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The essence of patriotism, Trevor Richards

Posted on March 1, 2008 by NZ Books

Spies and Revolutionaries: A History of New Zealand Subversion Graeme Hunt Reed Publishing in association with Waddington Press, $29.99, ISBN 9780790011400 Rutherford split the atom, Hillary climbed Everest and Kate Sheppard and the Women’s Christian Temperance Union ensured New Zealand…

Tagged with: Autumn 2008, Graeme Hunt, Issue 81, Reed Publishing, Trevor Richards, Waddington Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review

No longer young, male or Christian, Margaret McClure

Posted on March 1, 2006 by NZ Books

Body, Mind and Spirit: YMCA Auckland Celebrating 150 Years 1855-2005 Colin Taylor Reed Publishing, $69.99, ISBN 0790009862 Auckland’s reputation has been assessed too long in terms of its founding father’s claim that “the whole and entire object of every one…

Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Colin Taylor, Issue 73, Margaret McClure, Reed Publishing
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

The inside story, Stuart Murray

Posted on June 1, 2001 by NZ Books

Where’s Waari? A History of the Maori through the Short Story ed Witi Ihimaera Reed Publishing, $29.95, ISBN 0790007355 “Here then are 28 stories,” writes Witi Ihimaera in his introduction to this anthology, “– 28 scenes if you like – covering…

Tagged with: Issue 48, June 2001, Reed Publishing, Stuart Murray, Witi Ihimaera
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Māori, Review, Short stories

Preserving the personal myth, Harry Ricketts

Posted on August 27, 1995 by NZ Books

Out On A Limb Martin Crowe Reed Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0 7900 0387 2 Tortured Genius Joseph Romanos Hodder Moa Beckett, $39.95, ISBN 1 86958 187 3 In Anthony Powell’s roman fleuve, A Dance to the Music of Time, the…

Tagged with: Hodder Moa Beckett, Issue 19, Joseph Romanos, Martin Crowe, Reed Publishing, Spring 1995
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Sport