Pounawea, a quiet seaside settlement in the Catlins, is a
great place for fishing, kayaking, picnicking, bird watching
(forest and sea birds) and for bush and estuary walks. Helena
de Reus talks to a family visiting the seaside township.
A familiar bearded figure has reappeared on a hillside near
Owaka. Over the past eight or nine years, Catlins farmer
Pieter Vreugdenhil has been placing a Santa in one of the
hilly paddocks beside the Owaka Highway.
