Books

I have been an outdoor and natural world enthusiast from childhood. Not only has that love defined my career, it has also informed my writing.  I’m the author of three books that explore our connection to nature: The Deep Sky Waits on the Outskirts of Town (Reed 1996);  Swim: A year of swimming outdoors in New Zealand (2018) (longlisted for the 2019 Royal Society Prize of the Ockham Book Awards); and After Dark: Walking into the nights of Aotearoa (2021).

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Walking Into the Night

To research this book, I spent several years in the company of bats, owls, moths, singing crickets and seabirds, and the people who study them…Read more >

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The Great New Zealand Swimming Project

One year I set out to swim every day outdoors through the four seasons in New Zealand. From Northland to Fiordland, I swam our rivers, lakes, ponds, seas, estuaries, wetlands, springs and outdoor lido pools… Read more >