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Lies and damned lies, Gyles Beckford
Truthteller Stephen Davis Exisle Publishing, $30.00, ISBN 9781925335897 “Aren’t we all investigative journalists?” my colleague asked, as we lamented the quality of the coffee at an early hour in the newsroom kitchen. “We’d all like to think so,” I replied.…
Tagged with: Exisle Publishing, Gyles Beckford, Issue 127, Spring 2019, Stephen Davis
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
The Māori economy, old and new, Gyles Beckford
Heke Tangata: Māori in Markets and Cities Brian Easton for Te Whanau o Waipareira Oratia Books, $30.00, ISBN 9780947506438 In late 1984, a small group of Māori politicians, public servants and their helpers, invented an iwi to welcome hundreds of…
Tagged with: Brian Easton, Gyles Beckford, Issue 124, Oratia Books, Summer 2018
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Economics, Non-fiction, Review
Hero worship, Gyles Beckford
A Few Hares to Chase: The Life and Economics of Bill Phillips Alan Bollard Auckland University Press, $40.00 ISBN 9781869408299 The sages have long counselled that you should never meet your heroes. Should that be extended to writing about them?…
Tagged with: Alan Bollard, Auckland University Press, Bill Phillips, Gyles Beckford, Issue 114, Winter 2016
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
The Goliath of public opinion, Gyles Beckford
Peace, Power and Politics: How New Zealand Became Nuclear Free Maire Leadbetter Otago University Press ISBN 9781877578588 I remember that visit of the USS Truxtun to Wellington in August 1976. It was cold and dreary, matching the battle-grey paintwork of…
Tagged with: Gyles Beckford, Issue 107, Maire Leadbetter, Otago University Press, Spring 2014
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Sociology
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