Part way along the Kawarau River between Cromwell and Queenstown (Central Otago, New Zealand) is a feature known to Maori as ‘Whatatorere’ (Kaumatua …
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When an entire landscape loses its forests, it can be so complete that most of us would have no comprehension of what …
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When I was growing up in Central Otago (New Zealand) graywacke was a bane of my life, and certainly of my Dad’s …
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Growing up in Alexandra (Central Otago, New Zealand) in the early 1970s it was the family thing to go ice skating on …
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New Zealanders are becoming aware of a new threat to their native forests – as if logging, burning, opossums, deer, ferrets, cats, …
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Anyone who knows anything about New Zealand geology will know that it was once ‘part of Gondwana’. This is true, but how …
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Most Australians and many tourists will be aware of a prominent topographic feature not too far from the east coast. For example, …
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Back in the days when Australia had just seven veterans left from the First World War, I made an effort to meet …
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Late 1984, I was booted out of Denmark and hit the next ferry to Puttgarden  (this was a condition of the local …
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