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Mary Jane Walker

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The Sensational South Island: New Zealand's Mountain Land

The Sensational South Island: New Zealand's Mountain Land

The Sensational South Island is the companion volume to the award-winning Neglected North Island: New Zealand's Other Half.

2021

Mary Jane Walker

Mary Jane Walker

Stories

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A Maverick Traveller

Hangzhou and Huzhou

World Heritage and history in one of the most storied parts of China, not far from Shanghai

6d ago

Hangzhou and Huzhou

6d ago

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A Maverick Traveller

Shanghai and Zhouzhuang

A visit to China’s greatest and most prosperous city and to an old canal town nearby, the ‘Venice of the East’

Sep 7

Shanghai and Zhouzhuang

Sep 7

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A Maverick Traveller

Relaxing in Raglan

A small, funky surf town on the west coast of New Zealand’s North Island

Aug 31

Relaxing in Raglan

Aug 31

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A Maverick Traveller

Tiny Homes, Small Houses, Big Problems: An Update

My struggle to build a small house on a sloping site in Queenstown, New Zealand (it’s there now, but tiny). A fascinating saga!

Aug 22

Tiny Homes, Small Houses, Big Problems: An Update

Aug 22

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A Maverick Traveller

The Wonderful Whakapapa Valley, on the Sunny Side of Mount Ruapehu

A historic tourist chateau and rides on the Sky Waka cable car, in sunshine and snow, under pressure from global warming.

Aug 15

The Wonderful Whakapapa Valley, on the Sunny Side of Mount Ruapehu

Aug 15

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A Maverick Traveller

Woo-hoo Timaru

Or, why you shouldn’t just pass through on the way to Dunedin, Christchurch, or Oamaru

Aug 9

Woo-hoo Timaru

Aug 9

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A Maverick Traveller

From Oamaru to Timaru

North of Oamaru lies the ‘bluestone town’ of Timaru. First stop there is the i-Site and the incredible Te Ana (‘The Cave’) rock drawing…

Aug 2

From Oamaru to Timaru

Aug 2

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A Maverick Traveller

Hiking the Whangārei Heads

A wonderful wild peninsula right on the city’s doorstep

Jul 26

Hiking the Whangārei Heads

Jul 26

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A Maverick Traveller

A Few Days in LA (Part 2)

From hiking in the Hollywood Hills and an abalone-themed installation at the Getty Center, I fall in love once more with Venice Beach

Jul 19

A Few Days in LA (Part 2)

Jul 19

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A Maverick Traveller

A Few Days in LA

Part one of a revisit, staying in Hollywood this time, on the way home to New Zealand

Jul 12

A Few Days in LA

Jul 12

Mary Jane Walker

Mary Jane Walker

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Traveller, journalist, author of 18 books and of 300 blog posts on Medium and on my website a-maverick.com.

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