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Challenged and challenging, Margaret Tennant

Posted on December 1, 2000 by NZ Books

Politics in the Playground Helen May Bridget Williams Books with the New Zealand Council for Educational Research, $39.95, ISBN 1877242187 “Unfortunate Folk”: Essays on Mental Health Treatment 1863-1992 ed Barbara Brookes and Jane Thomson Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 187727609X New…

Tagged with: Barbara Brookes, Bridget Williams Books, Helen May, Issue 52, Jane Thomson, Margaret Tennant, Marie Connolly, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Otago University Press, Oxford University Press, Summer 2002
Posted in Education, Health, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

Gavin McLean: Diverse and shorter reviews

Posted on March 1, 1992 by NZ Books

The Great New Zealand Fossil Book: Pictures of Ancient Life in an Evolving Land Ron Brazier, Ian Keyes and Graeme Stevens, DSIR Geology and Geophysics, Wellington, 1990, $49.95 On Shaky Ground: a Geological Guide to the Wellington Metropolitan Region Graeme…

Tagged with: Autumn 1992, Cape Catley, DSIR Geology and Geophysics, Gavin McLean, Graeme Stevens, Graham Hutchins, Hodder & Stoughton, Ian Keyes, Issue 4, John McIndoe, Ken Moore, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Paul Bensemann, Ron Brazier
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology

The Oceanic heritage, Wendy Pond

Posted on June 1, 1991 by NZ Books

Songs and Stories of Tokelau. An introduction to the cultural heritage Allan Thomas, Ineleo Tuia and Judith Huntsman (eds), Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1990, $14.95 (Cassette available from the School of Music. Box 600, Wellington, $8.00) Waiata Maori Songs in history…

Tagged with: A H & A W Reed, Allan Thomas, Ineleo Tuia, Issue 2, Jennifer Shennan, Judith Huntsman, Margaret Orbell, Mervyn McLean, New Zealand Council for Educational Research, Reed Books, Victoria University Press, Winter 1991
Posted in History, Māori, Music, Non-fiction, Pacific, Review