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Issue 29 | August 1997

Posted on August 11, 1997 by NZ Books

Volume 7 | Number 3 | Issue 29 | August 1997 Heather Murray: Peter Wells’ great novel Joe Atkinson tells who really is consuming TVNZ? Alan Riach on Atua Wera, the spirit of Ken Smithyman Paul Morris takes us for…

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Letters – Issue 29

Posted on August 11, 1997 by NZ Books

War diaries I would like to clarify certain aspects of my Angel in God’s Office as reviewed in your June issue. Immediately after the war we returned girls accepted what was expected of us — to “settle down”, as was…

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Reality checks, Howard Warner

Posted on August 11, 1997 by NZ Books

Telling Stories Geoff Palmer Secker & Warburg, $24.95, ISBN 0 7900 0463 1 Finding Home Dominic Sheehan Secker & Warburg, $19.95, ISBN 0 7900 0462 3 The Transfiguration of Martha Friend Noel Virtue Vintage, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 303 2…

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Poem – Denis Welch

Posted on August 11, 1997 by NZ Books

Porangahau Jesus walked here, and the twelve disciples Came up the coast from Palliser Bay, Some crawling, some clambering over the rocks On what was always a blustery day And a big sea, and the sea’s repeated shocks, But never…

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Freedom within a framework, Harvey McQueen

Posted on August 10, 1997 by NZ Books

The Role of the State in Education The Sir Ronald Trotter Lecture delivered by Richard A Epstein New Zealand Business Roundtable, $12.50, ISBN 1 877148 06 7 Worldwide, education is under criticism. Why? First, after World War II large claims…

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Posted in Education, Politics & Law, Review

Half the truth and nothing but, Joe Atkinson

Posted on August 9, 1997 by NZ Books

The Remaking of Television New Zealand 1984-1992 Barry Spicer, Michael Powell and David Emanuel Auckland University Press (in association with the Broadcasting History Trust), $34.95, ISBN 1 86940 151 4 This is a story about a far-sighted and determined group of…

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Coming from elsewhere, Paul Goldsmith

Posted on August 9, 1997 by NZ Books

The Immigrants Tony Simpson Godwit, $34.95, ISBN 0 908877 94 3 Most, if not all, people born in New Zealand have at least one ancestor who arrived in this country during the last two centuries. There could scarcely be a…

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A slight angle to the universe, David Eggleton

Posted on August 9, 1997 by NZ Books

The Arts in Aotearoa New Zealand Peter Beatson and Diane Beatson Sociology Department, Massey University, $59.95, ISBN 0 908665 83 0 Another 100 New Zealand Artists Warwick Brown Godwit, $75.00, ISBN 0 908877 74 9 Hotere — out the black…

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Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review