Volume 7 | Number 5 | Issue 31 | December 1997 Harry Orsman’s NZ English Curnow at the “utmost reach of his power” Mark Williams admires Lloyd Jones’s magic realism Sharon Crosbie storms up on cooks Alan Riach assesses…
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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…
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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
Editorial – Issue 31
Failing at order, Harvey McQueen
Letters – Issue 31
Laughter and the force of dreams, Brian Turner
Work in progress Recently I listened to the now former New Zealand cricket representative Danny Morrison saying some uncomplimentary and patronising things about the cast-off captain, Lee Germon. The reason? Danny’s just published his autobiography, written in conjunction with an adoring…
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Sweetening the demon, Paul Goldsmith
Memories of Muldoon Bob Jones Canterbury University Press, $39.95, ISBN 0 908812 69 8 Prime ministerial careers usually end in failure: it occurs to few to leave when they are on top. Sir Robert Muldoon’s time as Prime Minister was brought…
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Tagged with: Bob Jones, Canterbury University Press, Issue 31, Paul Goldsmith, Spring 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
The land as a traceable commodity, Wendy Pond
National Overview: Waitangi Tribunal Rangahaua Whanui Series Alan Ward GP Publications, $154.65 (3 volumes), ISBN 1 86956 209 7 In 1993 I attended the first Pacific island peoples’ science conference in Suva. At that time there were still western scientists…
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Tagged with: Alan Ward, GP Publications, Issue 31, Spring 1997, Wendy Pond
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Harissa at home, Sharon Crosbie
Forget socio-political analysis. If you want to gauge the extent of change in this country just look at the cookbooks, study the restaurant section of the Yellow Pages and think about what you’ve eaten during the past week. Was it roast…
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