I grew up in Ōtautahi (Christchurch), the biggest city of Te Waipounamu (the South Island) of Aotearoa (New Zealand). From the loom of the Southern Alps and the dry and windy Canterbury Plains, to inner-tubing on the Manuherikia and waterskiing in Kenepuru Sound, to hiking up to the Brooklyn Wind Turbine and glow-worm hunting in… Continue reading