By Shaked From So, I would like to start a little routine of learning together about the environment Kotare Village is settled in, as well as the environment that Kotare Village is and developing, I thought that it would be a nice way to learn, share and connect to the characteristics of our environment, as […]
Written by Kay, (several weeks ago) Join The Regenerative Revolution! The Winter Solstice is upon us, and I’m preparing food for a feast here at Kotare Village. My part of the feast is venison ‘Bourginon’ ie with red wine, herbs garlic and onions and carrots all from the land, including the deer who gave it’s […]
Written by Kay, Kotare Kidz We have 7 children around the village now… although two of them are living in Wairoa for now….and 2 of them next door renting the only other house up this road. Elenor was our first child born to village settlers (Franzi and Taiamai) and she is now 4!!!!!, and she […]
Written by Kay, Well I can hardly believe it, we are well on our way to having our first permanent structure built on our house-site and in the village ……. Over all I have been very happy living in a small house truck for the past 10 years while we got this village on the […]
Written by Bob, Over the last few weeks I have been helping build a greenhouse/workshop for our family home. Exploring how we use our sub-soil pumice to provide subfloor insulation, and mixing with lime to provide flooring. Incorporating a wicking bed, a soldier fly farm, and a worm farm into the greenhouse to make it an intensive […]
Written by Shaked, We have been talking for a while about starting our own local currency, finally it seems like we are almost there, and final proposals are being made and edited. local currencies, local economies and communities are another case of ‘the chicken or the egg’ but one thing is sure, just like both […]
Written by Carolyn, Finishing Off – Water Reticulation and Fibre Optic Infrastructure At last, the internet project is drawing to a close, and it only remains for the last ditches to be closed. (on this video you could see us finally doing it 🙂 Both the water supply reticulation and the internet cabling have all been laid, we did […]
It’s been a few busy months on the farm. But as Ella once said so well… “Summertime and the livin’ is easy”. I think this is especially true for the youngsters on the farm. Plenty of sunshine and green grass around. And thankfully we just received a good downpour to keep the summertime living easy. […]
Everyone who arrives at Kotare has their own special skill set. It is one of the delights of having new people arrive. There is the initial welcome and getting to know you and then seeing strengths shining through to provide support to ongoing projects and suggestions to create new ones! Part of the delight in […]
Kotare Villagers local town of Wairoa is around a 24km ride away and is the northernmost town in the Hawkes Bay area. The word Wairoa is Maori for long river which reflects the length of the serene river which runs through the town. Wairoa is like a garden that has once been bountiful and then […]