I'm going on a Weka Tour
I'm doing a trek to the South Island with my book Wiremu Weka Treks the Alps, following his footprints as he travelled from Greymouth to...
top of page
Kinsa Hays
Search
Kinsa Hays
Nov 19, 20201 min read
Dedicated to Zara aged 5 today
Yep, it's a special birthday and I had the privilege of reading the book I've written for 3-6 year olds to Zara's daycare friends right...
9 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Book Launch: Three Little Wax-eyes
Three Little Wax-eyes is dedicated to Zara."My book," she says.
6 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Feb 8, 20204 min read
The secretive native bird living on the edge of extinction
The secretive native bird living on the edge of distinction, the bittern or matuku. Can you spot it in the photos?
10 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Jan 17, 20201 min read
Launching a book into the world
It's a big deal sending your baby out into the world. It's exciting and scary and expensive. Wiremu WEka Treks the Alps is my third book.
37 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Jan 6, 20201 min read
NEW YEAR CONNECTIONS
I've been teaching grandson Alex the art and science of growing flowers and vegetables. He's proud of his first harvest.
17 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Dec 31, 20192 min read
Simple delights
My first ‘adventure’ alone with my four-year old grandchild Zara to the local shops where, wincing, I bought an extra-large gift for myself
9 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Dec 19, 20193 min read
Footprints
Recently I launched my new children’s book Wiremu Weka Treks the Alps in the Tauranga Art Society rooms. Being an artist as well as a...
3 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Aug 18, 20191 min read
No ordinary sculptor: The man who makes wood come to life
This story is from: North & South Magazine – NOTED In a small part of the Bay of Plenty works a man who can make satin and lace from...
5 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Aug 18, 20191 min read
My New Home
I’ve moved from a cottage on a farm in Katikati to a brick refurbished 1961-design home in Central Tauranga. Quite a change for someone...
10 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Nov 6, 20181 min read
Fonterra failing us and out of step
Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Today in our local Farmers Weekly paper November 5, 2018 the first para says ‘Fonterra achieved a positive...
3 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Nov 3, 20181 min read
My environmental poems
Beach Rhythms at Mount Maunganui at 5pm The way ranks of clouds saunter across the sky The way sand ripples reflect dark shadows onto...
11 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
May 1, 20172 min read
River with a legal voice – the Wanganui/Whanganui River
The Whanganui River is about to become a legal entity in its own right. Te Awa Tupua is an environmental settlement recognising the...
9 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Jan 10, 20172 min read
Whale Island in Bay of Plenty
It looked like a humpback whale to both the Maori and Captain James Cook, who charted New Zealand for the first time in the far-back...
10 views0 comments
Kinsa Hays
Sep 27, 20151 min read
Doctor Peter’s Good Earth Magic – my first book out now
Exciting stuff! I’ve just picked up my first book from the printer. i’m now an Indie author, self published and independent. It’s a fairy...
4 views0 comments
WELCOME
KIA ORA
bottom of page