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"Hi Louise, the sleepsack looks awesome and we are looking forward to using it when we come home as it's so hot in Hong Kong right now that our little man has just been sleeping in thin cotton numbers" Keri, Hong Kong. Read more
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NewsIf you haven't joined up yet and would like to read our latest news click on the link below for Southern Rata's first newsletter. It's really easy to join, simply go to Join Us and you'll receive quarterly newsletters and no random sales spiels. We promise. In 2009 Southern Rata was delighted to announce the five lucky winners of a $50 voucher: The idea for Southern Rata germinated back in May 2008 after a hair-raising jeep trip to Leh, Ladakh in Northern India. The road wasn’t officially open to the public for the season but in true Indian style if there were time-strapped travellers keen to go then it’s just a matter of negotiating rupees. A thrilling albeit terrifying 48 hr journey through snow and ice to 3500m with no suspension, no chains, scarcely 2-wheel drive, and 3 breakdowns ensued but the trade off was the most incredible mountains and scenery! I made a pact en route that if I survived the trip I was going to start my own business when I returned to Queenstown. Just over a year later it’s happened.
Southern Rata (Metrosideros umbellata) and its north island cousin, Pohutakawa, are beloved symbols of New Zealand and invoke memories of endless summers and our unique natural environment. Growing from a seed in the ground to become a tree up to 15 metres high, Southern Rata are best known for their brilliant red flowers that appear in profusion from November to January. Native birds such as the tui, bellbird and kaka all benefit from rata trees in the forest.
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