The new Katikati Haiku Pathway guidebook is now available.

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"The new Katikati Haiku Pathway guidebook is now available. It features a complete set of the 30 poems engraved on boulders in this riverside walk in Katikati, New Zealand, among them a poem by English writer Alan Summers. The walk had its three newest additions blessed at the end of July in a ceremony conducted by local Maori."


almost lost
in the shimmer of water
several ducklings *

The book also includes short author biographies, a potted history of the project and a map of the pathway.

For those ordering from the UK the cost (including P&P) in New Zealand dollars is $12 for 1, or $20 for 2.

Payment may be made through the Katikati Haiku Pathway Focus Committee's PayPal account.

Please e-mail Sandra at: nzhaiku@gmail.com
for details of the payee account, or for the cost if you wish to purchase more than 2 books.

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* haiku publishing credits:
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1. "water"  (2010) haiga by Kuni  is the 2nd of the haiga eBook series. Just as "wind", this book give you full view of haiku scene in the world. Content: 75 color plates of haiga artwork for haiku poems by well known 65 haijin (poets) from around the world. http://tfship.net/bookstore/bkstore.html
2. See Haiku Here (kuni_san) April 13, 2009  Haiga 197 http://seehaikuhere.blogspot.com/2009/04/haiga-197.html
3. Yomiuri Shimbun  October 2004
4. Narrow Road haiku sequence Various Artists eMagazine  March 2004
5. Haiku Pathway Katikati book ISBN 0-476-00060-2  (2003) Katikati Open-Air Art Inc.
6. First Australian Haiku Anthology ISBN 0 9577925 9 X (2003)
7. Raku Teapot: Haiku Book and CD pub. Raku Teapot Press 2003 in association with White Owl Publishing Book: ISBN 1-891691-03-1 CD:  ISBN 1-891691-04-X
8. Wild Flowers, New Leaves  (2002) Ed. Susumu Takiguchi  Ami-Net International Press ISBN 1 902135 03 2
9. Flowers on a Shoe String a collection of poetry and prose ed. Sacha Tremain in aid of ‘One to One Children’s Charity’ Institute of Physics Publishing 2002
10. HI journal #42, Haiku International, Japan, January 2001 (trans into Japanese)
11. tinywords.com January 2001
12. Haiga site 2001 www.mahorobane.jp/~kuni/haiga_gallery/hai_jin7/summer1.html
13. Haiku Pathway,  Katikati, North Island, New Zealand            handcarved into a river boulder 2000            http://area17.blogspot.com/2007/08/new-katikati-haiku-pathway-guidebook-is.html                     http://members.dodo.com.au/janbos/katikati.html            http://www.katikati.co.nz
14. HI journal #42, Haiku International, Japan, January 2001 (translated into Japanese) include or not?
15. First Australian Anthology 1999 http://users.mullum.com.au/jbird/as1.html
16. It was reprinted in the British Haiku Society Journal article "English/Japanese Haiku" by Nobuyuki Yuasa Blithe Spirit article  vol.8 no.3  ISSN 1353-3320 (September 1998)
17. The haiku was used and translated for an article read at the Baiko Women's College, Oct. 1996 by Nobuyuki Yuasa  who is also the editor/translator of the Penguin Classics book ‘The Narrow Road to the Deep North and Other Travel Sketches’ ISBN 0140441859                                                                 trans. into romaji by Nobuyuki Yuasa,              mizu haete  hikari ni kasumu  kogamo kana 
18. Blithe Spirit Vol. 6 No. 1  February 1996   ISSN 1353-3320

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USEFUL WEBLINKS:
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If you would like to learn more about the pathway, please go to:
Poetry Society New Zealand

Janice's Katikati webpage with images:
http://members.dodo.com.au/janbos/katikati.html

The Katikati Town Web Site:
includes details of the Haiku Pathway

Katikati’s Millennium Project, The Haiku Pathway:
Katikati Mural Town: haiku park

Gerald England's blog and Katikati record:
Ackborn born, gone West: ABC Wednesday - K is for Katikati Haiku Pathway

For New Zealand, and international haiku news please check out:
New Zealand Haiku News

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