ode to Mapua
this is were i spent my time as a teenager, bare feet, swimming at sunset, old man pants, old minolta camera,
yay funny seeing photos on the internet this was off a buy nz made site

Also found this on this blog

"Mapua is a lovely-enough place, but unfortunately it's somewhat overrun by hippies, Germans, patchouli oil, and abominable art. Actually, there's nothing much to distinguish it from the rest of the Greater Nelson and Tasman region, aside possibly from the 30-year legacy of the chemical-dump and it's associated health hazards. There's also a proper "naturalist" colony somewhere about."

"all, presumably, caught right there in the estuary, and all, presumably, [sarcasm] relatively-free of the Aldrin, Lindane, Dieldrin, DDT, and other highly toxic dioxin pesticides which have been leaching into the water for at least the last 30 years. [/sarcasm]"

heres where i swam almost every day in summer, while hanging out in Colin McCohans
old home with my friend Mike Perry (seemingly famous Nz ceramic artist)and classic scooter enthusiast (i know more than one)
and who built a circular mud lounge, yes i think he is a genius in his own right. Theres something in that Mapua air that ooozes creativity.

seee here





also home to the most toxic pesticide dump site in Nz (possibly astralasia) to the right of the photo.

heres a splurb from my old doctor...

In a 2001 letter to the Tasman District Council, Ewer said he had provided the select committee with possible evidence of local health-related problems, "including the unusual preponderance of cancer-related deaths".

Ewer said last week that his concerns had not been proved by an epidemiogical study. "But the numbers seemed high at the time, and it worried me."

Ewer said the health issues, such as liver disease, seemed to be occurring among the community that lived close to the Tahi Street site.

Mapua site clean-up worries doctor
20 November 2006 nelson mail
By HELEN MURDOCH NELSON

colin mcCahons mapua





also Toss woolisten




this is toss Wollistens portrate of McCahon