The A to Z Challenge: O is for Opotiki
The Bay of Plenty near Opotiki Opotiki is my old home town, where I spent the first seventeen years of my life. It’s small and little-known, even within New Zealand. […]
Bay of Plenty
The Bush-farmer’s Scourge
There’s a section in Mud and Gold when Frank faces near-disaster after several of his cows get into a patch of poisonous plants: One of his cows lay on the […]
Mining Country
On our way back from Opotiki we stopped for the night in the Karangahake Gorge, an old gold-mining area that has some nice walks. It’s a lovely, peaceful setting, with […]
Ruatane in Real Life: My Old Home Town
The wide sweep of the Bay of Plenty stretched to the edge of Amy’s sight, and straight in front of her ocean met sky all along the horizon, broken only […]
New Website
Welcome to my new website!