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Prescription or poison, Brian Easton
New Zealand Can be Different and Better Wolfgang Rosenberg, New Zealand Monthly Review Society Those who wish to challenge Wolfgang Rosenberg’s policy prescriptions must confront the outstanding performance of the New Zealand economy in the first part of the postwar…
Tagged with: Brian Easton, Issue 11, New Zealand Monthly Review Society, Summer 1993, Wolfgang Rosenberg
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Who buys? Nigel Cox
Mountains of the South John Gordon and John Rundle, Random Century, $49.95 There was a time when big “glossies” were of real significance to the book trade. Large-format pictorials with high production values which showed beautiful New Zealand at its…
Tagged with: Issue 11, John Gordon, John Rundle, Nigel Cox, Random Century, Summer 1993
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, Non-fiction, Review
Finishing us off, Margaret Clark
Unfinished Business Roger Douglas, Random House, $29.95 The Tragedy of the Market Mike O’Brien and Chris Wilkes, Dunmore Publishing, $27.95 I remember the first time I set eyes on David Lange. The then recently elected member for Mangere had long,…
Tagged with: Chris Wilkes, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 11, Mike O'Brien, Random House, Roger Douglas, Summer 1993
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
A variety of voices, Mark Williams
100 New Zealand Poems Bill Manhire (ed), Godwit, $29.95 Some years ago I edited a small anthology of New Zealand poetry. It was a truly hellish experience. Some poets wanted to know how much space had been given to rivals,…
Tagged with: Bill Manhire, Godwit, Issue 11, Mark Williams, Summer 1993
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
An aberrant strain, Denis Welch
Top of the Greasy Pole Neale McMillan, McIndoe, $29.95 The record of political leadership in New Zealand is not inspiring. Out of 37 Premiers and Prime Ministers since 1854 only two could be called outstanding, rather than merely memorable. There…
Tagged with: Denis Welch, Issue 11, McIndoe, Neale McMillan, Summer 1993
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Embers of hope, W H Oliver
Sir Joseph Ward: A Political Biography Michael Bassett, Auckland University Press, 1993, $39.95 There is a paradox in the 6 November election. Voters objecting to the trend of the past 10 years toward less and weaker government have, in their…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 11, Michael Bassett, Summer 1993, W H Oliver
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
New confidence and authority, Jane Stafford
Seven Days on Mykonos Anne French, Auckland University Press, $19.95 To know who you are, you have to have a place to come from, says Seamus Heaney. But if you are a New Zealander, you also have to have a…
Tagged with: Anne French, Auckland University Press, Issue 11, Jane Stafford, Summer 1993
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Editorial – Issue 11
Towards a new era, Colin James The Rank group now controls half of the bookselling trade, with Whitcoulls, Bennetts, London, Philip King and a part share in University Bookshops. More important, according to informal trade estimates, it controls 60% or…
Wrenched from the alphabet, Mark Williams
Posted in Comment, Literature, Poetry