Non-fiction
Some 50 years of writing…
…means a bucket-load of published works, mostly in print magazines rather than digital form. I’ve added links to a couple of diverse examples including a book I complied with over 100 children and the story of the WWII Corsair fighter plane in the above photo, which after a bit of research we discovered on a dive off the coast of Moso Island, Vanuatu, where I lived for 20 years. (My ex is holding the torch on the rudder.) All of my non-fiction writing these days is on climate hazards, risks, and adaptation strategies for Te Rūnanga o Ngāi Tahu and the Climate Change New Zealand wiki.
- The Lost Squadron
- Te Wāhipounamu’s Rivers of Ice (NY Times educational supplement for students)
- Shooting at the Gates of Hell (Australian Photography)
- But I Only Wanted One Photo (chapter in World’s Best Travel Writing; the book is still available on Amazon)
- The Spiffy Cult, the prequel to ‘But only wanted One Photo’
- New Zealand’s Braided Rivers (website: current)
- Climate Change New Zealand (website: current)
- Moko’s Biodiversity (book; also available for free as a PDF)
- The Flock (25Mb PDF free interactive teaching resources about braided river birds)
- Where will Estuaries be Allowed to Go? (Wader Quest Vol. 3, Issue 2)
- The Impacts of the 2010-2011 Canterbury Earthquake Sequence (Hurunui District Council)
- New Zealand’s Braided Rivers (website: current)
- Climate Change New Zealand (website: current)
Journeys Elsewhere
Some years ago, I became enamoured with a new toy that vastly expanded my capabilities as a photographer: a Mavic Pro drone. But my son is a far better pilot, so I sat in the back seat when we took it for a test run in a few places around Iceland during winter. Filmed in 4K; recommended 2160p YouTube settings.