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the author of Going Abroad John MacGibbon is a great great grandson of the John MacGibbon who is a central character in the book, Going Abroad. He lives with his wife Liz partly in New Zealand's capital city, Wellington, and partly in a renovated old cottage in the Wairarapa village of Martinborough, where some of New Zealand's best wines are produced. They have four adult children. John has a writing, editing, publishing and business communications consultancy and he has previously worked as an economist, journalist, musician and parliamentary press secretary. This was his first full-length book. He grew up in the South Island, mainly in a tiny country district in North Otago called Ardgowan. He has since published a photographic book, 'Struan's War', about the experiences of New Zealand Division soldiers in North Africa during World War Two, and 'WOOL: a history of New Zealand's wool industry (co-author with Bill Carter). He is currently working on a history of domestic New Zealand music-making from colonial times until the 1920s (called 'The Piano in the Parlour - see the synopsis). |
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