The Big Day Out Returns…Again
In January 1994 I embarked on an outing with a group of friends. I don’t think any of us knew what we were in for on that day. We knew we were going to...
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How to Disappear
When writing a novel it is said that we put ourselves in some small or great way into the story. In one sense this is unavoidable. It is our story and when we take...
The Days are Getting Longer (…and that’s a good thing).
I’m no conspiracy theorist and I only rant on occasion but is there any chance we can stop calling it ‘Climate Change’ and go back to ‘Global Warming’? Arguably the climate has always changed....
Citizen of the World
I had literally stepped off the plane in Dublin in 2001 and I was inspired to write. After a visit to the National Library where a Ulysses exhibition was being held, I promptly sat...
All-Time Top 10: Xmas Movies
Ok we can talk about it now. Two weeks into December is close enough to Christmas to dare speak its name. But before I do: I stumbled across another version of Asimbonanga that a...
Asimbonanga
I’ve never felt that growing up in New Zealand distanced me from affairs of an international nature. When the Apartheid-era was near an end and Nelson Mandela still imprisoned, the political system in South...
50 Shades of Green
I’m finally into a draft of my latest work. Let’s say I’m approaching the quarter mark of the story. It’s an interesting point in the book to be in. Arguably it’s a critical point...
Half Price Sale
So the Autumn internationals are almost over and I can get back to the business of writing about …well writing. This series always throws up some interesting results and the All Blacks usually struggle...
K.D. Muir’s Sports Quiz
So what did we learn from this sporting week? Kiwis still can’t play soccer – There might be as many Kiwi kids playing soccer as rugby but there is no clear path to a...
Farewell Fats
The Autumn Internationals are well and truly underway which means we will soon be treated to a month of rugby before the All Blacks take a well-earned break over the summer. This time also...
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