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The stories told by spaces, Zachary Athfield
New Zealand’s Lost Heritage: The Stories Behind our Forgotten Landmarks Richard Wolfe New Holland, $50.00, ISBN 9781869663872 New Zealand’s Lost Heritage: The Stories Behind our Forgotten Landmarks discusses 20 formerly intact New Zealand buildings, dating from the early 1800s to…
Tagged with: Issue 106, New Holland, Richard Wolfe, Winter 2014, Zachary Athfield
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
The stories pictures tell, Roger Blackley
New Zealand Portraits Richard Wolfe Penguin Books, $80.00, ISBN 9780670071777 The Power of Portraiture: Representing Leadership in New Zealand from 1840 to the Present Erin Griffey (with contributions from Brad Jackson and Paul Tapsell) Gus Fisher Gallery and David Ling,…
Tagged with: Autumn 2009, David Ling Publishing, Erin Griffey, Gus Fisher Gallery, Issue 85, Penguin Books, Richard Wolfe, Roger Blackley
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Boudicca does it for a jar of mead, David Hill
A Short History of Sheep in New Zealand Richard Wolfe Random House, $29.99, ISBN 1869418204 Instructions for New Zealanders Richard Wolfe Random House, $34.99, ISBN 1869418506 The Smell of Powder: A History of Duelling in New Zealand Donald Kerr Random…
Tagged with: Australian National Maritime Museum, David Hill, Donald Kerr, Exisle Publishing, Issue 79, John Dunmore, Nicola McCloy, Random House, Richard Wolfe, Spring 2007
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Under cover, Jenny Nicholls
Fronting up: Classic New Zealand Magazine Covers Richard Wolfe David Ling Publishing in association with Auckland War Memorial Museum, $49.99, ISBN 1877378062 There are too many magazines. But I would say that. For a number of years (outside the timespan…
Tagged with: Auckland War Memorial Museum, David Ling Publishing, Issue 72, Jenny Nicholls, Richard Wolfe, Summer 2005
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
A magic lantern show, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Hellhole of the Pacific Richard Wolfe Penguin, $35.00, ISBN 0143019872 Kororareka in the Bay of Islands in some ways resembles Akaroa on Banks Peninsula. The two tiny townships were settings for power plays by various groups for a few brief…
Tagged with: Autumn 2005, Issue 69, Penguin, Richard Wolfe, Stevan Eldred-Grigg
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
“An unknown struthious bird”, Kim Griggs
Moa: The Dramatic Story of the Discovery of a Giant Bird Richard Wolfe Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 0143018736 When in London, lovers of the footnotes to history construct unusual itineraries. Many head down to the Maritime Museum at Greenwich to marvel…
Tagged with: Autumn 2003, Issue 61, Kim Griggs, Penguin, Richard Wolfe
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Going into detail, Diane Hebley
The House that Jack Built Gavin Bishop Scholastic, $29.95, ISBN 1 86943 434 X Hairy Maclary and Zachary Quack Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, $22.95, ISBN 0 908783 42 6 Sydney and the Sea Monster David Elliot Random House, $19.95, ISBN…
Tagged with: David Elliot, Gavin Bishop, Issue 43, Pamela Wolfe, Random House, Richard Wolfe, Scholastic
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Self-absorbed provincial, Gregory O’Brien
All Our Own Work: New Zealand’s Folk Art Richard Wolfe Penguin, $36.95, ISBN 0 670 87551 1 Charles Brasch wrote in Landfall in December 1950 that Colin McCahon, “hampered at every turn by an inadequate technique… was not well enough…
Tagged with: Gregory O’Brien, Issue 31, Penguin Books, Richard Wolfe, Spring 1997
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Culturally inappropriate, Hamish Keith
Gauguin and Maori Art Bronwen Nicholson, with contributions by Roger Blackley, Jonathan Mane‑Wheoki, Roger Neich, Richard Wolfe Godwit (with Auckland City Art Gallery), $29.95, ISBN 0 908877692 This is a small book, 80 pages in all, which is entirely appropriate…
Tagged with: Auckland City Art Gallery, Bronwen Nicholson, Godwit, Hamish Keith, Issue 21, Jonathan Mane‑Wheoki, Richard Wolfe, Roger Blackley, Roger Neich
Posted in Art, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
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