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Issue 73 | June 2006
Volume 16 | Number 2 | Issue 73 | June 2006 Deborah Montgomerie: Pamela Wood, Dirt: Filth and Decay in a New World Arcadia Guest editorial: Rosemary Wildblood, “Against complacency” Letters Hugh Roberts: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, The Dark…
Processing history, Bronwyn Dalley
Historical Frictions: Maori Claims and Reinvented Histories Michael Belgrave Auckland University Press, $44.99, ISBN 1869403207 It used to be a lonely business being a New Zealand historian. There have been plenty of us around for the last 30 years, but…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Autumn 2006, Bronwyn Dalley, Issue 73, Michael Belgrave
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
After the gold rush, Elaine Clark
East by South: China in the Australasian Imagination ed Charles Ferrall, Paul Millar and Keren Smith Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864734913 Southeast Asia and New Zealand: A History of Regional and Bilateral Relations ed Anthony L Smith New Zealand…
Waving or drowning, Brian Opie
Catching the Knowledge Wave? The Knowledge Society and the Future of Education Jane Gilbert NZCER Press, $36.00, ISBN 1877398047 A deep anxiety lies at the centre of policy and planning in New Zealand which the title of Jane Gilbert’s important…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Brian Opie, Issue 73, Jane Gilbert, NZCER Press
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Radiant living, Philip Temple
Sir Edmund Hillary, An Extraordinary Life Alexa Johnston Penguin Viking, $59.95, ISBN 0670045543 Just when you thought there was nothing else to be recorded or said about Sir Edmund Hillary, this lavish compendium of a life appears, arising from the…
Tagged with: Alexa Johnston, Autumn 2006, Issue 73, Penguin Viking, Philip Temple, Sir Edmund Hillary
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Once upon a time in Caversham, Greg Newbold
Class and Occupation: The New Zealand Reality Erik Olssen and Maureen Hickey Otago University Press, $45.00, ISBN 187737203X Class and Occupation is based on almost three decades of intermittent but intensive research, begun in the 1970s, on the Dunedin suburb…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Erik Olssen, Greg Newbold, Issue 73, Maureen Hickey, Otago University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Hard man, Geoff Chapple
Harold Wellman: A Man Who Moved New Zealand Simon Nathan Victoria University Press, $49.95, ISBN 0864735065 He carried gelignite in the back of his V8. He could roll cigarettes with one hand, make his own beer, and when confined to…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Geoff Chapple, Harold Wellman, Issue 73, Simon Nathan, Victoria University Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
How not to, Jane Westaway
How to Read a Book Kelly Ana Morey Awa Press, $24.95, ISBN 0958253897 How to Look at a Picture Justin Paton Awa Press, $24.95, ISBN 0958253889 Second-rate fiction, someone said, is utterly useless. A poor novel or short story gets…
Tagged with: Autumn 2006, Awa Press, Issue 73, Jane Westaway, Justin Paton, Kelly Ana Morey
Posted in Art, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Essays, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
History’s ghosts, Hugh Roberts
The Dark Lord of Savaiki: Collected Poems Alistair Te Ariki Campbell Hazard Press, $40.00, ISBN 1877393002 Poems 1946-2005 W H Oliver Victoria University Press, $29.95, ISBN 0864735189 There are few readers now, I imagine, who could guess at more than…
Tagged with: Alistair Te Ariki Campbell, Autumn 2006, Hazard Press, Hugh Roberts, Issue 73, Victoria University Press, W H Oliver
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Call me “Sir”, Nicholas Reid
Henry Cooper of Auckland Grammar School Andrew Mason David Ling Publishing (in association with Auckland Grammar School Old Boys’ Association), $49.95, ISBN 1877378038 Personal confession and declaration of interest. I began my 25 years as a secondary-school teacher with a…
Tagged with: Andrew Mason, Autumn 2006, David Ling Publishing, Henry Cooper, Issue 73
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Education, Non-fiction, Review