Book Review: Scenic Playground – The story behind New Zealand’s mountain tourism

Scenic Playground (Te Papa Press) explores the story behind the promotion of New Zealand’s mountains from the 1890s onwards. With an exquisite gallery of photographs, paintings and posters the book explains how the country built its reputation as an alpine playground.

The ultimate coffee table book for a mountain bach, Scenic Playground is a lavish, nostalgic exploration of our remote mountain towns and backcountry. Yum!

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Nathan Weathington
Nathan Weathington is the co-founder and publisher of 1964 and also the author of Where the Hell Were Your Parents? and Invasion of the Bastard Cannibals (Winner of the Bronze Medal for Humour at the 2016 IPPY Awards).He has worked as a civil engineer, bartender, math teacher, secretary, publisher of several newspapers/magazines in British Columbia, and a smart-ass astrologer named Mr. Asstrology. As an up-and-coming media mogul, he responsibly decided to ditch his career to pursue the untold riches of becoming a stay-at-home dad and author. Nathan now lives with his family in lower Albert Town where he pursues his obsession with fly fishing.

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