Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants I don't know about you, but I have found various people throughout my life to be inspirational. This inspiration has lead me to investigate and research all sorts of unexpected turns and paths, most of which were interesting, but not applicable to my current situation at the time. Others [...]
Are We Silent About The Things That Matter? 100% Pure, one of the most successful tourism marketing campaigns ever. Yes, the New Zealand tourism industry has basked in the glow of this campaign and reaped the benefits. But a question we must ask ourselves, how much are we doing, that is, what the tourism industry [...]
The River Valley Path to Being Regenerative The Influence of Waves It is impossible to talk about being a regenerative company, especially one that operates in a rural area, without acknowledging the impact of agriculture, and the effect that has on the land, and communities. Agricultural development underwent a number of waves (depending on location). [...]
What Does A Healthy Rural Landscape Look Like? My last blog ended with the question, "Are we just being romantics?" Is our desire to have our grandchildren inherit a healthy biodiverse landscape, and be a part of a diverse, fun, creative rural community just a romantic dream? The Second Law of Thermodynamics The second law [...]
Can We Actually Make Change? At River Valley we like to talk about being regenerative, but is River Valley really a catalyst for regeneration in our rural community? (Dictionary meaning of "Catalyst" - A person or thing that precipitates an event. "Regeneration" - The action or process of regenerating or being regenerated. "Regenerate" - Bring [...]
Desolation, Rugged Beauty, a Potential Train Crash. The Headwaters of the Rangitikei River Isolation, quiet, nature, wilderness, no people, crystal clear water, monster trout, eels, bird song (especially the beautiful notes of the Korimako/Bell Bird), rugged scenery, spectacular rock formations, tight technical rapids, no cell phone coverage. All these words, and so many more [...]
Anyone For Lettuce? Dapples of early morning dew roll down the leaves of lettuce, onion, beetroot and broccoli. A few flower plants give a splash of colour (and also attract pollinating insects), while amongst the leaves of the strawberry plants, bright red berries hide from busy hands, and hungrier mouths. Early morning in one of [...]
Life Returns The neighbours look over the fence with bemusement and shake their heads. They wonder what on earth we are doing, and why shouldn't they wonder. The grass is long in our paddocks, in some places almost going to seed, while the horse herd tramples as much grass in each electric fenced daily break [...]
It Is No Simple Business Naming a Dory In November 2015, boat builders Brad Dimock and Andy Hutchinson built our two beautiful, wooden, Briggs style river dories. For the first 12 months of their existence, these two dories were essentially nameless (though they did have working names, Zsa Zsa and Eva after the Gabor sisters). [...]
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