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Treaty of Waitangi: The Land is Our History: Indigeneity, Law, and the Settler State Miranda Johnson Oxford University Press, $41.00, ISBN 9780190600020 Reconciliation, Representation and Indigeneity: “Biculturalism” in Aotearoa New Zealand Peter Adds, Brigitte Bönish-Brednich, Richard S Hill, Graeme Whimp…
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Alex Calder,
Autumn 2017,
Brigitte Bönish-Brednich,
Graeme Whimp,
Issue 117,
Miranda Johnson,
Oxford University Press,
Peter Adds,
Richard S Hill,
Universitätsverlag
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History,
Māori,
Non-fiction,
Politics & Law,
Review
Replenishing the Earth: The Settler Revolution and Rise of the Anglo World 1783-1939 James Belich Oxford University Press, $50.00, ISBN 9780199297276 In an interview with The New Zealand Listener shortly after this book was published, the author posed an interesting…
The New Zealand Oxford Dictionary ed Tony Deverson and Graeme Kennedy Oxford University Press, $130, ISBN 0195584511 Lexicographers are celebrating the 250th anniversary of the publication, on 15 April 1755, of Samuel Johnson’s dictionary, the book that made their profession…
Environmental Histories of New Zealand ed Eric Pawson and Tom Brooking Oxford University Press, $49.95, ISBN 019558421X Environmentally and in other ways, New Zealand is a last frontier – the last temperate-climate land on earth to be discovered and colonised…
Mauri Ora: the Dynamics of Maori Health Mason Durie Oxford University Press, $44.95, ISBN 019558418X Recently I attended an international conference in Auckland, focusing on gambling. This was an important conference, for it was planned to link with the review…
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…
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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
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Education,
Health,
History,
Non-fiction,
Review,
Sociology
Maori Health and Government Policy 1840-1940 Derek Dow Victoria University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 86473 366 6 May the People Live: A History of Maori Health Development 1900-1920 Raeburn Lange Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 214 6 Whaiora:…
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Auckland University Press,
Derek Dow,
Issue 44,
Lorna Dyall,
Mason Durie,
Oxford University Press,
Raeburn Lange,
Victoria University Press
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Health,
Māori,
Non-fiction,
Review
Massacre at Passchendaele: The New Zealand Story Glyn Harper HarperCollins, $39.95, ISBN 1 86950 342 2 Dear Lizzie: A Kiwi Soldier Writes from the Battlefields of World War One ed Chrissie Ward HarperCollins, $34.95, ISBN 1 86950 340 6 Private…
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Chrissie Ward,
Glyn Harper,
Greg Kerr,
HarperCollins,
Issue 44,
John Crawford,
Les Cleveland,
Ngaio Press,
Oxford University Press,
Roger Smith
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History,
Non-fiction,
Review,
War
Waitangi and Indigenous Rights: revolution, law and legitimation F M Brookfield Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 184 0 Recalling Aotearoa: indigenous politics and ethnic relations in New Zealand Augie Fleras and Paul Spoonley Oxford University Press, $39.95, ISBN…
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Auckland University Press,
Augie Fleras,
F M Brookfield,
Issue 44,
Oxford University Press,
Paul Spoonley,
W H Oliver
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Māori,
Non-fiction,
Politics & Law,
Review
New Zealand Love Stories ed Fiona Kidman Oxford University Press, $45.00, ISBN 0 19 558399 X There’s a line in Maurice Duggan’s story “Along Rideout Road That Summer” which could be blazoned across the cover of this new anthology. The…