Fire and Ice enormously grateful to you for

enormously grateful to you for the wisdom

the book describes the early history of Māori in the region

some have been destroyed and others presumed lost — until now

We have come for the pictures

and the stories of heartache and triumph that go to make up The Writing Life

Fire and Ice enormously grateful to you forOne womans quest to uncover secrets in a mountain world What lies off track in Tongariro National Park? This engrossing book contains stories of ghosts, fires, avalanches, plane wrecks, sly grogging, secret spots and more from around Nguruhoe, Tongariro and Ruapehu a place of wild and chaotic grandeur. This well illustrated and lively exploration of the history of Ruapehu is told by a self confessed Ruapehu addict who has an uncanny talent for