Keith Westwater

Keith's stepmother, 'Maw', gives him an ultimatum — at fifteen, he must either leave school to work or join the army. Faced with this choice, Keith departs Auckland and reports to the Waiouru military camp, enlisting as a regular force cadet. Home Base is a snapshot of Keith Westwater's boy-soldier life in the New Zealand Army during the 1960s. Transitioning...

No One Home tells the story of Keith Westwater growing up in 1950s New Zealand. At age seven, he loses his mother to a botched operation and, with her death, loses a place to call home. Therefore, Keith and his brother take to the road with a gambling father, staying with relatives when their father cannot have them and enduring...