TROTMH 3: The Scots in New Zealand

This is the third in a series of extracts from my new bookThe Return of the Mullet Hunter, which I am posting over the the course of this week.

This third extract describes my visit to Te Papa, New Zealand’s excellent national museum in Wellington, which at the time of my visit included an exhibition about the contribution Scots had made to the country. The photo below was taken in Te Papa itself.

The afternoon, after a quick check of emails in an internet café, was spent in one of Wellington’s...