The Strange, Sad Case of Minnie Dean

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

Second Chances at Second Beach

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

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...

Heading south through the Marlborough district on State Highway One, I had a special place in mind. An unassuming pull-off...

Six intrepid travellers had set off to conquer the Kepler Track, one of New Zealand’s famed Great Walks. We had...

In my Peninsula adventures, there’s been one place I’ve often passed by but never stopped to investigate. This place is...

There really is no end to Dunedin’s little secrets, and that was proved anew on a recent Sunday when I...

Waitangi Day meant a day off, and that meant a fitting adventure had to be found. I fixed on Huriawa...

I was offered another tantalising piece to the puzzle that is Otago Peninsula’s early settler history when a Highcliff landowner...