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The tides of labour, Len Richardson
Holding the Balance: A History of New Zealand’s Department of Labour 1891-1995 John E Martin Canturbury University Press, $49.95 limp, $69.95 cased, ISBN 0 908812 61 2 John Martin’s Holding the Balance is, in his own words, “a reassertion of…
Tagged with: Canturbury University Press, Issue 28, John E Martin, Len Richardson, Summer 1997
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in History, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Energy, compost and mulch, Lydia Wevers
Just Another Art Movement. It’s a cunning phrase, suggesting a knowing self-deprecation but also the tiny beginnings from which the noble bush of a future literary landscape might grow.Something has already grown, as I look at the pile of JAAMs…
‘And what happened next?’ Our stories, Nelson Wattie
Dove on the Waters Maurice Shadbolt David Ling Publishing, $39.95, ISBN 0 908990 40 5 In 1959, having just left a provincial home town and moved to the astonishingly big city of Auckland, I was busy trying out various ways…
Tagged with: David Ling Publishing, Issue 28, Maurice Shadbolt, Nelson Wattie, Summer 1997
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Valuable memories for reform, Geoffrey Palmer
Compensation for Personal Injury in New Zealand — Its Rise and Fall Ian Campbell Auckland University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1 86940 150 6 Ian B Campbell is 80 years old and has written an absorbing book on the accident compensation…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Ian Campbell, Issue 28, Sir Geoffrey Palmer, Summer 1997
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Pieces in the puzzle, Michael Bassett
John Banks: A Biography Paul Goldsmith Penguin Books, $34.95, ISBN 0 140 26712 3 Over recent years there has been some criticism of commissioned histories. An Australian academic, Louella McCarthy, writing in the New Zealand Journal of History in April…
Tagged with: Issue 28, John Banks, Michael Bassett, Paul Goldsmith, Penguin Books, Summer 1997
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Is bias one-sided? Bill Oliver
Muriwhenua Land Report Waitangi Tribunal GP Publications, $99.95 If academic historians need a reminder that they do not have a corner on the past, they could not do better than read this report. It is a formidable and elaborate intellectual…
Tagged with: Bill Oliver, GP Publications, Issue 28, Summer 1997, Waitangi Tribunal
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
Posted in Māori, Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review
What about the suburbs? Alison Gray
Mum’s the Word: The untold story of motherhood in New Zealand Sue Kedgley Random House, $39.95, ISBN 1 86941 292 3 Striking a Balance: New Zealand women talk about career and family Jillian Stewart and Susan Davis Penguin Books, $24.95,…
Tagged with: Alison Gray, Ann Gluckman, Issue 28, Jillian Stewart, Mary Tagg, Penguin Books, Random House, Sandra Coney, Sue Kedgley, Summer 1997, Susan Davis, Tandem Press
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Why fire engines are red, Ian Thynne
Scandal at Cave Creek: A Shocking Failure in Public Accountability Graeme Hunt Waddington Publications in association with the National Business Review, $24.95, ISBN 0 473 03943 5 Report of the Commission of Inquiry into the Collapse of a Viewing Platform…