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That big house up on the hill...

Olveston: Portrait of a Home by Jane Ussher and John Welsh (Massey University Press, 2025)

Posted: Tuesday Apr 14, 2026

Shipwrecks, pirates and brothels, oh my! Melodrama in early Dunedin

Wild Latitudes by Barbara Else (Vintage, 2007)

Posted: Friday Mar 06, 2026

Murder in Mataura! Clever, exciting and very local crime fiction

Overkill by Vanda Symon (Orenda Books, London, 2018)

Posted: Friday Feb 20, 2026