As part of our transition to country life our plan is to ease into livestock rearing by starting with the most user-friendly animals -...

I have discovered that living in the country can lead to some interesting conversations. The smallholder that lives next to us raises...

About three weeks ago my family and I made a very big life change. We moved from comfortable, convenient, leafy suburbia on the Kapiti...

Last week I learned that my first book, Ravaged Beauty: An environmental history of the Manawatu, has won the major award (sole winner)...

Recently I attended a hui to discuss landscape assessment in New Zealand. The discussion turned to the view of "landscape" from a te ao...

"The book should be mandatory for local body politicians, and planners, plus teachers and students of agriculture, geography, history and...

I have had really amazing feedback from people who have read New Zealand's Rivers. I thank every one of you who has taken the time to get...

Like many of us, I enjoy words - though my vocabulary is nowhere near as diverse as I would like it to be (I would be lost without my...

Another question I was asked in my most recent interview, on RadioLIVE, was, given the more 100-odd years of abuse suffered by many of...

Things looked a bit dicey there for a while, in the wake of the 7.8 magnitude Kaikoura earthquake the week before. But luckily there were...