A Peek at Pukehiki Church
In my Peninsula adventures, there’s been one place I’ve often passed by but never stopped to investigate. This place is...
Category: History
Tracing Otago’s First Trout
There really is no end to Dunedin’s little secrets, and that was proved anew on a recent Sunday when I...
The Siege of Huriawa
When last we left my Waitangi Day adventure, I had just finished my tour of the little cemetery perched atop...
Where Abel Tasman Met the Māori – And the Story that was Lost
While at the top of the South Island, there was one place I was absolutely determined to visit. So Dad...
Reflections of Waitangi at Karitane
Waitangi Day meant a day off, and that meant a fitting adventure had to be found. I fixed on Huriawa...
The Suffragist Virago and the Stonemason: Patons of Highcliff
I was offered another tantalising piece to the puzzle that is Otago Peninsula’s early settler history when a Highcliff landowner...
On the Importance of Place
After two and a half years, I figure it’s about time I try to explain why I chose to focus...
Somewhere Over the Rainbow (Road)
We had taken in the Hanmer Plain and conquered the most popular peak in Canterbury, so now it was time...
Christchurch, Seven Years After
Whisked away for a sneaky weekend in Christchurch, I was asked if there was anything I wanted to do between...
An Eely Encounter at Lake Rotoiti
I wasn’t going to write about Lake Rotoiti, because after all I posted about it almost exactly two years ago...