"A lot of expectation has been piled on Te #Huia to achieve both significant increases in patronage and increased farebox #revenue in a short space of time. No such expectations are placed on new #roads when they open, where #uncongested journeys on an empty #road is seen as a sign of success, not failure."

"Te Huia, the regional train between #Hamilton and #Auckland, has been given a one-year life extension. But it needs more bums on seats to ensure it becomes permanent. Read on for more.
Darren Davis
Mar 23, 2026"

https://greaterauckland.substack.com/p/te-huia-what-comes-next

Te Huia - what comes next?

Te Huia, the regional train between Hamilton and Auckland, has been given a one-year life extension. But it needs more bums on seats to ensure it becomes permanent. Read on for more.

Greater Auckland
Word Search Puzzle 732

Word List : #gradal #cebell #alcamine #compadre #cocamama #chimbe #omniform #moodish #linseeds #vyrnwy #peplumed #lulls #equinate #lobuli #tuebor #spue #gliadins #huia

Kara Finance

December 2023 calendar in A4 size for printing. Click (or tap) on photo to open by itself, then save to your device and print from there. I make a new one each month and stick on my fridge. Photo is mine so feel free to redistribute.

Pohutukawa tree, Huia. Aotearoa New Zealand. -36.99896404977294, 174.56743409400983

#calendar #NewZealand #photo #Aotearoa #Huia

Went for a walk out near #Huia this afternoon. A bit of a cold gloomy day for it, but we found some #fungi and a huge carabid #beetle (possibly a Holcaspis sp?)
#insect #spoespondence #Waitākere #NZ
From thieving parrots to boozy pigeons: why New Zealand is obsessed with its native birds

The result of an extraordinary ecological history, many of New Zealand’s birds are highly unusual but all are beloved

The Guardian
Today my friend and I walked the upper #Huia dam (reservoir) walk. Approx 12 km return. One big hill to climb after passing the lower dam, then a slightly dicey tunnel (warning signs for possible rock fall). I find it pretty amazing they built this in the 1920s in such difficult terrain and a remote location.
#Waitākere #NZ