Background photo, detail of a patterned bag, with artist release
Flax weaving: patterned bag and mat (with artist property release)
Flax weaving closeup with weaver’s hands - papakirango pattern (with artist property release)
New Zealand flax weaving fashion: handmade bag in red and orange (photo with artist release)
Small lake with kuta reeds and access for kayaking or other water sports, northwest of Waipapa
View of the national museum building from the water
Entrance to the long beach at Waipapakauri in the Far North
Nyxetes bidens, also papapa ihu or thorny weevil - endemic bug from New Zealand on a lemonwood leaf
Native and endemic Maoriblatta novaeseelandiae, or black stink cockroaches
Also papapa ihu or thorny weevil - endemic to New Zealand and with those _qt_dangerous_qt_ spikes one of the cutest bugs around!