Conon Fraser

Historian Conon Fraser's earlier books include Beyond the Roaring Forties: New Zealand's Subantarctic Islands (1986) and the edited volume Enderby Settlement Diaries (1999). He was also a much­ published freelance journalist and short­ story writer, and a director/producer/ writer of numerous television and film documentaries including the award­-winning Coal Valley, Children of the Mist, The Kauri and Beyond the Roaring Forties. Conon passed away as this book was going to press.