The former proprietor of the NZ Herald, Michael Horton, collaborated with history professor Russell Stone from the University of Auckland, to tell the story of Sir John Logan Campbell, in Sir John's own words. Horton spent two years transcribing Campbell's letters and journals from their various states of legibility and repair. Campbell was one of the first European settlers to arrive in Auckland, was known as the "Father of Auckland" and gifted Cornwall Park to the people of New Zealand in 1901. Reminiscences of a Long Life: John Logan Campbell (David Ling Publishing) has been published to commemorate the 200th anniversary of his birth.