BOOKS
MURDER ON THE MAUNGATAPU: A narrative history of the Burgess gang; a band of murderous bushrangers who terrorised the Australian and New Zealand goldfields in the 1800s. The book was published by Canterbury University Press in 2016 and shortlisted for the NZ Heritage Book Awards.
Reviews for the book were glowing without exception. A review on Radio NZ is at this link: RNZ Review
A review by former TVNZ head Ian Fraser it at this link: Spinoff Review
STRENGTH to STRENGTH: A 75-year history of Powell Fenwick Consultants. This privately commissioned corporate history was published in 2013 and was well received. Researching and writing this book whetted my appetite for writing history and led to the Maungatapu book.
RECENT ARTICLES
ROBERT BURNS BIRTHPLACE, AYR. A walk in the footsteps of Scotland’s National Bard. Published in the Otago Daily Times on 24 January 2024 to mark the week of the poet’s birthday.
This was a full-page spread in the printed edition. Below is a link to the online version:
CLAY CLIFFS, OMARAMA. Exploring the spectacular ‘badlands’ cliff formations in the South Island’s Mackenzie Country. It ended in some misadventure when my curiosity exceeded my climbing ability. This was a full-page spread in the Otago Daily Times printed edition on 05 July 2022. The piece also featured in the companion magazine Style. A link to the online version is here: ODT Clay Cliffs Article.
FRANZ JOSEF, WEST COAST: A visit to the normally heavily-touristed glacier country while New Zealand was still isolated from the rest of the world due to Covid-19 restrictions.
This was a full-page spread in the printed edition of 24 May 2022. Below is a link to the online version:
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