One of the questions I got asked in a recent interview, broadcast on RadioLIVE's Outdoors Hour, was "So, do you know how many rivers...

I have compiled a slideshow of all the great pictures of people mingling over wine and nibbles at the launch of New Zealand's Rivers at...

The launch of New Zealand's Rivers at Scorpio Books in Christchurch was a great success, and an immensely enjoyable evening. Canterbury...

In my last post, I wrote about how environmental history can help us to progress discussions about fresh water today - one of the...

The next question I have been asked is "Why is it important to understand the history of our relationship with rivers?" There are many...

Since New Zealand's Rivers has been released, I have had a number of opportunities to talk to journalists and others about the book and...

Perhaps nowhere tells more starkly of the duality in our relationship towards the natural environment than Taranaki: the dichotomy of the...

The fact that a 'drain' is a 'waterway' first occurred to me when I was in my late 20s, when I worked in an industrial part of...

I have just been reading Rebecca Macfie's Listener article about the Waitaha River, on the West Coast of the South Island, almost...

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