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New Zealand: Rukumoana

September 19, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

After weeks of being told “after this we’ll be on the windrows,” we finally arrive in the promised land. Flat ground. The slash of branches, cones, and needles has been […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Ohurakura

August 22, 2021by Christoph_Orr 1 Comment

With deepest winter blasting North from Antarctica. The clouds over the hills look like snow. Heavy like blankets with that odd, internal glow. I watch the distant peaks disappear as […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Westshore

August 15, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

After work I fall out of the van across the road from the Westshore Holiday Park. I cross the road and walk back past the row of caravans on the […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Willowflat

July 18, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

The days blur into one. This is what happens when every day is the same. Time slips by, collapses in on itself. A week, a month, half the season gone. […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: Mohaka

July 11, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I stand alone in the dark. Cars, pick-ups, other vans drive beyond the drop kerb. Cars come out of the holiday park. Still I wait. I check the time on […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

New Zealand: The Pine Plantation

June 9, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I stand by the side of the road in the steadily falling rain watching cars, pick up truck and vans drive by. I have no idea what Anial looks like. […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Empty Hop Garden

New Zealand: Hop Harvest 2021

April 4, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

The mornings grow darker with autumn’s approach. I step out of the van in to the cold air. Light glows around the edge of the curtains of the two caravans […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Hop Garden

New Zealand: Kentishman Hops

April 1, 2021by Christoph_Orr 2 Comments

I tell myself a lie. I don’t need an alarm. The truth is I am an early riser. I wake up at 6:42am. Did I wake up naturally or did […]

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New Zealand, Oceania
Motueka Dusk

New Zealand: Motueka

March 7, 2021by Christoph_Orr Leave a comment

I returned to Nelson under the impression I had approximately one week to sort my life out. In the car park on the edge of town emergency sirens began to […]

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New Zealand, Oceania

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