Anecdotage
The first 95 years
Margaret Mills
Category: Memoir
Publisher / Imprint: Pukerakau Press
Size: 193 × 234 mm
Pages: 484
ISBN: 978-0-473-74697-1
Format: Paperback
Binding: PUR bound
Printed: in Aotearoa New Zealand
Published: July 2025 / Second Edition Printed November 2025
The second edition, reprinted in November 2025, is produced in paperback format at 193 × 234 mm, balancing accessibility with a tactile, quality reading experience. The 484-page volume is illustrated throughout, bringing Margaret’s adventures vividly to life.
A richly illustrated collection of anecdotes from the life of Waiheke novelist and adventurer Margaret Mills. Over 95 years, she has thrown snowballs at Ed Hillary, danced in the streets on VJ Day, worked for a bookie, run a Queenstown B&B, raised four children, crewed on the Rainbow Warrior (escaping from the bomb with minutes to spare), ridden her horse Lucky on a long peace march, and sailed to Greenland. Her life has been buffeted by tragedy and lifted by romance and she’s learned a thing or two along the way.
This memoir captures the story of a funny and fearless New Zealand woman while offering a personal lens on nearly a century of New Zealand social history.