17 Oct 2024

Biography captures 'special time in New Zealand farming history'

From Nights, 9:35 pm on 17 October 2024

Bee Dawson is an author, columnist and social historian who enjoys writing about people, places and gardens. She has now authored 21 books.

She has now turns her attention to her parents, Roland Clark (aka popular columnist Nor'wester) and his wife Betty, in a moving biography that captures a special time in New Zealand farming history.

Bee Dawson speaks to Emile Donovan about her new book Where the Nor'wester Blows.

Social historian Bee Dawson turns her attention to her parents, Roland Clark (aka popular columnist Nor’wester) and his wife Betty her new book Where the Nor'wester Blows.

Social historian Bee Dawson turns her attention to her parents, Roland Clark (aka popular columnist Nor’wester) and his wife Betty her new book Where the Nor'wester Blows. Photo: Quentin Wilson Publishing