The Collector packs a powerful and inspiring

packs a powerful and inspiring punch

passionate

informed by access to private and public archives

brief essays on the history of PCANZ

while also being written in a style that makes it approachable and engaging for any reader’ — Claire Macindoe

The Collector packs a powerful and inspiringThe vivid biography of a colonial scholar, scientist and gentleman Longlisted for the 2026 Ockham New Zealand Book Awards When Thomas Cheeseman arrived in Aotearoa New Zealand in 1853 at the age of eight, the world outside knew little of this countrys people, plants, animals and environment. Within weeks, he began a lifelong love of collecting and classifying, and by his early twenties he was making waves in colonial scientific circles. Appointed the