Hokio beach sunset

Summer is coming #hokio #summer #olives #trees

Warm spring afternoon #hokio #garden #spring

Moody #hokio #hokiobeach #water #stream #morningwalk #horowhenua #aotearoanz

Hokio garden walkthrough

Hokio spring flowers

Hokio beach 21C

Ice plants in bloom 🌸

Hōkio dune views

Hōkio garden spring clean

First season of lemons at Hokio

Hōkio lemons 🍋 - first real good season.

Wreck of the Hydrabad

Exposed elements of the wreck of the Hydrabad Waitarere Beach

Maritime Archeaology Association of NZ investigation

1956 photographs of the wreck

Bill visits the wreck of the Hydrabad

We went for a walk up the Hokio / Waitarere beach in search of the whale burial site, and couldn’t see anything, but visited the site of the Hydrabad wreck instead:

See Wreck of the Hydrabad

Snow on the Tararua Range

Snow on the mountains, visible from sunny Hōkio Beach

Whale washes up dead on Hokio Beach

A large whale washed up dead on Hōkio Beach. Muaūpoko Iwi, as mana whenua, were responsible for ensuring the whale’s remains were treated according to tikanga. It is believed to have been Pygmy Blue Whale.

4 Sep 2020: Muaūpoko Iwi observe tikanga as dead whale washes up on Hōkio Beach

7 Sep 2020: Whale remains at Hōkio Beach too decomposed to find cause of death

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Hokio winter garden

Hōkio winter garden

The Palms

#hokio #garden #palms #winter #sun

Kids & Alpaca's at the beach

#sun #beach #kids #animals #hokio #hokiobeach #aotearoa

Winter in Paradise

#hokio #garden #hokiowinter #palms #peaceful

The Irises are back!!

 #hokio #hokiosummer #garden #endless #flowers