Adrift on the Avon

I find myself at a loss in Christchurch. I’m here because someone I love lies in the ICU at Christchurch...

Grandmother’s Glacier

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

There are little secrets hidden all over Dunedin. For example, there’s the recently-rediscovered trout hatching ponds at Logan Park. There’s...

Endangered church buildings seem to have become all too common of late. Two years ago I rushed to the Hillside...

Predictably, as I headed south on my great road trip the weather got worse and worse. From bright sun and...

Another sparkling day off dawned upon a car-less adventurer. There was nothing to do but find another on-foot adventure, and...

So I’d made it to Auckland. Day one had been a write-off, with a cancelled flight and a complete failure...

Note: I do not recommend attempting the adventure described in this post unless you are very confident in your abilities...

Having explored the Hooker Valley and saluted New Zealand’s highest mountain, we emerged from another chilly night in our stubbornly-hitched...

Winter has come, and suddenly my news feed is full of scenes of ice and snow. I’m not one to...