Lots of new settlers have been arriving lately from all over; tents, buses, caravans etc…, all settling in with a new energy on the land. Kyle has been beavering away on the designs, so we are starting to imagine houses sprouting up soon. Our new community tent is up, and I have enjoyed the […]
Some people may of heard of CSA, as in Community Supported Agriculture, well have you also heard of CSB? Community Supported Broth? For three weeks now I have been making a broth based soup lunch Monday to Friday to help out all the new people who are just getting settled in here at Kotare […]
My name is Sonrisa and I am the newest animal on the farm. I arrived on September 15th and hit the ground running on the 16th with my first milking shift. I have been wide eyed and constantly learning and moving in my new job here. Its been a big shift from teaching high school […]
Water is such a major thing. During the last years of living on the land here at Kotare Village, we had 2 main lines carrying water for us around the property, one line with drinking water (drinking, cooking, showers, laundry) the water comes from a spring on the hill block, or from the Mangaone stream, […]
In the past month there has been lots of activity on the building front at Kotare Village and I figured it would be a good time to introduce the biggest of these projects, village housing. I intend this to be the first in a series of posts which share a bit about the building process along […]
With the land secure, our focus has shifted to the settler process, and the ‘development process’ which will be enacted through Kotare Commons – so time for a little background. Kotare Commons Ltd (KC) is a private limited liability company set up to manage the infrastructure development (roading, water reticulation, cabling etc) plus to encourage […]
So……..we’ve not been having a rest, I can assure you! We have been taking some time to take care of things at home and also to nourish ourselves over the winter since we owned the home block and could begin to relax a little…… bringing in new settlers takes a lot of energy and we […]
Setting the Sails After reaching our goal of purchasing the land (we finally saw the new certificate of title today) I just ‘pulled the sails down and coasted, lying about on the deck’, while we tidied up the details. Its been a time to de-stress, and catch up on life (the garden is looking great) […]
Thirteen Sites With New Owners! The Land Is Secure For The Village! Four months ago we launched sales of leases for settlers at Kotare Village. We’ve had a roller coaster of a time since then. We have been inundated with families and people wanting to check us out and join us and many of them entering the settlers […]
Oxi – Bravo to the Greeks. For me there has been something special in watching the Greek people stand up to the financial/political orthodoxy. They are by no means out of the mess their old leaders have got them into, but enough of them have at least got clear that the existing order doesn’t work […]