These posts are largely about the McCarrolls in New Zealand, but the family come from Northern Ireland, so I really do need to start with their Irish origin story as told to my Aunt Adeline. Having got a taste for it with Heather’s family, I’d quite like to dive back into the McCarrolls’ history a bit more. One day!

**The Days of the Kauri Bushman is a whole production in itself — transcripts of a series of vivid radio talks by Hugh McCarroll, who worked in the bush himself. I wish I had the audio.