PUBLICATION ARCHIVE
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PUBLICATION YEAR
2026
Journeys
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Waharau Regional Park · WaikatoFollow the RedAn afternoon on the Waharau Ridge Track: red markers, a quiet ridge, fading light and the long drive back to a familiar table.Continue reading →
Tawhitokino Beach · Auckland RegionThe Beach Where Almost No One GoesFrom Waiti Bay, a low-tide walk over Papanui Point reaches secluded Tawhitokino Beach. On the way back, the tide changes what “almost no one around” means.Continue reading →
Waimauku · Auckland RegionIf You Give Sunflowers, Give TwoKatherine took me to Franklin Farm in Waimauku: butterflies, mature sunflowers moving in hard wind, fresh seeds, an old red truck, and a romantic sunflower story tested after dark.Continue reading →
Cambridge · 01The Empty TrackFrom Paddock Café to the Grassroots Trust Velodrome, coffee, an empty track and repeated training reveal the daily work behind speed.Continue reading →
Cambridge · 02Inside the FenceInside Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari, a 47-kilometre fence turns a seemingly naive restoration wish into long-term work.Continue reading →
Cambridge · 03The Lake BelowFrom St Andrew’s Church down to Lake Te Koo Utu, history, drainage and changing light reveal repair as something worked at over time.Continue reading →
Cambridge · 04Why Here?Lake Karāpiro, rowing and St Peter’s School turn “why here?” from a question about champions into one about environment, practice and where a person begins.Continue reading →
Cambridge · 05Back on the BikeAfter more than thirty years off a bicycle, Katherine starts again in Cambridge, riding Te Awa past public art, paddocks and Lake Karāpiro.Continue reading →
Te Aroha · WaikatoTe Aroha: The Town of LoveA king's breakfast, a former nuns' residence and a day unfolding beneath the mountain.Continue reading →
Te Aroha · WaikatoTe Aroha: What Getting It Wrong Gave UsFrom a geyser in sunlight into cloud and darkness, a climb leaves an unexpected gift.Continue reading →
Zealong · WaikatoA Cup of Tea, Thirty Years in the Making1,500 plants. Only 130 survived. Then another thirteen years before there was tea to sell.Continue reading →
Hokianga · NorthlandHokianga: A Good Place to Grow Old AloneAncient kauri, harbour and tide frame a quiet journey about ageing and seeing New Zealand again.Continue reading →
Cambridge · WaikatoCambridge: Where Excellence Becomes OrdinaryAn autumn town of coffee, training grounds, schools and quiet order.Continue reading →
Abel Tasman · TasmanAbel Tasman: Where the Sea Walked Part of the WayFrom Nelson to Mārahau, four essays follow two people into Abel Tasman: time, tide, forest, small bays, and the body slowly finding its rhythm again.Continue reading →Life
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Reading Power · 06Once You Are SeenFrom Zhuge Liang at Longzhong and Wuzhang Plain to Elizabeth Holmes at Theranos: a literary reflection on attention, power and what follows.Continue reading →
Reading Power · 05FeathersSeeNZAgain Reading Power · 05: Feathers.Continue reading →
Reading Power · 04Before You Say ItXu You, Jia Xu and Sima Yi all moved through Cao Cao’s world of power. One kept speaking, one chose a few words, and one survived by letting others misread him.Continue reading →
Reading Power · 03You See What They Want You to SeeA countess, two statesmen, a fixed fight and a banquet: four stories about intention and appearances, read alongside ancient Chinese wisdom.Continue reading →
Reading Power · 02Who Do You Choose?Robert Greene’s Law 2 meets Chinese history: friendship, enmity and fitness for a role collide.Continue reading →
Reading Power · 01If I Could Do It AgainA Father’s Day gift and the first law in Power bring the author back to the man he was more than twenty years ago.Continue reading →
Father’s Day, 2026This Year, They Walked AheadA Father’s Day lunch at a Whitford vineyard leads to Ayrlies Wetlands, then a 5:30 a.m. phone call, congee, and a childhood memory that lingers beyond the day itself.Continue reading →
Life · ReflectionThe Day We Kept Putting Our Hand UpA first New Zealand home, an auction, and the questions we did not yet know to ask.Continue reading →
Life · MemoryMeeting My Thirty-Years-Ago SelfA reunion after thirty years becomes a meeting with the boy who could not use Pinyin.Continue reading →
Life · Language & MigrationThe Kiwi Teacher Whose Eyes I Could Never Quite Meet AgainA small misunderstanding that echoed from Wuhan to New Zealand across decades.Continue reading →
Life · FamilyEighteen: The Same Confusion, in a Different WorldA father and daughter reach eighteen in different times.Continue reading →Business
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Store observationsWhen the ’90s Kids Reach Middle AgeContinue reading →
Store observations · AucklandThe Woman Who Loved FlowersFlowers, a Wednesday closure, a ballroom-dance poster and a bag of lemons slowly reveal the life of a small Auckland restaurant owner.Continue reading →
Store observations · AucklandThe Dragon RestaurantDuck feet, work clothes, cheap-meal pressure and family labour trace the changing rhythm of a Chinese restaurant in New Zealand.Continue reading →
Store observations · AucklandMr A of AucklandMaps, suits, property bets, 'Put things in writing' and a lingering fifty-dollar debt form a portrait of an Auckland property mentor.Continue reading →
Market changes · New Zealand Property Cycle IIINew Zealand Property Cycle III: Across the HillsThis time, we really couldn't make it back on our own.Continue reading →
Business observations · Cycles & supplyWhen Vineyards Start Pulling Up VinesWhat a wine crisis reveals about supply, migration, rates and New Zealand property.Continue reading →
Store observations · Botany JunctionAcross the Counter: AladdinA kebab lunch and a shop owner from Nepal.Continue reading →
Store observations · An emergency callThe 111 Call from the ShopA stranger's request for help reframed what an emergency call needs.Continue reading →
Business observations · Process & recordsEveryone Knew About It at the TimeWhy what everyone knew at the time can become difficult to establish later.Continue reading →
Business observations · Property cycleFortunes in the Boom, Liquidations in the BustThe money, cycles and human judgement behind property development.Continue reading →