Friday Feathered Friend: Bush robin/toutouwai
Photographer Louise Thomas made a visit to Bushy Park, prior to lockdown. Now that we are all at home, please feel free to post a picture of the birds you have in your garden.
"Bush robins/toutouwai (Petroica longipes) have an open heart, they roam tramping tracks without fear because it doesn’t occur to them to be afraid. They have no armour on their personalities. If they were humans they would help you change your tyre and laugh about the experience.
They will stand on your shoes if you sit too long. And rummage inquiringly while you unpack your pack. I read once that the open-hearted will inherit the Earth. I hope it’s true – that it is better to be possibly hurt than hardened. But the open-hearted are often preyed upon by the ambitious. It might be why the robin is at risk and declining – he’s just a little too trusting of those that would eat him. Bushy Park, July 2021."
🧩😏 Riddle me this, Neighbours…
I am an odd number. Take away a letter and I become even. What number am I?
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Community Expo 7 March 2026 - Tawa Plaza
The stage is set for our Community Expo on Saturday, 7 March. Join us to discover 21 of Tawa's finest organisations and clubs.
Who will be there, you ask? That’s who!
Wellington Emergency Management
Inner Wheel Tawa
Tawa Historical Society
Pest Free Tawa
Rotary Tawa
Kapi Mana Bridge Club
Tawa Learners Band
Mervyn Kemp (Tawa) Library
Easy Swim School
Salvation Army
Girl Guiding New Zealand
Friends of Tawa Bush Reserve
Tawa Community Board
Tawa RSA
Tawa Scouts
Tawa Recreation Centre
Kiwi Community Assistance
U3A
White Rose Wellington Morris
Fire Brigade Tawa See less
Our Lady of Hope Parish
Irish Interest Group Lower North Island’s Education Day 28 March 2026
Join the Irish Interest Group Lower North Island’s Education Day for a presentation from Charlotte Macdonald, professor of history at Victoria University of Wellington Te Herenga Waka presenting a talk based on her newly published book “Garrison Wild” followed after lunch (BYO) by Jacqui Bridges with “The two sides of Irish soldier settlers in New Zealand.”
Where: Tawa Union Church, 6 Elena Pl, Tawa
When: Sat 28 March, 10.00 a.m – 2 p.m
Please book on-line at www.trybooking.com...
In person: $10 members / $18 non-members
Contact: Irish.LowerNIsig@genealogy.org.nz
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