Te ataahua o te huarere wera...e kaukau ana mātou kei ro moana...te pai o ngā barbeques me ngā pikiniki i ro te pāka! Te painga hoki o 2019!

Ānei ngā mihi ki te whānau whānui o Nōku te Ao.

The weather is hotter! Maybe not the 35 everyday the over-enthusiastic weather man predicted but it is still kicking into a humid hot summer.

We have got a full-on year ahead of ourselves! All sorts of exciting things are being planned...

Thanks to Te Pūtahitanga, Nōku te Ao has two grants to help our whānau grow and develop.

He mihi whakanuia ki ngā pononga o Te Pā o Rākaihautū i whakapotae i te wiki o mua.

I just had to share a picture of my new whānau member - his name is Naki and he is 3 and a half months old. He has doubled in size since we got him which make me think I may have bought a hoiho, not a kurī! His name is Ngāi Tahu dialect for cat, and he is a German Shepherd. You may, when I can't find someone to mind him, occasionally see him with me.