Living in New Zealand: Nature Reclaims Things Quickly on the West Coast

Nature takes over. Click to use image.

Helping out at my friend’s place on the West Coast, I was reminded how rampant nature is over there. The mild, wet climate means things grow even faster in a country where the intense sunlight means things grow like crazy. The native bush is full of tree ferns and nikau palms and the temperate rainforest is ready to move in once buildings are left vacant.

The koru. Click to see options for using the image

One of the New Zealand artists who used the symbol of the koru a lot in his work was Gordon Walters.

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