South Island Tui

Land of fern, fluted
Bird calls. Here English farms bask
in exotic fruits.














Golden Bay looks out to Farewell Spit which you can see on a map is an extraordinary sandbar many, many miles long looking like a bird's beak, on the northwest corner of NZ South Island.

To get there we drive over the mountains from Nelson alongside the Abel Tasman National Park, descending into a valley of farmsteads and at at last, real native bush as we arrive at Tui.

Tui is a 25 year old intentional community (reputedly) New Zealand's oldest. Our connection there is with Paxe & Cherrie who are considered elders in the social fabric. Corrina's sister Maggi lived in Tui some years ago and dazzled us with stories of its enchantment.













We
are
enchanted... and each in our own way in the elvin magic, rest and recuperate after our long journey.