About the Author

Gordon McLauchlan has enjoyed a media career as a journalist, feature writer, magazine editor, television presenter, radio broadcaster, social commentator, historian, columnist and public relations consultant. His areas of interest include literature, agriculture, tourism and media, and he reckons he has worked in more branches of the media than any other New Zealander. His books include The Passionless People, the Bateman New Zealand Encyclopaedia, A Short History of New Zealand and The Farming of New Zealand.