Peter Dragicevich

Peter is one of Aotearoa's most experienced travel writers. For the 15 years prior to the arrival of COVID-19, he was travelling the world for a living – writing guidebooks for Lonely Planet and selling travel stories to various international newspapers and magazines. He has well over 100 books to his name covering a disparate range of countries, from New Zealand to Estonia via Samoa, Vietnam and Croatia. Prior to that he had a successful career managing and editing various niche newspaper and magazine titles. He continues to be a regular contributor to the New Zealand Herald's travel section.

Although his piano skills are rusty, he's always had a passion for music. A self-described David Bowie obsessive, his first paid writing gigs were as a music columnist – interviewing everyone from The Cure's Robert Smith to Kylie Minogue. He's also no stranger to working with creatives, having collaborated with designers and writers throughout his professional career.