Nigeness

The city centre of Wellington, as I’ve noted before, is blessed with three very good second-hand bookshops, all within a few minutes’ w...

He reached the grand age of 96 in extraordinarily good shape, and working very nearly to the end, but the death of Nicholas Parsons still co...

Much to my relief, the latest printing of The Mother of Beauty is at last available, on Amazon or (come February) direct from me.

Posed enticingly on a street plan of Wellington city centre, this wine cork bearing the name of my favourite composer (after Bach) is some...

I'm happy to report that the grandsons' taste in animations remains solidly retro, the current favourite being Popeye , of which l...

One Maori word I have managed to memorise – I could hardly fail to – is Tui, the name of the bird whose loud and distinctive call forms a ma...

Out here in Aotearoa – or New Zealand, as we diehard colonialists still call it – Maori matters and Maori culture are never far from the pub...