Friday, 3 June 2011

   The Wairoa Dam, another water supply dam for Auckland in the Hunua hills.
              The lake continues for some distance to the right of the photo.

Thursday, 2 June 2011

          Cossey's Dam, one of 5 supplying water from the Hunua Hills to Auckland.
                                         This orchid is Dendrobium.
                Our largest native orchid, Pterostylis, Maori name Tutukiwi.
                                  The flower is green with white stripes.

Wednesday, 1 June 2011

            The black streaks down the mountain are mud flows, or lahars.
      This is the plane in which we were flown round the erupting mountain.