Jeffrey Paparoa Holman

Jeffrey has one final family to visit before he leaves Japan. Audio

Jeffrey visits the Kamikaze Museum in Konoya and is moved by the youthful face of one of the pilots Audio

On April 6th 1945 three kamikaze pilots and their navigators attack the H.M.S. Illustrious off Okinawa. On the signals deck Chief Petty Officer W.T Holman dives for cover. Twentyfive years on, son… Audio

Jeffrey Holman had always tried to get close to his father, but one way or another the man just kept moving away. Audio

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman's journey of reconciliation is starting to affect those who are helping him, none more so than Ritsu Hall who agrees to write a Japanese foreword for Jeffrey's book, so that… Audio

Jeffrey's search leads him to Japan. Audio

Jeffrey finds himself on the same piece of water where those planes went down. Audio

Jeffrey wants to understand his father by learning more of his war experience. In particular the events captured in a photograph of a kamikaze plane going down less than thirty metres away from his… Audio

Jeffrey visits the Peace Park in Nagasaki and offers an ema prayer board and sakura petals to the six dead kamikaze. Audio

Jeffrey goes to the kamikaze museum where he comes face-to-face with the image of 19-year-old Chiharu Nagata. One of the six kamikaze who died attacking HMS Illustrious. Audio

Jeffrey plans his trip with the help of Dr. Kota Hattori then begins the first leg staying with Ken Westmoreland. Audio

Delving into the history of kamikaze, Jeffrey learns more about the internal workings of these young men including diary entries and letters home. Audio

Hector C. Bywater, a great-uncle of Jeffrey's and a naval commentator, writes of Japan's naval history and predicts the attack on Pearl Harbour. Audio

Christchurch author Jeffrey Paparoa Holman on his memoir The Lost Pilot which retraces the life of his troubled father who survived a kamikaze mission in World War Two and how it led Jeffrey himself… Audio

Waikato University 2011 writer in residence, who is writing a collection of post-earthquake poetry, and a memoir about his father, for which he travelled to Japan to research kamikaze pilots. Audio

Historian and poet who is pursuing two projects as Waikato University's 2011 writer in residence: a collection of post-earthquake poetry, and a memoir about his father, which he has is currently… Audio

Mary McCallum and Jeffrey Paparoa Holman are Christchurch based poets. Audio

Jeffrey Paparoa Holman's new book 'Best of Both Worlds - The story of Elsdon Best and Tutakangahau' examines the relationship of two well known New Zealands. Audio