Cheryl RileyCheryl Riley

Cheryl Riley is the author of Guts and Determination: History Makers in Westland, published in March 2018. She reported on the West Coast for over 30 years as a photo journalist for the Hokitika Guardian and other papers, and is also a black sand gold miner and a registered whitebaiter. She continues to compete in local triathlons. Cheryl was born in Christchurch in 1947.

The Monday Extract: The loves and tragedies of Dorothy of Franz Josef

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An extract from a fascinating new book by ex-Hokitika Guardian journalist Cheryl Riley, who tells the stories of remarkable men and women of Westland. Dorothy Fletcher was born in 1927, the youngest of four children to Alec and Isabella Graham, part-owners of the Franz Josef Hotel. Her mother did not keep good health after Dorothy … Read more