Christchurch Earthquake is Constant

Completely forgetting here in Northland that in Christchurch now some almost two months after the major earthquake struck  and destroyed many heritage buildings along with much of the city’s infrastructure such as sewerage, etc, I phoned a friend wanting to complain.  It almost cost me the friendship since that happened to be the day after a […]

Alaskan Roadhouses – 1890s

Mushing in Alaska

Roadhouses in Alaska, before motorised travel, were both a feature of safety in the bitterly cold wilderness, and a license to print money for the operators Arthur Dallimore journeyed from England in the early 1890s to settle in New Zealand. When he heard about the gold rush in Alaska’s Klondike, he jumped onto a boat […]

Microlight: Flying the Pioneer 200

Peter Randall, Pioneer 200 Microlight owner, Dargaville, New Zealand - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

Learning to fly the popular Pioneer 200 Microlight recreational aircraft in New Zealand. Peter Randall is a dairy farmer near Dargaville in Northland, New Zealand. His recreation, the thing that relaxes him, is flying his own Pioneer 200 microlight. Catching the flying bug Peter, 65, completed his agricultural training at Shuttleworth Agricultural College in England. […]

Birds of Joy

Tui in Kowhai tree - Photo Theresa Sjoquist

  Here’s wishing you birds of joy to fly through your laughter and remind you that dreams too do softly fly, and sometimes land.