Estates and Inventions on the Buskin Track

Previously, I have documented the various abandoned farmsteads to be found on Otago Peninsula’s Paradise Track, a project which took...

The Secret Treasure of Hillside Wesleyan Church

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...

Today we wandered far afield to an area I’ve been wanting to explore for some time – The Catlins, its...

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

Once again it was time to tackle Otago Peninsula’s Paradise Track, which on my last visit had yielded so much...

Dad was heading to Clyde to meet up with a visiting group of overseas entomologists, so I took the chance...

An adventureless morning found me once again occupied by my habit of perusing local maps for interesting places. Scrolling down...

ANZAC Day is time to reflect on New Zealand’s role in the World Wars, but also a day off to...

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