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Word-drunk in Auckland, Gordon McLauchlan
Auckland Writers and Readers Festival 2006 The announcement that The Sea had won last year’s Man Booker prize came through while I was reading it, and I have to confess I was perplexed and then annoyed – both by the…
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
High noon, Barbara Larson
Posted in Comment