What Built Cameron’s Blockhouse?

After a pleasant night in Whanganui it was time to once more head south, this time along State Highway Three....

A Hundred Years of Otago Industry

Note: This adventure takes place in an area of active industry filled with all sorts of hazards. I had a...

I’d seen where my ancestors the Parsons first stepped on to New Zealand soil, but that was just the first...

There are little secrets hidden all over Dunedin. For example, there’s the recently-rediscovered trout hatching ponds at Logan Park. There’s...

There’s been a lot of attention in the media recently about detention camps or internment camps, how they should be...

Please enjoy this very special guest post from fellow adventurer Mark Peart! Philosophy and walking – not much in common,...

I’ve now recounted several of my adventures on Niue. You’ve seen me settle in, meet the people, snorkel and sightsee....

We had finally made it, Auntie and I, to the place where our forebears had first become Kiwis. Here we...

Endangered church buildings seem to have become all too common of late. Two years ago I rushed to the Hillside...

It was time for our third annual Wellness Walkers weekend away. We had an exciting array of walks lined up...