Lost Gold
Lost Gold, The 100-year Search for the Gold Reef of Northwest Nelson By Paul Bensemann, Craig Potton Publishing, 2013. Softcover, 244 pages, $40. Reviewed by Arnold Heine For those of us who have spent...
View ArticleAvalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry
Avalanche Awareness in the New Zealand Backcountry. By Penny Goddard, New Zealand Alpine Club, 2013 (second edition). Softcover, 112 pages, $35. Available through www.alpineclub.org. nz. Crisp...
View ArticleAmong Secret Beauties
By Brian Wilkins, Otago University Press, Dunedin. Softcover, 216 pages, $40. People of my generation, born well after the 1950s, often have the impression that the decade was a time of dull oppressive...
View ArticleEnd to End New Zealand
End to End New Zealand: Following the Te Araroa Trail on a 3,000 km Journey from Cape Reinga to Bluff By Paul Garland, Campfire Creations, 2012. Softback, $39.50, 200 pages. Available through...
View ArticleThe Heaphy Track
The Heaphy Track By Chris Petyt, Nikau Press, 2012. Softcover, 214 pages, $40. Maori knew of this inland route too, having earlier had settled the area around the Heaphy River mouth, but during the...
View ArticleCheckpoint 25: Adventure Racing from New Zealand to the World
By Jim Robinson, David Ling Publishing, 2016. Softcover, 167 pages, $40. With this breezy history of adventure racing in New Zealand and around the world, journalist Jim Robinson has provided a great...
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Glorious Highcountry
John and Charles Enys: Castle Hill Runholders, 1864-1891, by Jenny Abrahamson, featuring watercolours by Charles Enys and contemporary photographs by John O’Malley (Wily Publications, Christchurch. 239...
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Blown up, blown over and blown away
“Blown Up, Blown Over and Blown Away: The Second Law of Thermodynamics and Me” by Colin Putt, 2020.368 pages, soft-bound, coloured photographs and maps. Colin Putt, or “Puttoh”, as he was known to so...
View ArticleThe Cold Inside
The Cold Inside, A story about mountains, friendship and doubt by Paul Hersey, Di Angelo Publications, 2022. Soft cover, NZD $30, 272 pages. Available through https://paulherseywriting.com and NZ...
View ArticleSeeking the Light
Seeking the light, Climbing all 24 of New Zealand’s highest mountains by Gavin Lang, Potton & Burton, 2022. Hard cover, NZD $89.99, 192 pages. Available in bookstores around the country and online....
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