Yearly Archives: 2001
A bob each way, Jon Gadsby
The Other Side Of The Ditch: A cartoon century in the New Zealand-Australia relationship Ian F Grant Tandem Press, $19.95, ISBN 0958232008 Thoroughbreds, Trainers, Toffs and Tic Tac Men: A Cartoon History of Horse Racing in New Zealand David Grant…
Tagged with: David Grant, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Ian F Grant, Issue 56, Jon Gadsby, Summer 2001, Tandem Press
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Screw on the loose, Greg Newbold
The Journey to Prison: Who Goes and Why Celia Lashlie HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 186950433X Over the last few years, Celia (“Ces”) Lashlie, through her outspoken and sometimes controversial rhetoric, has become a well-known and popular speaker on criminal justice issues…
Tagged with: Celia Lashlie, Greg Newbold, HarperCollins, Issue 56, Summer 2001
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Running away to sea, Redmer Yska
Swirly World: the solo voyages Andrew Fagan HarperCollins, $29.95, ISBN 186590402X Wet Behind the Ears: adventures of a runaway sailor Peter Taylor HarperCollins, $24.95, ISBN 1869504003 With the sea breathing down their necks, New Zealanders are drawn more than most…
Tagged with: Andrew Fagan, HarperCollins, Issue 56, Peter Taylor, Redmer Yska, Summer 2001
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Paradise preserved? Simon Upton
Pavlova Paradise Revisited Austin Mitchell Penguin, $27.95, ISBN 0143018264 For those old enough to remember it, The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise was a funny, disrespectful but good-natured account of what it felt like to be a clever, progressive Left Brit…
Tagged with: Austin Mitchell, Issue 56, Penguin, Summer 2001
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Memory and practice, James Ritchie
Ko Tahu, Ko Au: Kai Tahu Tribal Identity Hana O’Regan Horomaka Publishing, $29.95, ISBN 0473079518 In their long journeys into time, the cultures of Polynesia were refined, renewed and developed in their contents and characters not by conscious effort but…
Tagged with: Hana O’Regan, Horomaka Publishing, Issue 56, James Ritchie, Summer 2001
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Empty vessel, Gavin McLean
Joyita: Solving the Mystery David G Wright Auckland University Press, $29.95, ISBN 1869402707 It was a recurring image in New Zealand and Pacific newspapers and magazines 40 to 50 years ago: the waterlogged hull of the old Islands trader Joyita,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, David G Wright, Gavin McLean, Issue 56, Summer 2001
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
The father from hell, Julia Millen
In Endless Fear: a true story Colin Crump Penguin, $34.99, ISBN 014301823X The Crump legend again. This time, a bit of a yarn from Barry’s younger brother Colin, about growing up with the father from hell. Wally Crump should never…
Tagged with: Colin Crump, Issue 56, Julia Millen, Penguin, Summer 2001
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
They also serve, Katie Pickles
Doing Our Bit: New Zealand Women Tell Their Stories of World War Two ed Jim Sullivan HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 186950416X High Flyers: Celebrating the Extraordinary Women of the RNZAF 1977-2002 Bee Dawson Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 0143018221 Being in the military…
Tagged with: Bee Dawson, HarperCollins, Issue 56, Jim Sullivan, Katie Pickles, Penguin, Summer 2001
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Posted in Gender, History, Non-fiction, Review, War
Gloves off, Harry Ricketts
Adam Parore: The Wicked Keeper Angus Gillies Penguin, $34.95, ISBN 014301837X A friend and I used to have a favourite game. The game had several different permutations, but in its simplest form it involved imagining writers as cricketers and selecting…
Tagged with: Adam Parore, Angus Gillies, Harry Ricketts, Issue 56, Penguin, Summer 2001
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review, Sport
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review, Sport