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As a young child I was raised by the sea with white sand
beaches, and spent many happy hours collecting, shells, driftwood,
and watching small sand crabs scurrying away when we
children approached. Water was very much a part of our lives and
family picnics, were also spent in and around some of New Zealand's
beautiful pristine rivers. Rivers that wound their way, through the
most amazing green countryside like great arteries carrying
"the lifes blood" of the land. They flowed down from the
Mountains and across pebbles, which had been rounded and
smoothed by the action of the water over long periods of time.
We children delighted in spying through these crystal clear waters
the many different coloured stones, some glinting as the water and
sunlight caught the facets of quartz hidden within. Many of these
"treasures" were added to our, shell and driftwood collections.
The city and surrounds of my young years, was one that catered
to nature. I was surrounded by parks, trees, gardens, rivers, and
rolling green hills, and had the sea lapping at my back door ...
My love for Gaia our beautiful Mother Earth, was nurtured from
a young age, and long before, "environmentalists, Green Peace
and recycle" became fashionable.
This deep and abiding love for Gaia and ALL that live within
her gentle embrace, has strengthened with time and appreciation
for all that she gives to us.
Pauline Kohng
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