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PAKU VIEWS
ISSUE 4 AUTUMN/WINTER 2012
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Ed Eliot
Exterior feature work including decks, fences and retaining walls.
Entertainment courtyards with exotic options.
Promoting non-toxic, healthier timber choices.
New builds, alterations, additions, sleepouts and sheds.
Basic to extreme landscaping. Consultation and design.
Servicing the Eastern Coromandel.
Qualified licensed Carpenter.
Experience Te Moata for yourself. Enrol in
a retreat, book a stay in one of our cottages
or remote bush huts, or schedule a casual
visit. Enjoy breathtaking views, a walk in the
labyrinth and checking out some of our tracks.
No description does justice to the powerful
presence of nature at Te Moata. Set in 344
hectares of native bush just north of Tairua, this
sanctuary hosts a variety of residential retreats,
community events and workshops. A network
of walking tracks leads to streams, waterfalls,
and beautiful stands of native trees including
ancient Kauri.
For details of upcoming events visit:
Visitors are welcome by arrangement.
Phone Jessie or Dave at 07 868 8798
or emai
A compost toilet is a dry toilet. Each time someone uses the toilet, a trowel full of
compostable material is added on top—leaves, sawdust, wood chips, compost, soil, etc.
This material composts beneath the toilet in a closed chamber and because this is an
aerobic process, there is no smell. Nutrients, minerals and trace elements are captured
in the humanure, which makes great fertilizer for heavy-feeding fruit trees, especially
sub-tropicals like bananas, cherimoyas, babaco or pawpaw. The compost toilets on
Rainbow Valley Farm were vermicast systems and acted like giant worm farms, further
enriching the soil.
Since Joe’s death, Trish has moved on from their farm and set up a village model
of permaculture. She is currently setting up her new home on a quarter-acre village
section, and not surprisingly, the house is an eco-home built from locally sourced
Macrocarpa timber. The position of the house is oriented for passive solar gain with solar
panels and a wood burner with a wetback for heating water. Trish says, “A new edible
landscape around the house is beginning to emerge”.
And Rainbow Valley Farm? Trish assures us that the farm is in good hands with new
owners, Wiki Walker and Cedric Hockey.
Wiki and Cedric now bring their passion and energy to this special land as they develop
their whanau ethos. “The whanau ethos is that beyond being owners of the property, our
responsibility is as kaitiaki (care takers, guardians) and kaingaki (cultivators) of the land.
Our belief is that the ecosystem is governed by natural laws”. The spirit and principles of
the farm enable the whanau to live by this ancient belief.
Ma te whenua ka ora te tangata
Through the land the people will be nourished
Ma te tangata ka ora te whenua
Through people the land will be nourished
“Permaculture offers a radical approach to food production
and urban renewal, water, energy and pollution. It integrates
ecology, landscape, organic gardening, architecture and agro-
forestry in creating a rich and sustainable way of living. It
uses appropriate technology giving high yields for low energy
inputs, achieving a resource of great diversity and stability.
The design principles are equally applicable to both urban and
rural dwellers”
- Bill Mollison, researcher, author, scientist, teacher and
naturalist. Considered to be the ‘Father of Permaculture’.
“We have lived our lives by the assumption that what was good
for us would be good for the world. We have been wrong. We
must change our lives so that it will be possible to live by the
contrary assumption, that what is good for the world will be
good for us. And that requires that we make the effort to know
the world and learn what is good for it.”
- WENDELL BERRY
Learn more:
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The Australasian Permaculture Convergence
takes place in Turangi
11-15, April 2012. A variety of topics will be covered by local and international
presenters. Anyone welcome. Visi
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Permaculture Design Certificate Course.
Trish Allen shares her extensive
wisdom in a 14-day workshop/retreat to be held at Te Moata Retreat Centre,
180 Paul Rd., Tairua. Landscape and environmental designer Daniel Tohill
is co-tutor. Dates: May 11-25. Cost $1500 (includes course, meals, and
accomodation). Register before April 1st and receive a $100 discount. For
info see www.temoata.org or emai
wo optional practical
workshops will be offered on May 26th & 27th.
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Yes we can make a difference – Act locally to change the world.
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or info about the farm, tours and educational
opportunties. Also download a list of 101 things you can do to reduce your
ecological footprint.
Learn to create edible landscapes like this one that is emerging from Trish’s new home.