Whale watching at Kaikoura, I discovered an ancestral link between this South Island east coast town and Whangara - another east coast settlement on the North Island Whale Watch is quintessentially Kaikoura – owned and run by Ngati Kuri, guardians of this pristine place. Here …
Travels
Home by a Nose
Taking it on the chin, I confess my map-reading incompetence while walking Picton’s Snout Track Anyone who knows me will agree that lengthy walks aren’t really my forte. They take too long, for starters. Hikes are worse. Lugging packs for hours on end – it just …
Clutha Gold, Easy Rider
Cycling the easy Clutha Gold Trail, I discovered the birthplace of New Zealand’s gold rush. If someone asked you where New Zealand’s gold rush began – would Lawrence pop into mind? Gabriel’s Gully might have been lodged somewhere in the memory bank, but asked to pinpoint …