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Continuity and change, Simon Murfitt
Above the City: A History of Otago Boys’ High School 1863-2013 Rory Sweetman Otago Boys’ High School Foundation, $75.00, ISBN 9780473247720 It was with some trepidation that I approached this book. It is a weighty hard-cover history, running to 440…
Tagged with: Issue 108, Otago Boys’ High School Foundation, Rory Sweetman, Simon Murfitt, Summer 2014
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review
Rescue mission, Nicholas Reid
A Fair and Just Solution – a History of the Integration of Private Schools in New Zealand Rory Sweetman Dunmore Press, $34.95, ISBN 0864694148 Once upon a time there were, theoretically, two school systems in New Zealand. There were state…
Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 55, Nicholas Reid, Rory Sweetman, Spring 2001
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Education, Non-fiction, Review
When anti-popery ruled, Nicholas Reid
Bishop in the dock Rory Sweetman Auckland University Press, $39:95, ISBN 1 86940 160 3 Henry Jacobs — A clergyman of calibre Helen Garrett Shoal Bay Press, $39:95, ISBN 0 906704 54 2 Doing theology ourselves Neil Darragh Accent Publications,$18.00,…
Tagged with: Accent Publications, Auckland University Press, Helen Garrett, Issue 30, Neil Darragh, Nicholas Reid, Rory Sweetman, Shoal Bay Press, Winter 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review
A tour-de-force of compression, Rory Sweetman
Christianity in Aotearoa: A History of Church and Society in New Zealand Allan Davidson Education for Ministry, Wellington, 1991, $27.20 Originally planned as a course text by the Education for Ministry Board, this book has now deservedly reached a wider…
Tagged with: Allan Davidson, Education for Ministry, Rory Sweetman
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Religion, Review
Catching up with the law, Rory Sweetman
The Making of Russell McVeagh R C J Stone, Auckland University Press, Auckland, 1991, $59.95 The Story of Bell Gully Buddle Weir 1840-1990 Julia Millen, Bell Gully Buddle Weir, Wellington, 1990, $35 How to respond to the recent publication of…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Bell Gully Buddle Weir, Julia Millen, R C J Stone, Rory Sweetman
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, History, Non-fiction, Review
New beginning in ethnic history, Rory Sweetman
Half the World from Home: Perspectives on the Irish in New Zealand 1860-1950, Donald Harman Akenson, Victoria University Press, Wellington, 1990, $39.95 Since the pioneering efforts of Richard Davis in the late 1960s the New Zealand Irish have been largely…
Tagged with: Donald Harman Akenson, Issue 3, Rory Sweetman, Spring 1991, Victoria University Press
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology