by waiwebdesign | 24 Oct 2025 | Uncategorised
Whatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it!” Goethe. When asked about the kaupapa / vision for what we are doing here at Ruamāhanga Farm I sometimes say ‘vision is what grows in the footsteps of shared commitment’. In...
by waiwebdesign | 17 Oct 2025 | Uncategorised
Earlier this year, I sat above the wide swirling waters of the Ruamāhanga. I was with a class of year 3 and 4 students from Kahutara primary school in a new storytelling spot for us on Ongaha Farm. The tamariki were beginning their eight month conservation and arts...
by waiwebdesign | 12 Aug 2025 | Uncategorised
Words by Jane Riddiford and photos thanks to Jenny Keate When my sisters, Liz and Lucy and my husband Rod and I first envisaged restoring the wetland that runs through Ruamāhanga Farm it was the three remaining kahikatea that caught our attention. They were barely...
by waiwebdesign | 9 Jul 2025 | Uncategorised
Words by Mary Acton Adams Jane and I walked into the ‘bush’ at Ongaha Farm knowing that soon we would be bringing Mrs Hooper’s year 3 & 4 class from Kahutara School there for a nature drawing session. Ongaha bush is right beside the Ruamahanga river just a few...
by waiwebdesign | 9 Jul 2025 | Uncategorised
Words by Yvonne Riddiford It is quite a while since I wrote my initial blog, which in fact opened a few doors for me as a range of people came across it and made contact in consequence. From what I gather and what I have seen, our native restoration in the wetland and...