Together for Te Tiriti
SOUTH ROAD TRIP JAN 2026 -2
JAN 19 PUNAKAIKI > LAKE KANIERE > HAAST – N2 This proved to be an interesting day! As per previous I left Punakaiki early-ish and stopped in Greymouth to pick up a few things, and then headed to Hokitika, got…
Detritus 814
▶ some nice ideas! ▶ Photographing the hidden world of slime mould ▶ Voltair builds drones that ‘perch’ like birds to recharge on power lines ▶ Wintering on Lakes Te Anau and…
Legend of Birds (1962)
Legend of Birds – NFU 1962 Amazing footage considering when it was shot
SOUTH ROAD TRIP JAN 2026
A quick account of my last road trip South – for my archive & for vicarious travel & research! After staying home all Xmas holidays I knew I needed to do another rod trip South, to pickup the De Vere…
Getting Scratchy
I am a big fan of ‘proof of concept’ ie before committing significant time & resources to an idea, test it! Try a very simple iteration and check out the work involved, and the outcome… Saturday afternoon I opened one…
SPINNING
One of the projects I’ve been messing with lately: creating multi voice drones & swooshes by spinning wind flutes… The potters wheel has speed control via a foot pedal… So you know what that means: it must be adapted to…
16mm
went to an auction today & got some old NFU 16mm films… including ‘WORMS’ – imma scratch film some! #16mm #film #nz One of them is the Centre Screen from the NZ split screen production for the 1970 World Expo…