A Cruise Through the Catlins

The Catlins was the first place I ventured once Kiwis were allowed outside again after our first lockdown. Now I...

Adrift on the Avon

I find myself at a loss in Christchurch. I’m here because someone I love lies in the ICU at Christchurch...

This is part 2 of a series on the history of Niue. Find part 1 here. In 1830 the flagship...

As I arrived in Lawrence for my investigation into the Chinese community that once lived there, I couldn’t help but...

Our last anniversary found me basking in solitude in the Red House of Niue, reflecting on the doozy of a...

My sister April and I were travelling the West Coast, and I was in charge of adventure. I had snapped...

The town of Lawrence, Otago’s gateway to the gold fields, is one place I’ve always wanted to explore more fully....

Having arrived at Waipapa Point with Dad for our ANZAC Day adventure, we’d checked out the light house and learned...

We’d finally emerged from the chrysalis of country-wide quarantine into a long winter weekend. Now that adventure (within reason) was...

I was in New Plymouth on ancestry business, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t take some time out to visit...