NZ Herald Columns

I write on New Zealand made specialty spirits, craft beer, cider, wine and other elements of lifestyle that making living in New Zealand fantastic. You can read my work at the NZ Herald online.

If you would like to contact me regarding this column, you can reach me here.

Travel Writing

I have written on travel for a variety of magazines, newspapers and blogs.

Mostly by commission or as an invited guest, sometimes under my own steam so as to share the adventures. You can read my work for the NZ Herald or you can read some of my work on Blogger at Large at Megan’s site.

My natural love of storytelling, writing and travel has birthed a lifelong love of sharing my travel adventures and inspiring others to embrace experiencing the world.

Talk to me about travel, tourism, travel writing and the digital world.

The Way Bible

Over the course of 15 months during 2010 – 2012, I had the privilege of working with my dear friend Mark Oestreicher, on a refreshed edition of The Way bible, the original bible for young adults released in the 1970s’. As a child, my parents had a copy of the infamous green cover with black and white photography. It was a defining project to bring New Zealand stories to life with interviews and testimonies, as well as contributing to the book introductions, applications, laments and the photography elements within the final edition. It’s available online and in stores here in New Zealand.

If you would like to talk to me about The Way, contact me here.

Slant33: Solitude & Rest

Earlier in the year, Marko asked me to come onboard as a contributor for Slant33. The key idea is to ask a range of pertinent, insightful and thought-provoking questions (one a week) with three different voices offering their answer for discussion and commentary.

I jumped at the opportunity as I really trust Marko’s insight as a thinker and leader to help facilitate the process and range of both questions and perspectives, but also because I love the idea of a column that offers so much engagement and depth in one sitting. Even as a contributor – waiting to see what people are going to say, how it differs from your own, what it adds.. it’s really a fun and stretching process. Here’s my first contribution answering the question, “in what practical ways do you find solitude and rest?”

I’d love you to have a read and offer your thoughts and comments on the site – I promise your voice will enrich the conversation!

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Happy Birthday Sola Fida.

By faith alone. Five years into a wild ride of running my own business, being my own boss…essentially putting all my worth and energy and effort on the line to be who I am.

By faith alone. Five years have flashed by like a blur in a myriad of hardships, lessons and successes. Yay!