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...
From Old Plymouth to New: Voyage of the Timandra
I’d seen where my ancestors the Parsons first stepped on to New Zealand soil, but that was just the first...
The Most Surprising Steamship
There are little secrets hidden all over Dunedin. For example, there’s the recently-rediscovered trout hatching ponds at Logan Park. There’s...
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 Philosophy of Walking
Please enjoy this very special guest post from fellow adventurer Mark Peart! Philosophy and walking – not much in common,...
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....
The Stormy Shore of New Plymouth
We had finally made it, Auntie and I, to the place where our forebears had first become Kiwis. Here we...
Fight for Highgate Church
Endangered church buildings seem to have become all too common of late. Two years ago I rushed to the Hillside...
A Remarkable White Christmas
It was time for our third annual Wellness Walkers weekend away. We had an exciting array of walks lined up...