Research and proselytizing about access for people with disabilities anywhere and everywhere I can. Involvement in environmental protection, and anti-discrimination of any kind.
The West Coast of the south island of New Zealand - stunningly beautiful and young, this is a place where you can feel that the land itself is alive. Te Waikoropupu Springs, Nelson, New Zealand, the most spiritual place I have ever been to. Other places include all the art of woman and mankind, especially indigenous art.
The abolition of discrimination in all its many shapes and forms.
I received early training in the biological sciences and did postdoctoral work in Canada in the field of biological control of pests. I then changed horses mid-stream and earned my living as a photographer, artist, and then curator and director of an art gallery. Current position: Senior Research Officer at New Zealand Tourism Research Institute, Auckland University of Technology. A small project in looking at access for people with disabilities to tourism products has led me to a passion for this subject, and the subject of boomer tourism (soon to swell the number of PWDs). It has also turned me into a zealot for PWDs issues of any kind. I use advocacy for Access Tourism as a tool to advance social justice in New Zealand and worldwide.
