Walking Boundaries with The Lawrence Chinese Community

The town of Lawrence, Otago’s gateway to the gold fields, is one place I’ve always wanted to explore more fully....

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....

Note: This adventure takes place in an area of active industry filled with all sorts of hazards. I had a...

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

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

As the sun rose on a sweltering 2019, I looked back on a year well spent. I’ve visited so many...

Whisked away for a sneaky weekend in Christchurch, I was asked if there was anything I wanted to do between...

It was with some alarm that I learned of the pending demolition of the 1893 Methodist church on the corner...

I’d been hankering for a historic wander around Port Chalmers for some time, so it was a serendipitous day that...

It was time for my usual weekly adventure with Dad, but we were growing sick of the slippery winter mud...