John Parsons, Te Wetini and the Battle of Māhoetahi

Here in Taranaki I’ve been following the lives of my ancestors. I’ve traced their journey to New Plymouth aboard the...

The Final Front: The British Approach Te Arei

Up until now, my Taranaki adventures have focused on the story of my ancestors the Parsons – their journey to...

My sister April and I were travelling the West Coast, and I was in charge of adventure. I had snapped...

I’d seen where my ancestors the Parsons first stepped on to New Zealand soil, but that was just the first...

We had finally made it, Auntie and I, to the place where our forebears had first become Kiwis. Here we...

After two and a half years, I figure it’s about time I try to explain why I chose to focus...

Thus far in my brief visit to Suffolk I’d visited the three Fornhams, investigating the stories of my great-great-great grandparents...

In my previous instalment, I visited Fornham All Saints, and the home church of my 19th-century ancestors George Nunn and...

Since I was visiting an old family friend near Cambridge I decided to take the opportunity to veer to the...