Living the Dream by Derek Morrison (Random House, $55)
What does your untamed heart yearn for? Does your ideal lo-fi life await you ‘if only’? If you need a push do it, author Derek Morrison connects with folks who’ve pulled out all the stops or simply been very lucky to carve out a waterside life. Travelling from Ahipara in the north to Ōtepoti/Dunedin in the south, he visits people who through hard yakka and abodes that have been in their families for generations have direct access to their idea of endless escape, idyll and adventure.