June in Thames and Hauraki - and still (looking like) Summer

New pics on our blog... Strange, somehow I can't get around to writing again... things seem too complex, too many viewpoints, and my thoughts being still a construction site of opinions and attitudes... what I can say is that all of our kids are beautifullly on their ways and so are we... Elena has found really good friends here and I am well at work, so far. All the kids have their friends as well, that means all manage to socialise (which is one of the most important things). School is very different, it's more a working together than lectures but even our older kids get used to it.
In short: This society is very liberal and egalitarian as a whole and consists of several parallel societies which do not mix too much. We have certain contact to Pakeha (Caucasian Race), Maori and Chinese, which are quite different from each other. Each of them contribute in a different way and it is interesting to see them in their way of interpreting the same world in a different way!


Me at the GP Conference in Rotorua



Our House



Our House, in the left lower corner, seen from the hill behind Thames



Bird Hide at Miranda Bird Coast



Hangi at a Maori Festival (Maori New Year) with Luis' Class



Clara and her friends, prepared for a grand and long anticipated ball




Mangroves at Miranda Bird Coast (at the opposite coast of the Firth of Thames)



Thames from above (from a walk up the hill behind Thames)

Bautism of Luis

June in Thames and Hauraki - and still Summer