#Te Urewera

[inkymink]

A friend on the trail? Near Āniwaniwa Falls, Te Urewera, Aotearoa. 11 Oct 2022.

[tiend]

I went and looked it up, and...it used to be real. Now it isn't. I was remembering Te Uruwera, but the correct orthography (ie, less European and more Tūhoe) is Te Urewera. A few places have had their names changed, and I didn't know about this one and ran my mouth off because of the lols.

Yes, there is a place in Aotearoa New Zealand called The Burnt Penis. Also it has legal personhood and owns itself. Which is kinda awesome.

fun fact uru got him this poncho

[sojourneronearth]

After the Tiriti training I've had more appreciation to the hurts&wrongs that need to be restored&reconciled. Many lives were taken, many many injustices conducted, many trusts betrayed.

Maori language is really quite precious. It nearly became extinct..

The spirituality of the Maori can be respected, but to enforce the same on others to embrace. It is a different matter

The legal personhood of Whanganui river..in 2017. Te Urewera park in 2014. Mt Taranaki in 2018. Essentially it's still another human speaking entity behind the rivers..It is odd. How do they know what the river/thing wants?

[hajti-fghajnejk]

Aniwaniwa Falls,  Te Urewera National Park,  Aotearoa 2023

[mindfulcuppa]

Lake Waikaremoana Great Walk, 2024

4 days in the forest of green trunks, whispers from Te Urewera, 44 kilometres of footsteps, huts, possums, and and every one with a loving renewal.

[olowan-waphiya]

https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210928-te-urewera-new-zealands-living-rainforest

In a world-first law, one of the world's most remote rainforests has been passed back to its Indigenous owners and granted the same legal status as people.

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LAND BACK!!

[lilymaidofgallifrey]

Some photos from my recent hike at Lake Waikaremoana. It was an awesome trip, even though it rained for an entire day and I complained a lot :) 

It’s important to acknowledge that Te Urewera is the homeland of Tūhoe, who are its  tanata whenua (host) and kaitiaki (guardians). 

[pappito]

Háccóval az van, hogy sok helyen, hogy nem lehet sehol máshol menni, csak a patakmederben, úgyhogy a track követi a folyót/folyókat, viszont azok meg folyton változnak, attól függ, hogy mennyi eső esik meg eltorlaszolja-e őket földcsuszamlás, kidőlt fa, ilyesmi.

Ezért az ösvény csak megyen, aztán amikor találkozik a patakmederrel, akkor átmegy rajta, vagy benne és ezt elég sokszor csinálja. (a kis térképrészleten, a gps track alapján van vagy 11) Az öt nap alatt kb. kétszáz river crossing jött szembe, a piciktől, ahol simán átléped az egész patakot, a combközépig érőig, ahol már nem annyira akarsz felborulni, hátadon a zsákoddal. A többsége azért boka és térd közötti mélységű volt, szerencsére elég száraz volt az idő. A derékig érő víz kábé az elméleti maximum, amit vészhelyzetben még meg lehet kockáztatni, minden ennél mélyebb víz már big no-no. Hideg, erős a sodrása, pikpakk meg tud halni így az ember.

Ilyenkor természetesen mindig jót kuncog az ember a mindenféle vibram meg goretex meg ígyvízálló-úgyvízálló csodabakancsokon, ezek remek dolgok, viszont sokkal lassabban száradnak meg, mint bármi más, a víz meg azokba is pont úgy bemegy. 

Az első crossing a nehéz, amikor a száraz zokniba és bakancsba jön be a friss patakvíz, utána az összes többi már inkább arról szól, hogy ne lépjél billegő kőre, a tizedik után elkezd jól is esni a friss víz a lábbeliben, ami kicsit lehűti az addigra nagyjából testhőmérsékletűre langyosodó előző adag vizet, hűsíti a szúnyogcsípéseket és a rengeteg felhámsérülést, amit a bush lawyer meg a kibaszott ongaonga okoz a baki meg a comb közötti részen.

A kaland másik kényelmetlen aspektusa, hogy a bakancsok és a zoknik nyilván nem száradnak meg éjszaka, úgyhogy reggel, amikor kimászol a kényelmes meleg hálózsákból, akkor fel kell húzni a lábra a kb. 10 fokos, vizes zoknit és aztán arra a csicsogó bakancsot. Ezután van az a 3-5 perc amikor megkárdőjelezed az élet minden fontos kérdését, különösen azokat amik oda vezettek, hogy a semmi közepén egy hideg, lucskos zoknit próbálsz akaraterővel felmelegíteni.

