Thomas Bywater

Travel writer and journalist

The freelance pay gap: Who pays what per word? Photo / Keenen Beasley, Unsplash

Journalism’s freelancer pay gap: which publishers pay best?

God rays and goblin forests on the Paparoa Track. Photo / Thomas Bywater

Paparoa Track: Why DoC’s newest Great Walk might be New Zealand’s best

Detour Antarctica: award winning podcast by Thomas Bywater

Detour Antarctica: Antarctic Podcast

The MV Fridtjof Nansen in Paradise Bay, Antarctica: Polar expedition cruises are now a big industry. Photo / Thomas Bywater

Should you visit Antarctica? Polar tourism’s ‘sciencewashing’ problem

Exploring Machu Picchu for the first time with local ladies from Huilloc Alto, Peru. Photo / Thomas Bywater

Women living in Machu Picchu’s shadow visit for first time

Fin del Mundo: Cape Horn and the lighthouse at the end of the world.

Isolation Station – Cape Horn

Travel

Nautical knot tying under quarantine in Punta Arenas

Pandemic reaches Patagonia, Chile

Flying lobster and $40m olives: the surreal world of airline catering.

Flying lobsters and $40,000 olives on Singapore Airlines

Roy's Peak

A 21st century guide to New Zealand

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Articles

Cinema for the soul

March 24, 2015

Not All Quiet on the Eastern Front

November 10, 2014

World War Window Dressing

May 21, 2014

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