The Cultural Misunderstanding that Killed: Featherston at War

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

The Empire and the Island

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

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

Predictably, as I headed south on my great road trip the weather got worse and worse. From bright sun and...

Once again it was time for a day trip to Invercargill, and once again I planned to steal away my...

I had to go back to St Clair. There were historic tidbits I’d come across when researching my post on...

Approaching Blenheim on my doomed road trip, I had one further detour to make. The lure of a double shipwreck...

Another ANZAC Day provided the setting for a now-traditional adventure between Dad and I. Dad suggested a road trip to...

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

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