Throughout New Zealand there are many legendary places, people, and things. Usually we get to hear about just one of those items - a nice mountain range somewhere in the deep south, perhaps an ex sport star writes a biography, or there is a documentary about an old invention.
Very rarely do you get to read about three legends in one book, but Duncan Munro has been able to do this with his book A Farmer's Affair - The Legend of the Land Rover Icon.
Duncan Munro lives in a legendary place, has spent a lifetime driving the legendary Land Rover, and although he won't admit it - he's bit of a local legend himself.
A Farmer's Affair traces the many Land Rovers that have graced the Munro family farm - Pukerau - in the rural east of Auckland close to Kawakawa Bay. The farm itself could fill a book with its stunning 360 degree views of Auckland and surrounds, plus as far north as the Hen & Chickens and as far south as... well even further.
If Pukerau, or perhaps it is just as easily called 'Duncan's Place', is the setting for Duncan's lifetime of experiences, then the vehicle for this journey is definitely the Land Rover.