Gazing at Tane Mahuta. Every now and then as a travel writer you stay somewhere that isn't just a bit fancy, isn't just in a pretty setting and doesn't just have a point of difference. Which...
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Outside Graceland with Aimee Palmer. THIS WEEK THE NEW ZEALAND HERALD published my article on Memphis, focusing on my stay at a brand new Elvis-themed hotel called The Guest House At Gracel...
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One Central Park in Chippendale, as seen from the top of The Old Clare Hotel. My article in Concrete Playground about me feeling a teeny bit jealous of Sydney - 100 HOURS IN SYDNEY: A TRIFE...
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I love Santa Monica, it's hard not to. With three nights in LA a couple of weeks ago, we made sure one of those was dedicated to Santa Monica. The pier, the architecture, the shops of the 3rd S...
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The second most successful songwriter in popular music history after Paul McCartney is doing one show only in New Zealand next year. And while there are plenty of diehard Kiwi fans anxious to s...
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Here's the audio of my latest interview with Barry Gibb. Thanks so much if you read the TRANSCRIBED SECTIONS on the Roxborogh Report and I hope you enjoy listening to the interview as it sound...
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The famous #casuallean. Recently I was interviewed by the publication Get Frank about all the different things I do in media, including hosting talkback, being a travel writer and establishi...
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Langa Langa Lagoon, Malaita. There were so many things I saw in the province of Malaita in the Solomon Islands that I don't think I'll ever forget. A grass-runwayed airport with jungle eithe...
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Barry Gibb in concert. Last night I sat where Barry, Robin and Maurice would've readied themselves for their record-breaking concert at Western Springs stadium in Auckland, New Zealand on Ma...
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Barry Gibb as he appears on his new album. Hearing Barry Gibb talk about where he wants to be buried - even if he chuckled as soon as he said it - seems significant to me. So with that in mi...
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Barry Gibb With just two days to go until Barry Gibb's first solo album since the 80s is released - In The Now - here is part 4 in my series of transcribed extracts from the interview we did...
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Barry Gibb For part 3 of this web-series celebrating the Friday-release of Barry Gibb's new album In The Now, here's another transcribed section of my recent interview with him. This one is...
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Barry Gibb as he looked in the early 90s. As Bee Gees fans around the world count down these final few days until the release of Barry Gibb's new album In The Now on Friday, here's part 2 ...
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45-minutes with Barry Gibb. How many other music greats would spend that amount of time on the phone to an interviewer on the other side of the world? It was like chatting away with an old budd...
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A #casuallean on the Gubeikou section of the Great Wall. The latest issue of NZ's number one travel mag LET'S TRAVEL is out and it features my second of three China articles, this one all a...
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Stevie Wonder in the 70s. This week marks 40 years since the release of the most famous of all of Stevie Wonder's albums, Songs In The Key Of Life. For something so significant I've decided ...
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Tim Roxborogh Last week my music and travel blog The Roxborogh Report reached one million total hits. Five years ago I remember thinking the passing of 10,000 hits was worth celebrating, so ...
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Near Tenaru Falls, Guadalcanal. The Solomon Islands may be poor, in some cases, desperately so. And they may also be surprisingly expensive too. Then there's the not insignificant matter of ...
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Bee Gees in concert, 1989. There's a scandalous rumour doing the rounds that I was in nothing but my underwear while this interview took place yesterday morning NZ time. Scandalous and accur...
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LISTEN: SCROLL TO THE BOTTOM OF THIS ARTICLE TO HEAR BARRY GIBB'S NEW SINGLE IN THE NOW. In 1978 the Bee Gees were at the top of their game to such an extent that it's arguable no songwriting...
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The current issue of New Zealand's number one travel magazine, Let's Travel, features my piece on New Zealand's Forgotten World Railway. Visit LETSTRAVELMAG.COM for subscription details (inclu...
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Ladysmith Black Mambazo & Paul Simon South African rhythms, Americana lyrics and an album that always takes me back to Malaysia, last week marks 30 years since the release of Paul Simon's Gr...
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The Bee Gees with their Mum Barbara in 1997. What a lady. 95 years on this planet, five children, four sons, one who'd become the only solo artist to have his first three singles go to US#1,...
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My favourite Beijing skyscraper, the CCTV headquarters. I never expected Beijing to be so clean. Sure, the air isn't quite like Aotearoa's, but even the infamous Beijing sky managed some gen...
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Barry Gibb. I have a theory that the tail-end of every decade is extra special when it comes to the music and successes of the Bee Gees. It all began in 1958 when the Gibb family left the gr...
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