Skip to content
History, Nature and Adventure in Dunedin and Beyond

Kiwi Adventures

  • New Zealand
    • Otago
      • Dunedin City
      • Greater Dunedin Area
      • Otago Peninsula
      • Otago Further Afield
    • Taranaki
    • Canterbury
    • Southland
    • West Coast
    • And Beyond…
  • Europe
    • Italy
    • France
    • England
  • Asia-Pacific
    • Niue
  • About
Kiwi Adventures

Tag: Dunedin

Dredging up the Past on Aramoana Spit

Dredging up the Past on Aramoana Spit

amandaSeptember 20, 2023September 18, 20234 Comments
Spring of 2021 saw some wild weather in the south, with storms and high winds featuring strongly on our radars....
Read More
Cable Quibbles, Spring Flowers and Fine Houses: Intriguing Roslyn

Cable Quibbles, Spring Flowers and Fine Houses: Intriguing Roslyn

amandaSeptember 14, 2022September 7, 2022Leave a comment
What is the appropriate way for a Dunedinite to celebrate the first day of spring? Why, by taking another (literal!)...
Read More
Black Peter’s Gold Trail

Black Peter’s Gold Trail

amandaSeptember 16, 2020September 15, 2020Leave a comment
As I arrived in Lawrence for my investigation into the Chinese community that once lived there, I couldn’t help but...
Read More
The Most Surprising Steamship

The Most Surprising Steamship

amandaFebruary 12, 2020February 12, 20203 Comments
There are little secrets hidden all over Dunedin. For example, there’s the recently-rediscovered trout hatching ponds at Logan Park. There’s...
Read More
Fight for Highgate Church

Fight for Highgate Church

amandaJanuary 8, 2020January 8, 20201 Comment
Endangered church buildings seem to have become all too common of late. Two years ago I rushed to the Hillside...
Read More
Second Chances at Second Beach

Second Chances at Second Beach

amandaOctober 16, 2019October 15, 20191 Comment
I had to go back to St Clair. There were historic tidbits I’d come across when researching my post on...
Read More
The Shifting Sands of St Clair

The Shifting Sands of St Clair

amandaJune 13, 2019June 13, 20193 Comments
Another sparkling day off dawned upon a car-less adventurer. There was nothing to do but find another on-foot adventure, and...
Read More
Exploring Historic Caversham

Exploring Historic Caversham

amandaFebruary 13, 2019February 12, 201919 Comments
As the sun rose on a sweltering 2019, I looked back on a year well spent. I’ve visited so many...
Read More
Tracing Otago’s First Trout

Tracing Otago’s First Trout

amandaAugust 15, 2018August 15, 20185 Comments
There really is no end to Dunedin’s little secrets, and that was proved anew on a recent Sunday when I...
Read More
Torpedoes, Explosions, and an Alleged Slave Ship: Deborah Bay’s Astonishing Past

Torpedoes, Explosions, and an Alleged Slave Ship: Deborah Bay’s Astonishing Past

amandaFebruary 16, 2018February 16, 201810 Comments
Deborah bay had been on my list for a long time, due to the remains of a ship with an...
Read More

Posts navigation

1 2 … 7
Kiwi Adventures
Proudly powered by WordPress | Theme: refur by Crocoblock.