Earlier this evening I got a call out of the blue from a nice young reporter from Newshub, keen to interview me for their morning show on...

I have been reading Max Harris' much acclaimed book The New Zealand Project (BWB Books, 2017). Harris believes that to face the major...

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...