NZ's Rose of Tralee for 2018, Jolene McLaughlin of Wellington and Co Donegal with her copy of Guinness Down Under
At the Greymouth session with Liz Burke, library and musem services manager, Grey District Council, and Anthony Whitcombe, owner of the legal practice Whitcombe, Guinness and Kitchingham
A session in the Greymouth pop-up History House Museum, May 2018
Chair of the Burkes Pass Heritage Trust, Jane Batchelor, right, with husband Graham talking with Nora and Ivan Eason
Afternoon tea in the Burkes Pass Gallery, courtesy Julie Greig whose paintings adorn the rooms
Felicity Knubley, nee Guinness, a grand-daughter of Edwin Guinness a former mayor of Timaru and founder of Pyne Gould Guinness, with Glennis Smith, May 2018
Jane Batchelor, chair of the Burkes Pass Heritage Trust introduces the author to meeting at St Patricks church (Jared Griffith photo)
St Patricks Church, Burkes Pass, opened in 1872, venue for a special function to celebrate Michael John Burke, May 2018
David Reynolds, patron of the Burkes Pass Heritage Trust, with Glennis Smith at the site of Michael John Burke's first crib at Raincliffe in 1853
The author with a former ACC colleague Toko Morrell at the Christchurch celebration, his partner Jo, with Angie and Andrew Mason, of Amberley House
The Christchurch celebration, at Bailies Bar, Edgeware Village, May 2018
Poster for the Christchurch celebration, May 2018
John Beck, a former director of NZ Breweries Ltd., speaks at the book's Auckland celebration in the Irish Society rooms, April 2018
Key sources in Sydney - Beverley Honeyfield, Pamela Honeyfield, Rod Newbrun and Campbell Ford
With Rev Richard Treloar, vicar of Christ Church, soon to become the Bishop of Gippsland
A signature for a customer at Christ Church South Yarra
The flowers were prettier! The author at Christ Church, South Yarra, Choral Evensong, April 2018
Glennis Smith offers the stained glass William Guinness a look at the book, in Christ Church South Yarra
Christ Church South Yarra, founded by Rev William Guinness in 1855
With Eamonn Hennessy who runs Buck Mulligans, a distinctive whisky and books bar in Northcote, Melbourne
Meeting the Melbourne branch of the Institute of Brewers and Distillers
Glennis Smith meets four cousins - Chrysanne Ferguson, Peter Cockram, Gareth Nichols, and Annette Wills, all descendants of Rev William Guinness, at the Melbourne launch
The author at the Melbourne launch
David Baker speaks at the Melbourne launch
Professor Peter Sherlock, University of Divinity, at the Melbourne launch
John McCarthy speaking at the Melbourne launch
Ian Minchin, chair of the Melbourne launch celebration
The Australian launch at Royal Historical Society of Victoria rooms, Melbourne, April 2018
A visit to South Australian Brewing Co., Adelaide, brewers of Guinness in Australia, with Tony Jones and Pete Bradley, April 2018
First up in Australia - the Victorian Beer Labels Collectors Society, April 2018
Glennis Smith gets an early look.
Waiting to go - the books at warehouse of Tauranga Logistics Ltd.
The author presents a copy of Guinness Down Under to Jim Daly, Irish Minister of State for Mental Health and Older People, at the Irish Fair, Auckland, 11 March 2018
Glennis Smith at the book sales table, at the Auckland Irish Society annual fair, Sunday 11 March, Fowlds Park, Mt. Albert, Auckland
Charles and Valerie Dickens, Auckland. Charles was known as Mr. Guinness at NZ Breweries in the 1970s and 80s
Michael and Myra Oh, Wellington, discover Fijian links with Jane Ricketts, right, Suva.
Mary and Brian Hill, Petone. Brian attended the reception held to celebrate the launch of locally brewed Guinness, Wellington, September 1964. See picture, p.309 in the book
Johnston and Elizabeth Connelly, Palmerston North
Graeme and Isla Hall, of Waikanae, with Alison Smith, Mount Maunganui
Faye and Michael Henderson, Te Awamutu
David Reynolds, Christchurch, with John MacCarthy, Melbourne
The author's daughter Rachel Smith-Robb, Auckland, wife Glennis, and Shirleen Perkins, Wellington
Some of those attending the launch of “Guinness Down Under”, Parliament Buildings, Thursday 8 March.
Glennis Smith with daughter Emily and son-in-law Junior Marurai
Dermot Murphy, owner of the D4 bars in Wellington, with a proof copy of "Guinness Down Under". He is one of our most ardent supporters.
"Guinness Down Under" - the Auckland Irish Society leads the way with a display promoting the book at the Auckland Irish Day on Sunday 11th March.
Mary Galway of Tourism Ireland NZ and Tom Buckley a life member of the Auckland Irish Society.
