Val CroonVal is married to Lois (Ngati Mutunga. Irish, Portuguese) and lived in suburbia Auckland with four children and a boring job. In 1975, Lois, after returning from a visit to the Chathams with her mother Molly Remihana Taupae, the family, in a van and 100, moved to the Chathams.Crayfishing and Paua diving for 15 years before they purchased the Hotel and, with family, developed group tourism in partnership with Air Chathams. Now retired from the Hotel and with Lois, the passionate, creative gardener and artist, they developed her 70-hectare property Marakarpia into a tourist destination.A passion for adventure and walking up hills took Val to Nepal and Everest Base Camp, Bhutan, India, Peru. On the many boring red-eye flights and a waning memory led to the writing of essays which became his published book 'Imagine'.'The Call of the Chathams' is a book of fiction except for the bits that are true. Read More Read Less