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...

When I last left my ancestors the Parsons, they had just stepped off the Timandra and into their new lives...

I was in New Plymouth on ancestry business, but that didn’t mean I couldn’t take some time out to visit...

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...