World of the Written Word

Not in Narrow Seas by New Zealand economist, consultant and political commentator, Brian Easton , is an interesting book on many levels....

San Aspiring and San Aotea New Zealand has a particularly close association with the ocean.  The Polynesians, when they first arrived f...

Tearing down the statues is the topic du jour -- or so it seems. It began with the tearing down of the statue of slave-trader Edward C...

Guest post from Francine Howarth Tearing down statues achieves nothing and I am no apologist for slavery. I've included...

There are many vessels stranded by the Covid-19 pandemic, including the 19 cruise ships floating forlornly in the harbor at Manila.  Ther...

The Guardian 's most-shared story today is an extract of a book about the experiences of a group of Tongan boys, who were strande...

Back in the year 2007, which now feels like a totally different era, Algonquin Books published my strange account of two shipwrecks on...

It has been a blood bath, out there. At the moment, according to the very useful CruiseWatch site, the cruise ships we knew and loved ...

Fifty-two years ago today, the interisland ferry Wahine  sank in Wellington harbour. And fifty-two people died, one several weeks later,...