Last month, the OECD's most recent report on New Zealand's environmental 'performance' was released. This is the fourth OECD report on...

Recently, TV3's NewsHub alerted New Zealanders to the loss of some of our best quality soils to urban expansion [watch the story here]....

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

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...

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

If you haven't received your invitation yet, and would like to come along, please RSVP to Canterbury University Press by 10th November....

A few people have asked what New Zealand's Rivers is about - which is a reasonable question. By way of answering this, here is a...

This is a photo of the mining settlement of Brunner, perched on the side of the Grey River, on the West Coast of the South Island. The...

My adventure into the world of environmental history began in earnest with my exploration of the history of a forest reserve in the...

I first posted this in November 2015. It is so relevant to the book I have been writing about rivers, so am reposting. I was fortunate to...