Kiwi Jokers: The Rise and Rise of New Zealand Comedy Matt Elliott HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 1 86950 248 5 The Penguin Book of New Zealand Jokes John Barnett & Lesley Kaiser in assn with Brian Schaab Penguin, $19.95, ISBN 0…
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Did the reforms work? Yes and no Paul Dalziel
A Study of Economic Reform: The Case of New Zealand eds Brian Silverstone, Alan Bollard and Ralph Lattimore Elsevier North-Holland, $US145.25, ISBN 0 444 81985 1 Between 14 July 1984 (when the electorate decisively rejected Sir Robert Muldoon’s approach to economic management) and 1…
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Tagged with: Alan Bollard, Brian Silverstone, Elsevier North-Holland, Issue 30, Paul Dalziel, Ralph Lattimore, Winter 1997
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Built-in anodyne, Hamish Keith
Architects at Home — 30 New Zealand Architects and their Houses Adrienne Rewi & Euan Sarginson Shoal Bay Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 908704 32 1 The Bungalow in New Zealand Jeremy Ashford Viking, $34.95, ISBN 0-670-85673-8 Wellington’s Old Buildings David…
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Tagged with: Adrienne Rewi, David Kernohan, Dunmore Press, Euan Sarginson, Hamish Keith, Issue 30, Jeremy Ashford, Lewis E Martin, Shoal Bay Press, Tony Kellaway, Victoria University Press, Viking, Winter 1997
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Architecture, Non-fiction, Review
When anti-popery ruled, Nicholas Reid
Bishop in the dock Rory Sweetman Auckland University Press, $39:95, ISBN 1 86940 160 3 Henry Jacobs — A clergyman of calibre Helen Garrett Shoal Bay Press, $39:95, ISBN 0 906704 54 2 Doing theology ourselves Neil Darragh Accent Publications,$18.00,…
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Tagged with: Accent Publications, Auckland University Press, Helen Garrett, Issue 30, Neil Darragh, Nicholas Reid, Rory Sweetman, Shoal Bay Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Low rating, Brian Gaynor
Bulls, Bears and Elephants: A History of the New Zealand Stock Exchange David Grant Victoria University Press, $69.95, ISBN 0 86473 308 9 The stock exchange is an enigma to many. The organisation has a popular image as a wealthy…
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Tagged with: Brian Gaynor, David Grant, Issue 30, Victoria University Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Economics, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, History, Non-fiction, Review
Reading with others, Nelson Wattie
Dem Dichter des Lesens: Gedichte für Paul Hoffmann: von Ilse Aichinger bis Zhang Zao Ed Hansgerd Delbrück Attempto Verlag, Tübingen, DM39.90, ISBN 3 89308 261 1 In a review of this book for the Swiss Neue Zurcher Zeitung, Angelika Overath…
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Tagged with: Attempto Verlag, Hansgerd Delbrück, Issue 30, Nelson Wattie, Tübingen, Winter 1997
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Steaming past, Murray King
Farewell to Steam — Four decades of change on New Zealand Railways G B Churchman and Tony Hurst HarperCollins, $49.95, ISBN 1 86950 187 X Steam, Steel, and Splendour Dave Leitch HarperCollins, $49.95, ISBN 1 86950 141 1 Journeying with…
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Tagged with: Dave Leitch, G B Churchman, HarperCollins, Issue 30, Murray King, Random House New Zealand, Robert F F Miles, Roy Sinclair, Tony Hurst, Winter 1997
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
In the inscrutable shadows, Lauris Edmond
Both Roads Taken John Allison Sudden Valley Press, $14.95, ISBN 0 473 04340 8 Pools over Stone Helen Jacobs Sudden Valley Press, $14.95, ISBN 0 473 03996 6 Always Arriving David Gregory Sudden Valley Press, $14.95, ISBN 0 473 03994…
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Tagged with: David Gregory, Helen Jacobs, Issue 30, John Allison, John O’Connor, Lauris Edmond, Sudden Valley Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
But where are the people? Tom Brooking
Have you ever wondered why there are so many picture books of beautiful New Zealand cluttering the shelves of our bookshops? Obviously publishers think there is a market for them both amongst tourists and locals — but probably the proliferation of…
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