A kis hegyi folyók viszont nem csak hidegek, hanem általában tiszták, ihatóak, és gyönyörű szépek, a mélyebbekben akkora pisztrángok úszkálnak, mint egy Jack Russell, és éjszaka nagyon kellemes a zúgásuk mellett aludni.

[just-do-it-for-yourself]

Going LOCAL: Lake Waikaremoana

Kia ora koutou e hoa mā, (Hello my friends!) I’m currently trying to plan a hike around Lake Waikaremoana, which is one of the Great Walks of Aotearoa, with my sister. It’s a four-day long tramp around the lake, which is on the East Coast of NZ’s North Island, slap bang in the middle of the mystical Te Urewera National Park. It’s a walk I’ve always been meaning to do, ever since my family and a…

[inkymink]

Āniwaniwa Falls. Te Urewera, Aoteroa. 11 Oct 2022.

[henrychristianslane]

Another quick oil painting on paper with gold leaf.

Painted from photo I took on a 6 day hike into Te Urewera forest

more of my work here 

[lacrimosapluvia]

Te Urewera, Aotearoa (New Zealand)

[hajti-fghajnejk]

Aniwaniwa Falls,  Te Urewera National Park,  Aotearoa 2023

[vincentcatagainsttheworld]

😎❤ Posted @withregram • @jayryanofficial MURU - starring Cliff Curtis & Tame Iti coming in 2022 to a cinema near you! On 15 October in 2007, with new anti-terrorism powers, the New Zealand Police swooped on the people of Tūhoe, raiding homes in the small town of Rūātoki in the Bay of Plenty, Aotearoa. Among the many arrested under suspicion of domestic terrorism was activist Tame Iti. Fourteen years on, award-winning filmmaker Tearepa Kahi, world renowned actor Cliff Curtis and artist Tame Iti announce their response to the event, with feature film Muru. The gripping action-drama is set for nationwide general release on 3 February, 2022, in time for Waitangi Day. Muru is a Māori concept for reconciliation and forgiveness. Written and directed by Tearepa Kahi (Poi E: The Story of our Song, Mt. Zion) and filmed in the Te Urewera and Rūātoki, Muru stars Cliff Curtis (The Dark Horse, Avatar 2), Jay Ryan (IT Chapter Two, The Furnace), Manu Bennett (The Hobbit trilogy) and Simone Kessell (Reckoning). Support cast includes Ria Te Uira Paki (The Dead Lands), Roimata Fox (Waru), Poroaki Merritt-McDonald (Savage) and Tame Iti as himself. #nzcinema #tūhoe #māori @nzfilm @nzrialtomovies @murufilmnz https://www.instagram.com/p/CVBqPUUo1Wy/?utm_medium=tumblr

[notesfromasmallworld]

Framed by green and blue, drive for the hills! Leave nothing behind! Well, this is actually me looking back...I had just gotten out of those hills, heading for Hastings for the night. I had started the day in Rotorua, planning a lazy drive down to Taupo. It got too lazy, I got bored and decided a trip into a rainforrest would cheer me up. Te Urewera and Whirinaki are nice places, but me trailing of into roads similar to the dirt roads of younger days in West Norway meant that I at some points where lost in the forrest. Amazing what you can make a car do, if desperate and running on fumes. I finally made it to the lake. OK, salt water. Ocean. The Pacific. And Hawke's bay. This area of North Island try to be the art deco center of New Zealand, with a weird greenwich village in the 1990s-vibe. They produce some wine, drinkable, but yet without the sophistication of the Marlborough region. Nature is the best part, hills and forrest and the beaches along the coast, combined with interesting stone formations make some time spend here worth it. Of course, as this day was in a travellers life, I ended in Napier, not Hastings, for the night. https://www.newzealand.com/int/hawkes-bay/ #roadtrip #2012 #green #bluesky #spruce #frame #landscapephotography #napier #road #bayarea #hills #sunset #hastings #pacific #ocean (ved Hawke's Bay, New Zealand) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMyUV-_JENG/?igshid=1ihdi5j5zzjlz