Contribute a story to Te Ara Existing stories on Te Ara Heading for the top After several hours of scratches and bruises, teenager Omega Hemopo and her friend realised they were lost. A cold night Fading light caught Joan Tollenaar and her husband in the Coromandel bush. Budding explorer As a boy, Phil Budd roamed Parahaki mountain, imagining he was David Livingstone, the Scottish explorer of Africa. A strange one A thunderous bang announced an eerie visit, writes hut warden Michele Ayres. Possum in a hole How to catch a wild possum? Ernie Smith tried the hard way. The wild bull Fred Hollows stayed calm in a terrifying situation. City slicker It’s a long way from railway clerk to bushman, says Shelley Bennet. If you have a personal account or story related to any of the subjects in Te Ara, please send it in using the form below. We reserve the right to decide whether or not to include it on Te Ara's website, and will contact you before publishing it. If you have digital copies of images you would like to include with your story, you may submit them below. Please ensure that you have permission to use this material. Contact First name * Surname * Email * Phone (optional) Topic What's your story about? * Your story Maximum 500 words * Attach a photo Only JPG, BMP, PNG, TIF and GIF, smaller than 5mb Files must be less than 2 MB.Allowed file types: gif jpg png. Submit your story CAPTCHAThis question is for testing whether you are a human visitor and to prevent automated spam submissions. Which word does not belong to the list? * horse red bird beetle giraffe