First Post
Rānui is home. Welcome to Rānui I moved to Rānui in the summer of 2009, and have been living here since then. I have raised two children in my home in Rānui. I have now lived in Rānui for a significant part of my life. View of sunset seen from the deck at my home in Rānui According to the New Zealand History website nzhistory.govt.nz , the word Rānui is made up of rā meaning sun and nui meaning many. Rānui thus means plenty of sunshine. Rānui aerial photo, 30 Sep 1974 (Photo: National Library of New Zealand ) Ranui Orchards, 18 September 1980 (Photo: National Library of New Zealand) Why am I writing this blog? That is a good question. We forget things. I attempted to do a few things in the interest of the wider community of Rānui. I found out that I was starting to forget what happened and how events unfolded or fizzled out. Then I thought, I better document these things. While, of course, I do not want to...