by George Driver | Apr 29, 2019 | Features, RNZ
‘I’m looking out at the scene of one of the worst chapters in human history. And yet it feels like the most peaceful place in the world.’ Read here Published on the RNZ website, April 25,...
by George Driver | Apr 14, 2019 | Features, Sunday Star Times, Travel
Named the EU’s Culture Capital for 2019, Plovdiv might be the best travel destination you’ve never heard of. Read here Published in the Sunday Star Times, April 14,...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
After two people died on a popular alpine day walk in Fiordland, DOC is grappling with how to make the route safer. The car park for the Gertrude Saddle Track, just before Homer Tunnel, is regularly overflowing in summer, as people head to what’s been described as the...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio
The fate of the North Island’s forests is in limbo as myrtle rust begins to take hold. Some warn it could cause sensitive ecosystems to collapse. In autumn last year, a stormy westerly wind blew across the Tasman Sea. It was the perfect transport for microscopic...
by George Driver | Dec 12, 2018 | News portfolio, Wilderness magazine
The death of a tourist who fell on the Gertrude Saddle route in Fiordland may have been prevented if DOC had not delayed installing warning signs, according to the coroner. Two people died less than a year apart in very similar circumstances on the popular tramping...