The lighthouse keeper and his wife, three decades on the coast - Lena, still breeding racehorses at 94 - the bloke who drives the bulldozer down at the tip - an elderly water dowser, you have to take a rest after an hour or so . . .

In this unusual and engaging book the skills of one of New Zealand's leading writer's and a top photographer combine to present a unique picture of the people Jim Henderson calls the heroic everyday.

An important new book for people who treasure the heroic everyday in the New Zealand way of life.

We have many books from Jim Henderson's Open Country series in stock - multiple copies in some cases.
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