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23/09/2025

Its been a while but having had a fairly serious illness and booked leave I haven't had time for this, but the next episode of my US holiday series is in the works, I hope to have this out in the next few days!

13/08/2025

And episode three is now up, Las vegas

From LA it was off to Las Vegas, Sin City. How sinful is it? A little bit. Come along as we check out the sights and try not to lose too much money. We also ...

25/07/2025

Episode 2 is now complete and uploaded, some with me as I explore LA! 😎

The adventure begins with Santa Monica and Universal Studios. Then its on to Hollywood with the Walk of Fame and Disneyland and much more.

21/07/2025

I have just finished the first video for my American holiday series. This one covers the prep and the flight to the US but stops there, the next episode will cover Los Angeles.

An average New Zealand historian travels to the United States on a holiday. In this episode he prepares for the trip and boards the plane for the flight to L...

03/07/2025

The next project that is going to see the light of day is my video series on my recent holiday to the US. I took loads of video while I was there filming everything that might be of interest, I might have gone a little overboard which you can see from how many files I have, but at least I have plenty that I can work with. I will be releasing six videos in total staggered out over a few weeks, I will release one at a time and then work on the next one. Its going to be a lot of fun, I had a great time while I was there and I look forward to sharing some of the experiences, I have to warn you, many of these relate to food, I had so much American food and drink I had to try! I will try and post the first video in the next week or so. 🙂🇺🇸

26/06/2025

I can now announce my next project. This is one that I have been quietly working on for the last seven years. A book on the Featherston Prisoner of War Camp covering the whole history from the beginning of the camp right through to when it was used for the tunnel diggers, dairy workers and emergency housing in the 1980s although it will primarily be looking at the time the Japanese were there. And going against everything I have done before, I already have a title for the book and have designed the cover. It will be called Horyo and feature the kanji on the cover, this translates to "prisoner of war". I wanted something Japanese for the title and this is perfect. I am aiming to launch this in mid-2027, that should give me plenty of time to produce a quality and thorough publication.

24/06/2025

In 1982 a time capsule was buried outside out library, I had the honour of being the one that got to open it and help conserve the contents which includes a very... interesting drink driving advert from 1982

Opening of the Masterton Library time capsule that was sealed in August 1982 by the Waipoua Lions Club.

18/06/2025

That's a cheesy smile 😁

📚🎬 Thank you to Mark Pacey of Wairarapa Archive and Gosson Publishing for a "Creative Double Feature" last Sunday!

Local author and filmmaker Mark, delivered an inspiring workshop, sharing his journey through planning, writing, (self-)publishing, and promoting his 11 books—many of which you can find right here in our library!
His booklet on publishing (pictured) was provided for all workshop participants.

The afternoon continued with a screening of Mark's powerful documentary "Never Forgotten: The Marines of Masterton", a moving companion to his latest book "Our New Zealand Home".

Thanks to everyone who joined us for this celebration of storytelling in all its forms! 💬✨

Photo by Geoff Walker

12/06/2025

I am honoured to be taking part in another Relic roundup with American Digger Magazine in a few days time. This is a brilliant group of people who produce a great magazine, and several of them provided voices for my recent film too! I look forward to chatting to you all 😎

10/06/2025

Another great local event that I was able to be a part of 🙂 Thank you Wairarapa Word

05/06/2025

Now that the last two weekends have come and gone I have to give a big shout out to Jane from Wairarapa Film Festival for all her hard work and dedication. She helped make one of my dreams a reality, not only by helping be get my first documentary off the ground but also by screening it at the film festival. Also due to the strong interest in this film it was shown three times to over 200 people. I am very honoured to have been a part of this festival and I thank everyone that came along and supported the documentary and the film festival. 🙂