Champions: New Zealand Winners

I am drawn to people with passion, unsung heroes, and small towns and this project embraces all three. Travelling through New Zealand with a 1970s caravan in tow I embarked on a three month journey to seek out these individuals, photograph them and interview them. The result was a book Champions: New Zealand Winners published by Random House.

“From an award-winning jam-maker to a rodeo cowboy and a ‘universe’-straddling drag queen, more than 40 individuals from the length and breadth of the country are brought together in a loving tribute to the unsung New Zealand achiever. Although rarely publicised outside of their home towns, each winner is testament to the passion and determination of the people of Aotearoa, New Zealand”