Black Peter’s Gold Trail

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

Grandmother’s Glacier

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...

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

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...