

The latest freshwater policy "bombshell" – like a rendition of "Hamlet"
The latest "shock" announcement by Environment Minister David Parker, that limits need to be set at a national level to curb further...


Undoing environmental history (with a spade)
This blog was originally published in 2011 on envirohistory NZ. Though my implement of choice for environmental history is the pen (or...


Pohangina River
A bend in Pohangina River, near Totara Reserve. Catherine Knight.


Autumn is ... apples, red leaves, walnuts
Most of the trees we have planted at our 'permanent retreat' in Pohangina Valley (see Life changes) are New Zealand natives - and to the...


"Beyond Manapouri" has arrived, and looks amazing!
... But that's just my opinion, so I canvassed a number of individuals in my community to gauge their reaction to the book. Here is a...


A Manawatu landscape, then ... and now
One of Charles E. Wildbore's most evocative images (in a desolate kind of way) is this one of men getting ready to cart sleepers from...


Wildbore's landscapes
Today's Manawatu Standard features an article on my latest book project, the story behind the images of Charles E. Wildbore, farmer,...


Melding science and story-telling for a better future
I was privileged last month to be invited to be keynote speaker at the Fifth Biennial Symposium of the International Society of River...


Beyond Manapouri
Since my interview with Kathryn Ryan on RNZ yesterday, I have been inundated by inquiries about my new book Beyond Manapouri: 50 years of...





















