Haastaway

Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on December 5, 2013 · 2 Comments 

For the moment, Sandi and I are running a friend’s splendid B&B at Okuru, near Haast in deep South Westland, New Zealand, a wonderful change of scenery and task at the same time. http://www.collyerhouse.co.nz/ This part of the world is all about the natural environment, containing as it does some of New Zealand’s most outstanding … Continue reading →

Category Collyer House, Haast, Jackson's Bay, Lake Ellery, Munro's Beach, South Westland, Waiatoto River jet boat

Monaco to Haast

Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on November 15, 2013 · 6 Comments 

From time to time there comes a point when I realise just how lucky I have been to do and see some wonderful things. One of those times has just arrived, and struck me on the road between Wanaka and Haast amidst the spectacular scenery of New Zealand’s southern lakes and mountain country. That road … Continue reading →

Category Haast, levan kipiani, memli krasniqi, monaco, Nice, sport and peace 2013, Uncategorized, Young Sam Ma

Back In New Zealand

Posted by Prof. Brian Stoddart on April 6, 2013 · 2 Comments 

Whatever the artistic merits of Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings and the more recent Hobbit (undoubted in the former and more questionably in the latter), what really wins in the films is the New Zealand landscape. So much so that much of the tourism to Aotearoa now is focused on visiting Jacksonland, complete with … Continue reading →

Category Haast, Hobbit, Lord of the Rings, New Zealand, Okarito, Peter Jackson, Uncategorized, West Coast