Ramblings of a much published New Zealand author

13 April 2011

New Zealand Odyssey: General Store, Whangamomona

'New Zealand Odyssey', published in 1989 by Heinemann, was authored by me, Don Donovan (who did the text and illustrations) and Euan Sarginson, who did the photography and design. In this series of blog posts, I will publish some of my drawings.


There was a touch of Brigadoon about Whangamomona in 1987. On the long road from Stratford to Taumurunui you came round a corner of a dusty road and there in front of you was this village half a century away. Among other things I was intrigued by the general store which looked as if unchanged since the early nineteen-twenties; but I was later warned that it might have been done over as a prop for a movie or perhaps a TV commercial. Whatever might be the case, the underlying structure is genuine and that'll do me.

© DON DONOVAN
donovan@ihug.co.nz



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