There is poetry to be found in Johnsonville

Post date: Sep 08, 2013 4:27:13 AM

At home after quite busy weekend for me. Lachlan ow back at home with his parents and while Tony and relaxing on sofa Lachlan is probably at this moment being raced over to play water polo as he re- enters his busy, busy world.

At Lachlan's request we went to Te Papa before we went to airport. Te Papa, our national museum announced yesterday it plans to open a second site - in Manukau. This second site will allow it to:

Show off some of the toanga (treasures) that are mostly in storage;

Be more relevant to people of South Auckland (feels like "dreaming" but apparently people of South Auckland underrepresented in current visitor numbers; and

Take some of the toanga out of Wellington to a less earthquake prone destination

Mmmmmmm

Any away as always at Te Papa we found something interesting - a great exhibition on "The Way We Were" - sport, culture, technology from different decades Was done well including the side exhibition on protest marches

Loved the poem from Denis Glover which is in photo

"I think of what will yet be seen

In Johnsonville or Geraldine"

I would not have thought of Johnsonville as a place that inspired poetry but then neither would I have thought that Wainuiomata would breed a First Lady of Australia - and today both have proved to be true.