Kiwi Khristmas Dayz

A109 Light Utility Helicopter flight with mayor Gisborne City from the air in November 2023.

Opinion

Somnolent cloudiness summer

haze

Shimmering plains-ocean heat

wave

Pohutukawa crimson

Gums fire red

Campsites languid

Noon-tide's benison.

Refreshing sea-zephyr

Tang of salt air

Jacarandas blue

Agapanthus too

The birth of Venus

Jupiter and Saturn collude.

The Dusk-maiden is veiled

By cirrus' high fibre

In Sun-set's glory

Until stars appear

And campfires twinkle

As children's spotlights spear.

Santa Klaws is coming

To the campground near you

And “Sticky Beak The Kiwi”

Will help him through

Masked and gloved

To R'nV too.

In “Captain Cook's Time Machine”

Tupaia would be amazed

From Tolaga's Titirangi

To view his legacy displayed

Through progeny and art

Hoe and a statue — maybe.

Wade Grave