
Steve Lowndes
Art student. Teacher. Traveller. Journalist. Publican. Father. Labourer. Curator. Painter. Politician. Writer.
New Memoir Coming! ‘Travelling Light’
Imagine travel in the days before mass tourism, full airliners and clogged cities. Imagine you have no credit card, no phone, no internet café … but you are young, optimistic, carefree, and you have your wits about you.

The Extraordinary Travels Of Harry Head
A gold miner, explorer and mathematician, a pioneer of early flight, a painter, musician and raconteur. Read the intriguing account of one man’s exploration of the world in the 1800s, which included early NZ

Me, My Paintings & My Résumé 
I have recently completed 3 years as the chairman of Environment Canterbury. Prior to this I was a Banks Peninsula District Councillor and served three years as chair of the Aoraki Conservation Board.

Environment & Climate Change 
The environment has emerged as the clear issue of our age, and Environment Canterbury has made its much-demanded return to democracy. The variety of issues confronting Council belong to us all.
