Geoff Chapple (writer)

Geoffrey "Geoff" John Chapple, ONZM,^[1] is a New Zealand author and journalist. His article in a Sunday newspaper began the volunteer movement to put in place a New Zealand-long walking track. He mapped the track, then walked it and wrote the book 'Te Araroa – The New Zealand Trail' (Random House 2002). He founded Te Araroa Trust, the organisation that began construction of the various links for a continuous off-road track 2,920 kilometres long. Chapple was also a member of the music group From Scratch. Chapple was a leading figure in the anti-apartheid protests surrounding the 1981 springbok rugby tour. In 1984 Geoff Chapple published 1981: The Tour, a book chronicling the above events from the protesters' perspective.

References

• Chapple, Geoff (1984). 1981 : The Tour. Wellington: A H & A W Reed. ISBN 978-0589015343. 
• Chapple, Geoff (1980). Rewi Alley of China, that tells the story of Rewi's life-time contribution to humanity in China. Auckland: Hodder & Stoughton. p. 230. ISBN 0 340 25687 7. 

External links

• Interview with Geoff Chapple for Cultural Icons project. Audio.