Day: July 13, 2009

arapawa

More of the beautiful sunsets we enjoy on the Kapiti  coast .   In the photo with the golfer on the beach, taken from Paraparaumu beach, the South island is clearly visible on my maximum zoom. Apapawa Island is the…

Arapawa

Arapawa , my Maori place  names book tells me, should correctly be  Arapaoa  with two possible translations. The most probable is Ara  [  meaning  Pathway  ]  and  paoa  [Usually  smoke  or  possibly mist .] This is taken as looking at…

arapawa

Hi  Daffnetters, Still  rather quiet on daffnet ;  –  an excuse  to show a little more of our beautiful country  —  with daffodil associations .   Some of the first double daffs that I ever saw were the  [ new…