Snow Crab

On the west coast of the North Island, the region where I was born, it’s impossible to escape the majestic conical outline of Mount Taranaki, an active stratovolcano rising 2,518 metres (8,261 feet). Wherever you wander, you are in the shadow of this powerful force of nature.

According to Maori mythology Mount Taranaki once lived in the centre of the North Island with