Christchurch’s Hagley Oval Pavilion
A southern-style stoush had been sparked when New Zealand was chosen, along with Australia, as host for the 2015 World Cricket Cup. Post-quake Christchurch...
A tale of two churches
Dr Kerry Rodgers has a South Canterbury epiphany
Christchurch’s Anglican Cathedral and Catholic Basilica were not the only Canterbury churches to suffer damage from the...
Worcester’s Hive
Dr Kerry Rodgers considers how a splendid appearance does not always match practical usage.
In one of my more sardonic moods...
Christchurch salutes the Deans
AMI Stadium is the latest incarnation of what was once Lancaster Park that began life in 1880 under the auspices of the Canterbury Cricket...
Houston’s Beer Can House
From 1968 until his death 20 years later, Milkovisch, a retired railroad upholsterer, emptied 50,000+ cans of beer and used the empties to clad...
The colossus of Leshan
While watching a documentary called Rediscovering the Yangtze, I found — as a geologist in a former incarnation — the geomorphology mind blowing. There...
Christchurch‚s Botanic Gardens visitor centre
It was by chance I stumbled across Christchurch’s first civic building to rise from the ashes of the quakes.
I had been meandering alongside the...
Sydney’s Necropolis Receiving House
In the mid-19th century Sydney had a grave issue. The city had run out of cemetery plots. To resolve the matter, the City Fathers...
The bridges of Møre og Romsdal County
Tourists come from across the globe just to drive it. Popularly, it has been dubbed “The Road to Nowhere”.
It is Norway’s Atlantic Ocean Road....
The contentious Beehive
Urban legend holds that Spence dashed off his initial concept on the back of a napkin during dinner with the PM. Other accounts claim...