Every year thousands of people travel to Taranaki for the garden festival. Having moved here fairly recently I noticed heaps of hydrangeas in people's gardens and growing wild beside the road. They feel British and old school but they have become a bit enthusiastic and unruly, everywhere so large and colourful. I am reminded of Matisse who painted flowers and beautiful things during war time.
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Sixty-one sites from the New Zealand wars, that are publicly accessible.
