Justin Brown

This is Justin Brown’s search to find ‘the real New Zealand’ - the place where number 8 fencing wire fixes everything and sheep run amok. He puts some of our most popular myths through a 21st-century reality check with more than a dash of humour. When Justin Brown turned 36&frac...

Do you speak Nu Zild? Over 150 years we have developed our own unique take on the English language. And it's not just about fush and chups. Rather it's about the often hilarious and sometime downright baffling New Zealandisms we use in all sorts of situations, and for all types of pastimes and passi...

Ever been at a rugby match and not known what to yell out when? Here's the answer to your prayers: Rugby Speak, a book you can pop in your pocket along with your hip flask and pull out should you feel the need to yell out appropriate abuse from the terraces. There aren't many rules when it...

You're A Real Kiwi When... you have an answer for everything. Or in this case, more than 100 wicked insights into what it means to be a New Zealander. There's a laugh on every page plus you can flick the pages to make our cartoon Kiwi surf like crazy. You’re a real Kiwi when captures the tr...

As every parent knows, getting children to eat and enjoy vegetables can sometimes be a task. Why do vegies have such a bad rap when we adults know how tasty and fun to eat they can be? Jamie Oliver's School Dinners (TV One) highlighted just how many kids don't actually even know what broccoli is! ...

A blokes' weekend away. Yarns, jokes, good-humoured sledging, clowning around.. the usual guy-time thing, right? But for these five Kiwi chaps - a high country farmer, a radio DJ, a businessman, a photographer and a shoe-string traveller called Blanket Boy- it gets a bit more complicated when it's d...

A new book from the author of UK On A G-String. This time Justin Brown set himself another task, to travel around small towns of America in a month and play golf with someone who appeared on the front page of the local daily paper. Teed Off In The USA is an entertaining account of Justin's adventure...

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