Philip Simpson
'Common law' group upsets crowd at Paraparaumu Anzac service
An Anzac Day service to honour our fallen soliders in Paraparaumu ended in outrage, after a group of "common law sheriffs" took to the podium.
The common law movement is based off the idea the… Audio
Abel Tasman National Park, the 'people's park'
Abel Tasman National Park is New Zealand's smallest national park, but it has the largest number of visitors, 250 thousand people annually. Ecologist Philip Simpson was born and raised right beside… Audio
Expert feature: The cabbage tree / tī kōuka
The cabbage tree is still fighting back from the ‘sudden decline’ disease, and remains one of the most widely cultivated trees in New Zealand, but what are its prospects? Audio
Expert feature: the Tōtara
Philip Simpson has dedicated an entire book to one tree – the Tōtara. He talks about the historic uses and symbolism of our second largest native tree. Audio, Gallery
Feature Guest - Philip Simpson
Philip Simpson is a botanist who's written a natural and cultural history of the Totara. He's collected personal totara stories; in particular the role the totara has in Maoridom, through legends and… Audio
New Zealand's Christmas Tree in bloom
The weather may have turned wet across much of the country but it's been warm enough in recent months to bring New Zealand's Christmas Tree, the Pohutukawa, into bloom. Audio