Yearly Archives: 2001
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
Awestruck at Otira, Neville Bennett
At Home on the Road Jill Malcolm New Holland, $24.95, ISBN 1877246658 Southern Journeys: South Island People and Places Roy Sinclair Random House, $34.95, ISBN 186941439X There is a kea in my garden. When I hang out the washing, a…
Tagged with: Issue 56, Jill Malcolm, Neville Bennett, New Holland, Random House, Roy Sinclair, Summer 2001
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Art of survival, Ross Calman
Carved Histories: Rotorua Ngati Tarawhai Woodcarving Roger Neich Auckland University Press, $89.95, ISBN 186940257X It would not be a gross overstatement to say that we have got Ngati Tarawhai, a tribe originally from Lake Okataina (east of Rotorua), to thank…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 56, Roger Neich, Ross Calman, Summer 2001
Posted in Art, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Gains and pains, Brian Gaynor
World Famous in New Zealand: How New Zealand’s Leading Firms Became World-Class Competitors Colin Campbell-Hunt et al Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1869402499 The reforms initiated by Sir Roger Douglas in 1984 gave New Zealand businesspeople a wonderful opportunity to…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Brian Gaynor, Colin Campbell-Hunt, December 2001, Issue 51
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Off the map, Tim Beaglehole
The Merchant of the Zeehaen: Isaac Gilsemans and the voyages of Abel Tasman Grahame Anderson Te Papa Press, published in association with the Royal Netherlands Embassy and the New Zealand-Netherlands Foundation (Inc), $49.95, ISBN 0909010757 The origins of this fascinating…
Tagged with: Abel Tasman, December 2001, Grahame Anderson, Issue 51, New Zealand-Netherlands Foundation (Inc), Royal Netherlands Embassy, Te Papa Press, Tim Beaglehole
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Health, Non-fiction, Review
Whose story is it, anyway? Kirstie Archer
The Fox Boy: The Story of an Abducted Child Peter Walker Bloomsbury, $29.95, ISBN 0747556466 Browsing in a Wellington bookshop, it was with delight that I picked up a copy of The Fox Boy. Here appeared to be a book…
Tagged with: Bloomsbury, December 2001, Issue 51, Kirstie Archer, Peter Walker
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
The short story of non-fiction, Tony Simpson
When Famous People Come to Town Damien Wilkins On Kissing Kate Camp On Longing Vincent O’Sullivan Four Winds Press, $14.95 each, ISBN 0958237506; 0958237514; 0958237530 Shortly after these little books, none much longer than 50 pages, were published in September…
Tagged with: Damien Wilkins, Four Winds Press, Issue 56, Kate Camp, Summer 2001, Tony Simpson, Vincent O’Sullivan
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Essays, Non-fiction, Review
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
Meet the monsters, Tony Simpson
Three Labour Leaders: Nordmeyer, Kirk, Rowling ed Margaret Clark Dunmore Press, $29.95, ISBN 086469394X Mirrors on the Hill: Reflections on New Zealand’s Political Leaders Keith Eunson Dunmore Press, $29.95, ISBN 086469385 To the uninitiated, looking in askance from without, politics…
Tagged with: Arnold Nordmeyer, December 2001, Dunmore Press, Issue 51, Keith Eunson, Margaret Clark, Norman Kirk, Tony Simpson, Wallace (Bill) Rowling
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review