“ All in all, it’s just another brick in the wall…”  – the words of invading Mongol armies, immortalized by Pink Floyd. OK, perhaps not. Still, I’m sure I wouldn’t be the first to hum the tune as I scrambled, heaved and puffed my way along this most remarkable creation. I spent ‘Good Friday’ on [...]

Recently I visited the seaside town on Tranquebar (also known as Tarangambadi – the land of the singing waves) on the south east coast of India. The town was a Danish Port from 1620 – 1845 and was the home of India’s first printing press. If you are ever in the South East of India, [...]

During Febraury 2011, I cycled from Waiheke Island to Wellington on a storytelling and cycling adventure on behalf of the Once Upon An Island Trust. The project was dubbed, ‘”Spoke ‘N Word’ encapsulating the two main themes – the bike and story. The main aim of the project was to encourage the joy of cycling [...]

During January 2011 the Once Upon An Island Trust in con junction with the Auckland Council are ran a week long programme of storytelling workshops under the rakau rangatira – the great chiefly pohutukawa of Whakanewha Regional Park on Waiheke Island New Zealand. This tree has been the site of many community celebrations – weddings, [...]