of land. What do you get? ...
Rolling eels
Okay, so maybe ōrea (longfin eels, Anguilla dieffenbachii) aren’t kitten-cute, but show me a cat that can swim 2,000 kilometres! In Ride North that’s how far Nui goes from Aotearoa...
Forest pharmacy
What did Kiri make that excellent poultice for Folly’s bruise with? Maybe kawakawa [Piper excelsum]. Piper means pepper in Latin, and the leaves do have a bit of zing. They’re often...
