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One in every home, Hilary Stace

Posted on March 1, 2013 by NZ Books

The Raupo Dictionary of Modern Maori P M Ryan Raupo, $60.00, ISBN 9780143567899 Every household and office in Aotearoa New Zealand will have times when they need an easy-to-use Maori dictionary. As more te reo words and phrases drift into…

Tagged with: Autumn 2013, Hilary Stace, Issue 101, P M Ryan, Raupo
Posted in Language, Māori, Non-fiction, Review

Bovver boys

Posted on December 1, 2011 by NZ Books

What they wrote A taste of contributor comments over our first 20 years On New Zealand Books My hope is that New Zealand Books will provide a forum for frank discussion that dares to rise above the suffocating confines…

Tagged with: Alan Duff, Alan Knowles, Barbara Else, Bernard Carpinter, Bill Manhire, Bill Sewell, Bruce Stewart, Charles Ferrall, Chris Else, Chris Knox, Christopher Tremewan, Colin James, Dale Williams, David Hill, Diane Hebley, Guy Somerset, Hamish Keith, Harry Ricketts, Heather Murray, Hilary Stace, Iain Sharp, Issue 96, Jane Bowron, Jane Stafford, Jane Westaway, John Campbell, Linda Burgess, Linley Boniface, Mark Williams, Murray Edmond, Nelson Wattie, Peter Wells, Roger Robinson, Sue McCauley, Summer 2011, Tom Beard, William Brandt
Posted in Comment

Cataloguing the past, Hilary Stace

Posted on June 1, 2011 by NZ Books

Te Rau Herenga: A Century of Library Life in New Zealand: The New Zealand Library Association and LIANZA 1910-2010 Julia Millen Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa, $40.00, ISBN 9780473175795 Librarians have long endured negative stereotypes, but…

Tagged with: Hilary Stace, Issue 94, Julia Millen, LIANZA, Winter 2011
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Civilisation safe, Hilary Stace

Posted on September 1, 2009 by NZ Books

Parliament’s Library: 150 Years John E Martin Steele Roberts, $59.99, ISBN 9781877448430 Freedom to Read: A Centennial History of Dunedin Public Library Mary Ronnie Dunedin Public Libraries and the Dunedin Public Library Association $40.00, ISBN 9780473134624 In these uncertain times…

Tagged with: Dunedin Public Libraries, Dunedin Public Library Association, Hilary Stace, Issue 87, John E Martin, Mary Ronnie, Spring 2009, Steele Roberts
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review

Getting knowledge to the people, Hilary Stace

Posted on June 1, 2007 by NZ Books

Geoffrey Alley, Librarian: His Life and Work W J McEldowney Victoria University Press, $59.95, ISBN 0864735340 New Zealanders of all ages can relate to the transformative experience of accessing free library services. The National Library, after a few wobbles in…

Tagged with: Geoffrey Alley, Hilary Stace, Issue 78, Victoria University Press, W J McEldowney, Winter 2007
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review

A particular dedication, Hilary Stace

Posted on June 1, 2005 by NZ Books

Books in Maori: An Annotated Bibliography, 1815-1900/ Nga Tanga Reo Maori: Nga Kohikohinga Me Ona Whakamarama compiled in the Alexander Turnbull Library by Phil Parkinson and Penny Griffith Reed, $120, ISBN 079000951X New Zealand has traditionally lacked “bibliodensity”. This term…

Tagged with: Alexander Turnbull Library, Hilary Stace, Issue 68, June 2005, Penny Griffith, Phil Parkinson, Reed
Posted in History, Language, Literature, Māori, Review