far north

Mothers in politics – Willow-Jean Prime

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• far north, motherhood, mothers day, parliament, politics

Mothers Day is a celebration of the strength of women. This got us thinking about all the strong amazing woman we have met on our trip so far. While in the Far North, we parked our bus in Kawakawa and put the word out that we were in town. We were new on the road...MORE

Ricky Houghton – Special Message

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• Family Violence, far north, Fathers, He Korowai Trust, Kaitaia, NZ Hero of the Year

We are incredibly stoked to hear that Ricky Houghton of He Korowai Trust, Kaitaia has won New Zealand Local Hero of the Year Award. We were privileged to have met Ricky right at the start of our journey of New Zealand in the Far North. Actually, we just happened to run into him when we...MORE

A new hitchhiker friend

# A Bus and a Big Back Yard, Kids are Awesome

• aroha, far north, hitchhiker, Kaitaia, love

On this journey we meet all kinds of awesome people. Here is a very cool hitchhiker we meet up in the Far North. Most hitchhikers hold up a sign with the destination they are going to, this guy held up a sign that simply said "Love".An amazing part of this project is meeting the many...MORE

Kōrero with Hone Harawira

# Community Initiatives and Doers, Kōrero

• far north, harawira, hone, kaiataia, mana, open the curtains, politician

Last week we stayed in Kaitaia West and it wasn’t long until we heard about a passionate group working in the neighbourhood to create positive change for families called Open The Curtains. We found out it was Hone Harawira’s kaupapa so we took the family around for a visit to find out more.

Peria School & a Rope Swing

# Kids are Awesome

• climb trees, country school, far north, peria, Peria School, primary school, rope swing, school, stop the bus

At one of our park up spots, the boys found an old rope so we soon sourced a stick and bam, rope swing! Within that same week we were contacted by Peria School, a small country school between Taipa and Kaitaia with a role of 46 students. Michelle, the principal, described their school as a...MORE

Watch Your Back!

# A Bus and a Big Back Yard

• big back yard, far north, matai bay, New Zealand, stop the bus, trip

Since Chris likes to mock me about my pointless live video ramblings, I thought it was appropriate I post this 😉 Behind the scenes filming at Matai Bay.#bigbackyard #farnorth #stopthebusnz Posted by Stop the Bus on Tuesday, 6 June 2017 Since Chris likes to mock me about my pointless live video ramblings, I thought it...MORE