by Cimino | 11 Feb 2021 | Coastal path
Hour for Sunday 30 May Te Muri Crossing high tea One hour can make a world of difference. Arrive at the stream mouth 15 minutes ahead of the turn of a spring-high-tide high, and a leisurely sidestroke, beach towel aloft, will quickly have even the far-from-fit across...
by Cimino | 8 Feb 2021 | Coastal path, Regatta 2021
Better-not-bigger on beauteous display Mahurangi Regatta’s better-not-bigger mantra is intoned in the full knowledge that with better comes bigger. The Mahurangi Regatta is so sublimely and uniquely attractive, its growth is entirely inevitable. Mahurangi Action, as...
by Cimino | 9 Dec 2020 | Coastal path, Meetings and celebrations, Te Muri Crossing
Reporting on not just the latest in a litany of Mahurangi actions Chart is not just the latest in a long line of Mahurangi actions. Nor is it the first initiative that might have regional significance, given that that distinction surely goes to the Mahurangi Regatta,...
by Cimino | 2 Dec 2020 | Coastal path, Te Muri Crossing
Wicked coastal-trail progress thanks to Sir Peter Sir Peter was reluctant, he said, to use the term wicked problem, lest it imply insolvability. He did allow that addressing climate was very difficult, otherwise it would already have been. Speaking at the Te Muri...
by Cimino | 9 Nov 2020 | Coastal path, Te Muri Crossing
Crossing splendidly preserves Te Muri sense of isolation Walk along Te Muri Beach on a sunny Sunday, and on up the gentle hillside to the saddle overlooking Wenderholm, and the contrast can be surreal. Outside of the summer school holidays, and when the tide slides...
by Cimino | 5 Oct 2020 | Coastal path, Regional parks
Regional parks review round-1 feedback deadline extended Round one of Auckland Council’s 10-year regional parks management plan review began 1 September. It was to end next Monday afternoon, close of play, but has been extended to 26 October. The 12 October date...