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Shutes Hut

This four-bunk stone hut in the Ruahine Forest Park is unique and full of stories....

Occupy the forest

The 40th anniversary of a turning point in New Zealand conservation....

Surely you Joust

Upper Hutt in the Dark Ages...

This Little Piggy…

A day on the Chathams...

Postcards from Siberia (NZ)

A light train falls as Department of Conservation (DoC) technical-sup­port officer Richard Nester and I...

Life imitates art in the Maniototo

Bang in the middle of the Maniototo Plain is a place called Wedderburn. Little more...

Memories of hops

Not long ago, I discovered a wild hop vine growing at Mahoe, just a few...

Southern post

Te anau, on the eastern edge of Fiordland National Park, is well known today. It...

There’s money in pigs

John Crook is a farmer who has spent all his 73 years on the family...

Fly-fishing for Romneys

Mark Scott discovers the attractions of sheepdog trails and jam-making....

A fishing life

It was a laugh when we started. Mike and I really didn’t know what we...

The climb of the ancient mariners

In April 1998, a group of 13 climbers re-enacted the first mountaineering trip under­taken by...

The end of Captain Fish

Mike Mullord used to sell fish around Marlborough out of a distinctive customised van. His...

Sounds complicated

According to my dictionary, “fiord” (also “fjord”) is a Norwegian word meaning a long, deep,...

Barefoot summer

Twelve years old, childhood was running out: the last of the barefoot summers....

The bushmen’s revenge

The two bushmen hastily finished the new set of skids. By now the stock of...

Mac the musterer

The oldest musterer drew the box he was sitting on a little closer to the...

One more river to cross

It was, of course, a great event in the social history of the Far South...

The great spraying machine

It was a great invention. Everybody said so. Even the cowboy described it as neat....

The French at d’Akaroa

What would have happened to this country’s place names if the British hadn’t claimed these...

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