Christine, the secretary for the School of Maori and Indigneous Studies

Jeanette and Jeffry, her mate. Jeffry introduced me to the Maori Anglican church

Me and Jeanette, who wrote the letter of invitation for the Fulbright Award

Fatimmath (The Maldives), another flatmate

Ancke (Germany) and Michelle (UK)--flatmates

A woman rowing a group of Asian tourists down the River Avon

City Centre, Christchurch

The River Avon, city centre, Christchurch

Here Ariana is using a hand rattle covered in beads to make the sound.

Oakley, on guitar, and Ariana Tikao, a Maori singer and composer

A statue of a moa, an extinct bird of NZ, in the park at the wharf, Queenstown

Queenstown as the sun rises

Queenstown wharf

Wharf at Queenstown--early morning. The temperature is at freezing.

We are pulling away from this waterfall. I got a nice little shower.

Along the River Avon in City Centre, Christchurch

Entering the University of Canterbury campus from Ilam Road

The rains bring some interesting growth on campus.

The vendors in Cathedral Square, City Centre, Christchurch

The Bus Centre in City Centre

The entrance to the Rec Centre

Ducks live all over the campus.

The River Avon outside the Rec Centre

Autumn on the University of Canterbury campus

The patio outside my window

The walk from the Rec Centre to the School of Maori and Indigneous Studies

The entrance to the Maori Anglican Church property in Christchurch

The guardians for the Maori Anglican Church

The marea on the property of the Maori Anglican Church, Christchurch

This fellow living on the Maori Anglican Church property is quite a moocher.

The sign in front of the School of Maori and Indigenous Studies--Te Ao Marama--it is autumn.

The School of Maori and Indigenous Studies

New Brighton beach, Christchurch--autumn

The wind is so strong that these sea gulls appear to hover in the air--beach on Banks Peninsula.

A sculpture on New Brighton beach, Christchurch

A barren beach on the Banks Peninsula, the remains of a volcanic crater

A Kai Tahu marea on the Banks Peninsula

Going into Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula

This wharf at Akaroa reminds me a little of Papeete.

An old house in Akaroa on the Banks Peninsula, what is left of an extinct volcano

The entrance to a Kai Tahu marea on the Banks Peninsula--see the carved guardian.

A carving outside the little church

The little church in this Kai Tahu Maori community

Inside the little church

A view from this Kai Tahu Maori community

Can you see the purple tuffs on the end of these grasses on the hill?

This is the top of the cemetary built on the hill. Below you can see the bay.

Halfway down the hill, we encounter this sign.

An old cemetary built on a hill close to the bay

Banks Peninsula from a hill