The great grandson of J. R. R. Tolkien, Royd Tolkien, has a special connection to New Zealand but not just because of its role as Middle-earth. It's the place that his younger brother Mike asked Royd to visit after he passed away from motor neurone disease at just 39. Mike wanted Royd to complete a bucket list for him and most of the 50 items on the list were in Aotearoa - a place they had visited together while Mike could still walk and where he wished he had spent more time. Royd's efforts to fulfil his brother's wishes are documented in There's a Hole in My Bucket which will screen at the Doc Edge Festival later this month. Royd talks to Mihingarangi Forbes about why Mike wanted to push him out of his comfort zone and how their differences in life brought him closer to his brother in death.

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