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Issue 29 | August 1997
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…
Letters – Issue 29
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…
Reality checks, Howard Warner
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…
Tagged with: Autumn 1997, Dominic Sheehan, Geoff Palmer, Howard Warner, Issue 29, Noel Virtue, Secker & Warburg, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Poem – Denis Welch
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…
Freedom within a framework, Harvey McQueen
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…
Tagged with: Autumn 1997, Harvey McQueen, Issue 29, New Zealand Business Roundtable, Richard A Epstein, Sir Ronald Trotter
Posted in Education, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Education, Politics & Law, Review
Coming from elsewhere, Paul Goldsmith
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…
Tagged with: Autumn 1997, Godwit, Issue 29, Paul Goldsmith, Tony Simpson
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
A slight angle to the universe, David Eggleton
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…
Tagged with: Autumn 1997, David Eggleton, Diane Beatson, Godwit, Gregory O’Brien, Hotere, Issue 29, Massey University, Peter Beatson, Sociology Department, Warwick Brown
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review