Siege of Pukekohe East

Heading down from Auckland once again, this time in a shiny new Jeep, I searched for historic places to hit...

Darwinian Geology at Ward Beach

I was in England when the 2016 Kaikoura Earthquake struck my South Island home. It was hard to be so...

Another sparkling day off dawned upon a car-less adventurer. There was nothing to do but find another on-foot adventure, and...

Heading south through the Marlborough district on State Highway One, I had a special place in mind. An unassuming pull-off...

One of the perks of having this blog is that sometimes I get to see places that I’d otherwise have...

For the last eight years I’ve thought that the one moment in our nation’s history that I’d be asked about...

So I’d made it to Auckland. Day one had been a write-off, with a cancelled flight and a complete failure...

As the sun rose on a sweltering 2019, I looked back on a year well spent. I’ve visited so many...

I arrived in Rotorua much later than I’d intended, thanks to four hours stuck in rental vehicle purgatory. I only...

As I continued southward through the North Island on my great New Zealand road trip, I entered a strange half-known...