Alwyn Owen

Alwyn (Hop) Price Ireland Owen (1926-2024) was a broadcaster, writer, photographer and musician best known for the Spectrum documentaries that he produced for Radio New Zealand. His now classic story for children, How the Kiwi Lost its Wings, was broadcast on the radio from the 1960s and became a firm favourite. It was first published as a picture book by Reed in 2002, with illustrations by Dave Gunson, and has remained in print ever since.