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Sculptures for Seville Among the many items in New Zealand books for June of this year which it has given me pleasure to read, mark and inwardly digest is the article on Sculptures for Seville by Tony Stones, written by…
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Unfolding Seasons: Leaves from the Listener Garden Diary Kerry Carman, Random Century, 1992, $24.95 Kerry Carman shares her vast knowledge of plants and gardening with ease and charm. She is a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, a founder-member of…
The Heart of Colonial Auckland 1865‑1910 Terence Hodgson, Random Century, Auckland, 1992, $29.95 This book takes a lively look at early Auckland, after the capital was transferred to Wellington in 1865. Concentrating on the lower end of the Queen St…
The Farming Fiasco David Yerex, GP Publications Ltd, 1992 ‘There is something absurd about the way the whole business of farming and food distribution was managed,’ writes David Yerex. In nine short chapters, Yerex covers a wide range of topics…
Te Haurapa: An Introduction to Researching Tribal Histories and Traditions Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal, Bridget Williams Books and Historical Branch, Department of Internal Affairs, 1992, $17.95 He Rourou Iti: Selected speeches of Te Arikinui Dame Te Atairangikaahu Miria Simpson (ed),…
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Anne Nelson,
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Daphne Brasell Associates Press,
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MacMillan Company of New Zealand,
Miria Simpson,
Spring 1992,
Te Ahukaramu Charles Royal
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Wade Doak’s World of New Zealand Fishes Hodder & Stoughton, 1991, $49.95 New Zealand’s Extinct Birds Brian Gill and Paul Martinson, Random Century, 1991, $49.95 A Field Guide to New Zealand Birds Geoff Moon, Reed Books, 1992, $34.95 Before I…
Oral History in New Zealand Vol 4 Louise Buckingham and Brigid Pike (eds), National Oral History Association of New Zealand, Wellington, 1992, by subscription Oral history continues to gather strength and respectability. Fittingly, in view of the technique’s special value…
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Gavin McLean,
Genealogical Research Institute of New Zealand,
Guy C Palliser,
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Louise Buckingham,
National Oral History Association of New Zealand,
Spring 1992
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Non-fiction,
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Sociology
The Greening of New Zealand Scott McVarish, Random Century, 1992, $24.95 Science and the New Zealand Environment M J Taylor, J E Hay, S J de Mora (eds), Dunmore Press, 1992, $32.95 In The Greening of New Zealand, Scott McVarish…
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J E Hay,
Joanna Gould,
M J Taylor,
Random Century,
S J de Mora,
Scott McVarish,
Spring 1992
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Science
For dedicated literati, there’s no better place in Auckland to gulp down a cappuccino or hot chocolate than the Kerouac Deli in Vulcan Lane. It’s just a stone’s throw from Unity Books and the Queen’s Ferry, which are respectively the…
Tu Galala: Social Change in the Pacific David Robie (ed), Bridget Williams Books, Wellington, and Pluto Press, Annandale, Australia, 1992, $39.95 At one level David Robie, a journalist well-versed in political and environmental conflicts in Oceania, has succeeded in bringing…
Letter from Auckland, Iain Sharp
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