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Women past and present, Kim Worthington

Posted on May 26, 2019 by NZ Books

Women Equality Power: Helen Clark: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781988547053 Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage Bronwyn Labrum (ed) Te Papa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994146007 If there was ever a year…

Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bronwyn Labrum, Helen Clark, Issue 126, Kim Worthington, Te Papa Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Air-brushed, Nicholas Reid

Posted on June 10, 2016 by NZ Books

Helen Clark: Inside Stories Claudia Pond Eyley and Dan Salmon (eds) Auckland University Press, $40.00, ISBN 978186940 8381 She led the parliamentary Labour Party for 15 years and served for nine years as New Zealand’s first elected woman prime minister.…

Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Claudia Pond Eyley, Dan Salmon, Helen Clark, Issue 114, Nicholas Reid, Winter 2016
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

Trail-blazing, Harvey McQueen

Posted on December 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Helen Clark: A Political Life Denis Welch Penguin Books, $40.00, ISBN 9780143202417 I admire Helen Clark, and I was pleased to be asked to review this book. Unlike David Lange, who flashed meteor-like across the parliamentary firmament, Clark became a…

Tagged with: Denis Welch, Harvey McQueen, Helen Clark, Issue 88, Penguin Books, Summer 2009
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review