WW: Visiting Napier, New Zealand - the Art Deco Haven

Let's continue our trip around New Zealand!

This time, I have the opportunity to enjoy Napier, Hastings and Hawke's Bay, three lovely cities in the region of Hawke's Bay, at the North Island.

The Daily Telegraph Office

It takes us around 5 hours drive from Wellington to reach this area. We passed Palmerston North and the wind farm of  Te Apiti. We saw lots of wind turbines and stopped for a while.

Welcome to Te Apiti Wind Farm

We went through this wonderful, quaint city in the coastal area of Hawke’s Bay, famous for its rich soil, wonderful beaches and agriculture fresh produce. Plus unique art deco dominating architectures in many parts of the city. Truly a lovely place to visit.

one corner at the city center

We have series of meetings with Indonesian community here who will be hosting Batik workshop and fashion show in April. We briefly visited the Creative Art Napier which will be the venue of the workshop. We had dinner at Restaurant Indonesia, one of the oldest restaurant in town, with homey decoration and fantastic, authentic Indonesian food. After a while, I enjoyed nasi bakar komplit, with sayur asem, ayam goreng, ikan jambal roti and sambal, plus pepes kakap and wedang ronde. Heaven!

beautiful snapper pepes! Super yum...

our lavish dinner

Restaurant Indonesia from outside

We also met the Mayor as well as the local business. Although we haven’t really got time to explore the city and its lovely corners, but we managed to stop here and there. We got a tour in the District Council and the Opera House as well. I really have to share more in details in the next posts! 

For now, here are some photos we took along the way. Enjoy!

one mural in the city center

Napier Road

St. Columba Church

Join us on (almost) Wordless Wednesday and have fun with link party.

Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World, Oh My Heartsie Girls and Friends

Hello everyone..

I hope March has been treating you good. And I hope it’s not too late to say Happy International Women’s Day to all the amazing ladies out there!

We are still witnessing the spiking numbers of Omicron case here in New Zealand. We already had rapid antigen test twice at the office and thank God, Alhamdulillaaaah, we had negative results. Nevertheless, we still work from the office except for those who are showing some symptoms. The daughter is still having her classes off line, while my son has 2 offline classes only on Wednesday and Friday. Well, hopefully things will be improving soon.

Wellington continues to be in a good mood as we have some beautiful days this week. Lots of sunshine and that means our ourdoorsy activities can be done cautiously by following health protocol. I hope I can share 

Now...... We are happy to have you join us each week and hope you enjoy our features to inspire you with new ideas. We have so many talented bloggers it is hard to to choose but we do our best each week, and if you need more inspiration check out Last Weeks Party 2/28/2022 there were so many great blogs that visited, and tons of Ideas and Recipes..

Wonderful Wednesdays For All Bloggers and Writers

We would love if you share our party for others to enjoy. You could Pin The Banner From Above ❢❢ We would love to have you follow our Social Media Links!!! 😊 Feel free to post my party button on your blog and say you linked up here! Be Notified When Our Parties Start Each Week Add Your Email Unsubscribe Anytime ❢: [...]

♥ Karren Haller // Oh My Heartsie Girl Want to get a better night’s sleep during summer? These 5 tips could help Twitter | Bloglovin | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

♥ Indah Nuria Savitri // My Purple World Welcome to Putangirua Pinnacles Scenic Reserve Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

♥ Clearissa Coward // Command Center Revival Home Series 2022/Storage Closet and Southern Styled-Breakfast Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥ Kaycee Mason // My Crafty Zoo Finding Peace and a Giveaway Hop Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥ Suzan White // Country Crafting Changing Things Around Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥Feature Chosen By Kaycee // Crafty Zoo Crystal and Company // Family Meal Planning

   

♥Feature Chosen By Suzan // Country Crafts Every Day Savvy // Homemade Mint Bath Salts

 

♥Feature Chosen By Clearissa // Clearissa Command Center Nutz About Stamping // How to take 1/2 sheet of designer paper and make 3 cards

♥Feature Chosen By Indah // My Purple World The Apple Street Cottage // Easiest Pillow Covers

♥Feature Chosen By Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Must Have Mom // Rainbow Jello Frosted Grapes Recipe

 

♥Feature Chosen By Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Drug Store Diva // Shamrock Pretzels

♥Feature Chosen By Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Penny's Treasures // My Spring Kitchen Over the years

 

♥Feature Chosen By Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Chez Mireille Fashion Travel Mom Inspired by I Do DeClaire: Red and Stripes

Be Notified When Our Parties Start Each Week --> Add Your Email You Can Unsubscribe Anytime ❢: [...] Now Before You Get Started I need you to take a few seconds to comment, to let us know your thoughts, it is appreciated And Please Feel Free To Pin A Few Features From Original Source ❢ Now Lets Party!!!

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter

WW: Putangirua Pinnacles Reserve, Wairarapa

Here comes another trip to one of the movie sets of my favorite movies of all times, the Lord of the Rings. 

After Rivendell in Kaitoke Regional Park, the set for the house of the elves in LoTR was built for the movie, now we are looking at the place where one of the segments of  the final trilogy, Return of the King, were made.

Welcome to  Putangirua Pinnacles Reserve, Wairarapa

Welcome to the Putangirua Pinnacles Reserves, or ‘the Path of the Death’ as the they call it. I have to admit that the name is rather terrifying but it matches with the journey taken by the Army of the Death from Moldor. Oh, you really need to see the movie again and admire those amazing details. 

