Sarah Penwarden



Bird bingo

It’s bird bingo, he said, looking at the sheet. I tried not to beat the ten-year-olds who were also keen. You had to really listen. And there they were. Tūi, playing chase, fighting rivals: blue-black, green glossy, white. Puffed up …

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Crossings

Rangihoua Climb the pa and walk its ridgeback wet kikuyu grass. At the top, spy the land from bays to islands, dips to coves, as hills dissolve to sea. Climb down to Rangihoua and rest under Marsden’s cross. There, the …

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