The Rich. A New Zealand History Stevan Eldred-Grigg Penguin Books, $34.95, ISBN 0 140 25740 3 If the poor are always with us, it logically follows that the rich are their constant counterparts. Relative poverty is a companion to relative privilege.…
The Heart’s Wild Surf Stephanie Johnson Vintage/Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 278 8 A Fancy Man Sue McCauley Vintage/Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 283 4 The Wedding at Bueno-Vista Shonagh Koea Vintage/Random House, $24.95, ISBN 1 86941 282…
Seeing Red — undercover in 1950s New Zealand George Fraser Dunmore Press, $24.95, ISBN 0864692552 From 1953 to 1956 the Canadian authorities posted E H Norman as their high commissioner in Wellington. They were “hiding” him in an unimportant post from…
Secret Power: New Zealand’s Role in the International Spy Network Nicky Hager Craig Potton Publishing, $34.95, ISBN 0 908802 35 8 In his sympathetic foreword to this provocative book, former Labour Prime Minister David Lange predicts that it will produce…
Redemption Songs: a life of Te Kooti Arikirangi Te Turuki Judith Binney Auckland University Press and Bridget Williams Books, $79.95, ISBN 1 86940 131 x This book is a major achievement. Not, perhaps, of the printer’s and bookbinder’s art. It may be…
Public Management: The New Zealand Model Jonathan Boston, John Martin, June Pallot, Pat Walsh Otago University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0 19 558325 6 Later this year the World Bank is holding a seminar here on “The New Zealand Model”. As I…
Loving Ways Maurice Gee Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0 140 25789 6 Little Masters Damien Wilkins VUP, $24.95, ISBN 0 86473 298 8 The reader of Loving Ways will quickly recognise family resemblances to earlier Gee novels. The structure within two chapters…
The Game of Our Lives Finlay MacDonald Viking, $39.95, IBSN 0 670 86907 4 For rugby aficionados 1996 has been a remarkable year. In the early part of the season, provincial conglomerates under names more reminiscent of those belonging to American…