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Te Puna i te ao marama


Te Puna i te ao marama
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Copyright: Janice Dunn (Janice) Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 3271 W: 267 N: 7749] (33050)
Genre: Places
Medium: Color
Date Taken: 2005-10-31
Categories: Nature
Camera: Canon EOS 300D, Tamron AF28-300 XR
Exposure: f/10.0, 1/250 seconds
More Photo Info: [view]
Photo Version: Original Version
Travelogue: North via the West and East Coasts
Theme(s): More New Zealand Views [view contributor(s)]
Date Submitted: 2005-11-04 3:22
Viewed: 864
Favorites: 1 [view]
Points: 32
[Note Guidelines] Photographer's Note
Hokianga Heads

History of Hokianga
From the water, or sometimes from the top of one of Hokianga's high hills, it is possible to imagine what the harbour was like centuries ago, before the human race arrived to make its changes.

To really find out, you would need to go back nine or ten centuries in time - that's when archaeologists and oral tradition suggest that Maori made their first landfall from their original island home of Hawaiki.

It was the great Polynesian explorer Kupe who after sailing round the North Island and naming places as he went, settled on the Hokianga Harbour as his home. Te Puna i te ao marama (The spring of the world of light) was his rather beautiful name for the harbour, and so it stayed until in his old age he decided to return to Hawaiki. The words he uttered then about his decision became the preferred name for the harbour and immortalised his years here –

"Hei konei ra i te puna i te ao marama, ka hoki nei ahau, e kore ano e hokianga-nui mai" - "This the spring of the world of light, I shall not come back here again". So the name Te Hokianga nui a Kupe was given, and in time became simply "Hokianga".

This photo is taken from the South Head looking over the mouth of the Hokianga Harbour to Rangi Point, the northern part of the Hokianga Heads. The sand dunes of that area are very well known to locals and tourists.

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To ckradolfer: MaoriJanice 1 11-08 05:17
To chiquito: HokiangaJanice 3 11-07 05:58
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  • Dawn Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1134 W: 100 N: 3363] (17532)
  • [2005-11-04 3:29]
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Kia Ora Janice

And this is how it exactly looks!!

Beautiful colours ..lovely capture..Excellent composition of the remote Hokianga.

Interesting and informative notes here...

Ka Kite Ano...
Dawn.

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  • Eden Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 167 W: 50 N: 86] (2084)
  • [2005-11-04 7:31]

Simply stunning Janice, what great landscapes you have over in NZ, absolutely breathtaking. Great dramatic sky and lighting..TFS..Martha

Great panorama with wonderful, dramatic sky. Fantactic colour of water and feeling of space thanks to both shores visible on the photo.

Good scenic shot. And all done in natural light condition. Nice. Your angle of capture is quite good here.

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  • Tim Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 188 W: 18 N: 241] (1137)
  • [2005-11-04 8:55]

Very interesting note and great composition in this beautiful landscape Janice. Also, the simple black border enhances the photo nicely.
Nicely done! God's best, Tim

Kia Ora Janice,
When I saw this pic.. I just jumped up to get my NZ map to look it up on Hokianga!! :) I just can't remember if we passed it on the way to 90miles beach!??? But I remember the beauty of the remote Northland!!
Thank you also for the note... I always like to read the legends and stories of Maori people! :)
cheers
ToM

A truly amazing landscape and picture where everything looks like it's mooving, my favourite being the sea in this one. Fantastic note(s)

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  • letr Gold Star Critiquer/Gold Star Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1162 W: 419 N: 1111] (6780)
  • [2005-11-04 14:07]

tha way you composed this shot ...the foreground, the sea ...the distant hilss and a beautiful sky part ..Excellent work Janice !!

Hi Janice,
whew, what a sky and sea, very good mixed together in this POV, the little part of earth with the shadows add mouvement too! very well done!

What a great nature Its one of your best shots janice the clouds or very beautiful! thanks for the interest notes:-)
TFS
greets ed-lin

Wonderful cloudy and shady picture; even the water brings some turbulence.
Three big triangleshapes coming from right end together to the left (sky, land and water). Everything is pointing to the left
very good seen.
Great place to have your mobil home Janice!
Huub

Stunning Janice, storm clouds, disturbed seas all add to a great composition.
Regards
David
PS Interesting notes also.

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  • linus Gold Star Critiquer/Silver Workshop Editor/Gold Note Writer [C: 1477 W: 10 N: 738] (10767)
  • [2005-11-05 19:04]

Nice one Janice.
It has a very moody beauty to it. As if something dramatic is about to happen.
Sunil

Excellent shot and very well composed Janice...The cloudscape the landscape as well as teh waves all together make this an excellent shot. very well done. TFS

Hi Janice, beautiful photo of this harbour, love the colors it looks like a nice place to be. The note is also interesting.Do you speak the Maori languange? How interesting.
Christine.

Hi Janice,

Wow!! What a wonderful view. You captured the water, land and sky in a single photo very well. Nice colors. Wonderful landscape. TFS.

Kiran.

Last weeks not many time on internet and TL. I see I have missing many pictures of you. Here are the first points after weeks.
Nice pov and great colours. Good job.

Don

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