Small amphibian aircraft, Grumman Widgeons, flew Auckland skies for more than 35 years spearheaded by legendary pilot Captain Fred Ladd. These aircraft connected islands in the Hauraki Gulf, remote...
In 2014 it was decided to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the beginning of World War One on the Justices of the Peace website, featuring 4 Justices who served abroad, Reginald Langdale...
Events in Auckland in the mid-1880s provided conspiracy and intrigue such as the Colony had never seen. The ingredients included a jilted lover, a planned kidnap, murder, theft of a ship and her...
Someone once remarked to me that “there’s nothing quite like going to bed with a good Trollope”. He was, of course, referring to one of Anthony Trollope’s popular novels as ideal bedtime reading. And...
Mrs Mack was a fellow TVNZ employee who befriended me: a woman who, travelling alone, braved immigration to New Zealand in post-war years to make a new life here. She was one of the interesting...
4 Who Served in World War One Centenary celebrations of the First World war (1914-18) recalled four people I knew who served. I researched their backgrounds and found interesting careers worthy of...