The joy of seeking out and finding the strange
Category: New Zealand
Reading The Luminaries after visiting Hokitika
What books reveal about a place before you go, while you’re there, and after you’ve left
Buying for a budding bookworm in Auckland
Trusting the expertise of a bookseller to recommend local authors and leaving with the best gifts
How to spend an afternoon in Wellington like it’s 1902
Have we really changed all that much in more than a century?
What does a 30 million year old pancake look like?
A short walk off the long road between Hokitika and Nelson in New Zealand
A tried-and-true way to find the most memorable spots
How a breakfast conversation led to two day trips in New Zealand
An unexpectedly brilliant playground in Christchurch
The young (and young at heart) are welcome in an oasis in the South Island’s biggest city