Nā Teawa Te Kōrero Nei  
/  The River Has Told Me This

photography series, book
2019  
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I often wondered what it would be like to follow a stream of some river from the place where it springs to its estuary. How would the landscape change along the way,
whom would I meet when walking along the stream, and what would the fauna and flora be like. I wanted to get to know it really well – in all daytimes and different weather conditions. And I wondered whether I could even get to know it that well because the river always changes.








Manawatū is a river in the lower part of the North Island of New Zealand. It springs in the Ruahine ranges and it flows through the Manawatū-Whanganui region to Foxton,
where it enters the Tasman Sea.


Its Māori name Manawatū can be translated to heart/breath standing still.






I followed the Manawatū River from its spring to where it enters the Tasman Sea.
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The snake has been invited to live in the corner of the room.


© Martina Havlová, 2024