Dear Oliver His book reflects decades of

His book reflects decades of investigation into one of New Zealand’s most singular architects

‘A fascinating biography and insight into one of New Zealand's leading social photographers

’ — Bronwyn Labrum

Both the thoughtful  poems and the wistful illustrations have much to offer’ — John Daly-Peoples

After first occupying vacant spaces in post-stock-market-crash Auckland in the mid-1990s

Dear Oliver His book reflects decades ofA fresh way to look at New Zealands history Longlisted for the 2019 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards When writer and historian Peter Wells found a cache of family letters amongst his elderly mothers effects, he realised that he had the means of retracing the history of a not untypical family swept out to New Zealand during the great nineteenth century human diaspora from Britain. His family experienced the war against Te Kooti, the Boer War, the Napier