Solo writing poetry and immersing themselves

writing poetry and immersing themselves in Moana Oceania

and reviews of new poetry collections

’ — Sonya Hunt

’ — Jane Buckingham

inner-city slums of Te Aro to Berhampore in the south

Solo writing poetry and immersing themselvesTales of ambition, risk and death in New Zealands backcountry One afternoon in Auckland, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full time job. As she ranged from Arthurs Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to the Ruahine Range and Fiordland, she had her share of danger and loneliness, but