The pinnacles are indeed unique. It looks like rock towers carved distinctly, nothing similar to one another. Surrounded by loose rocks and gravels in dominant grey, this place can look so eery. I guess that is why it had been chosen as the location for the path of the death. 

the pinnacles

Let’s see how it looks like and I will tell you more about this place.

really matches what I have in mind about Moldor

We choose the stream way to reach this spot instead of climbing up for the lookout. From Google Maps, I can see that the aerial photos taken from the lookout is amazing. But we were planning to visit the Cape Palliser Lighthouse right after this place so we saved our energy. 

happy me..

Taking the stream way, it was a beautiful, sandy path with streams and river along the way. Rows of pampass grass, the tall graceful grass you will definitely love to take as the background of your photos, as well as other indigenous flowers along the path make the hike enjoyable. 

such an amazing area... many beautiful photo spots too

By the time we reached the area, we took photos together and admired this unique, natural landscape. For sure, we made another memorable print there. Hope we can have more coming in the future.

the map of the area..

Join us on (almost) Wordless Wednesday and have fun with the linky party.

Wonderful Wednesday with My Purple World, Oh My Heartsie World and Friends

one beautiful day in Wellington

February continues and I have to admit that I am feeling a bit tired with the work load we have lately. Well, nothing new though. I have been dealing with more urgent issues previously so I am kind of managing the time and concentration in the office and at home. Well, hanging there, Indah, you'll nail it!

Meanwhile, in New Zealand, particularly in Wellington, we have the ongoing protest regarding the anti-government vaccine mandates. We have hundreds of people gather in from of the parliament in Wellington, protesting about this. They have stayed for about 17 days, which is one of the longest mass demonstrations held here. It gets violent lately with classes with police happened several times. It has been very distressful for many, especially those who are attending their offices, schools or business around the area. 

The noises, the harassment (some protesters yelled at people passing by and asked them to open their masks and even spitted and threw things), the fear of infection and many more make us hope that this issue is properly handled. I am confident that the Government will do what it takes to put everything back to normal again.

On a brighter note, my new Ambassador, H.E. Fientje Maritje Suebu, has presented her Letter of Credence to the Governor - General of New Zealand, H.E. The Rt Hon Dame Cindy Kiro at her beautiful residence on 22nd of February 2022. 

Her Excellency delivered her remarks

I was honored and priviledge to join Her Excellency entourage during this special day, together with my colleague from protocol division and the defence Attache. It was a wonderful and historical day indeed.

the beautiful residence of the Governor-General of NZ

Now...... We are happy to have you join us each week and hope you enjoy our features to inspire you and to enjoy new ideas. We have so many talented bloggers it is hard to to choose but this week we added a couple more this week, and if you need more inspiration check out Last Weeks Party 2/14/2022 there were so many great blogs that visited, and tons of Valentine Ideas and Recipes..

Wonderful Wednesdays For All Bloggers and Writers

We would love if you share our party for others to enjoy. You could Pin The Banner From Above ❢❢ We would love to have you follow our Social Media Links!!! 😊 Feel free to post my party button on your blog and say you linked up here! Be Notified When Our Parties Start Each Week Add Your Email Unsubscribe Anytime ❢: [...]

♥ Karren Haller // Oh My Heartsie Girl Creating Professional Posters Twitter | Bloglovin | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

♥ Indah Nuria Savitri // My Purple World Diving in Olele Gorontalo and Bolsel North Sulawesi Indonesia Twitter | Facebook | Pinterest | Instagram

♥ Clearissa Coward // Command Center Home Revival Series 2022 - Project Closet/ Revival/Refresh Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥ Kaycee Mason // My Crafty Zoo Master American History: Wish Big Giveaway Hop Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥ Suzan White // Country Crafting We Have Been Busy Twitter | Instagram | Facebook | Pinterest

♥Feature Chosen by Suzan // Country Crafting Walking On Sunshine Recipes // Cinnamon Rolls Using Biscuits

 

♥Feature Chosen by Kaycee // Crafty Zoo A Magical Mess // Caramel Crunch Frappuccino

♥Feature Chosen by Clearissa // Clearissa's Command Center Artful Home Making // How to Make Beeswax Candles | Easy DIY Tutorial

 

♥Feature Chosen by Clearissa // Clearissa's Command Center Wire Little Owl Furniture // Colorful Boho Painted Table Transformation

 

♥Feature Chosen by Indah // My Purple World Walking On Sunshine Recipes//Instant Cheesesteak Pudding

 

♥Feature Chosen by Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Air Fryer Fanatics // Make a delicious dinner with Air Fryer Sesame Chicken!

 

♥Feature Chosen by Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl My Home Of All Seasons // How to Decorate a Beaded Wreath for Spring

 

♥Feature Chosen by Karren // Oh My Heartsie Girl Shelbee on The Edge // Winter Layers

Be Notified When Our Parties Start Each Week --> Add Your Email You Can Unsubscribe Anytime ❢: [...] Now Before You Get Started I need you to take a few seconds to comment, to let us know your thoughts, it is appreciated And Please Feel Free To Pin A Few Features From Original Source ❢ Now Lets Party!!!

 

You are invited to the Inlinkz link party!

Click here to enter