Water, water

Down in Golden Bay there is no shortage of water. In fact we saw some of the purest water to be found. Pity that other parts of New Zealand are missing this, there has been drought declared in the Waikato region. As one of the largest farming regions in New Zealand this is really not good news.

Just over the Rimutaka Hill in the Wairarapa the water thing is just as scarce. People are sending their stock off to slaughter because they can't get feed or they need to cut their loses whilst they can.

We don't have any shortage of water here in Kaitoke which has lots of passing clouds this week. In fact last night we even had hail which was a spectacularly noisy moment under the veranda.

Take a look at this picture, its water in a stream in Golden Bay - so clear and pure. Check out the slight ripples on the right if you don't believe me.