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Disputed territory, W K Hastings
Sexuality Down Under: Social and Historical Perspectives Allison Kirkman and Pat Moloney (eds) Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372102 Books of essays presenting breadth without sacrificing depth are rare, and their editors must be prepared for bracing confrontations with would-be…
Tagged with: Allison Kirkman, Issue 76, Pat Moloney, Summer 2006, W K (Bill) Hastings
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Old novelists never die, John McCrystal
Guthrie Wilson: Soldier, Writer, Educator Julia Millen First Edition, $34.95, ISBN 1877391638 A stroll past the literature shelves of the “reference-only” section of a public library is a sobering experience for a writer, for there engraved on the spines of…
Tagged with: First Edition, Guthrie Wilson, Issue 76, John McCrystal, Julia Millen, Summer 2006
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Circulation wars, James Hollings
He Pitopito Korero no te Perehi Maori: Readings from the Maori-language Press Jenifer Curnow, Ngapare Hopa and Jane McRae (eds) Auckland University Press, $39.99, ISBN 1869403592 Colonial Discourses: Niupepa Maori 1855-1863 Lachy Paterson Otago University Press, $39.95, ISBN 1877372269 Friends,…
Tagged with: Auckland University Press, Issue 76, James Hollings, Jane McRae, Jenifer Curnow, Lachy Paterson, Ngapare Hopa, Otago University Press, Summer 2006
Posted in History, Māori, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Media, Non-fiction, Review
Obituary — Peter Munz
Peter Munz (1921-2006) In 1924 Stalin is reputed to have said that of academicse had no fear but intellectuals were always a threat. Emeritus Professor Peter Munz was an intellectual, challenging received wisdom, brave in his judgements and a…
Wit and moral clarity, Hugh Roberts
Whim Wham’s New Zealand: The Best of Whim Wham 1937-1988 Terry Sturm (ed) Vintage, $34.99, ISBN 1869417577 It is by now no secret that Allen Curnow, a man with few rivals for the title of “New Zealand’s Greatest Poet”,…
Tagged with: Allen Curnow, Hugh Roberts, Issue 76, Summer 2006, Terry Sturm, Vintage, Whim Wham
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Posted in Literature, Poetry, Review
Home and away. Paula Morris
I Am Always With You Philip Temple Random, $34.99, ISBN 1869417739 The Viewing Platform Ian Wedde Penguin, $29.95, ISBN 9780143020929 Local writers Stevan Eldred-Grigg (Kaput!) and Tina Shaw (The Black Madonna) have found imaginative inspiration in wartime Berlin, and now…
Tagged with: Ian Wedde, Issue 76, Paula Morris, Philip Temple, Random, Summer 2006
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
“Girl interested in wave technology”, David Hill
Bright Star: Beatrice Hill Tinsley Astronomer Christine Cole Catley Cape Catley, $49.99, ISBN 1877340014 I can offer the usual apologia for astronomy. There’s its significance as a global employer (NASA alone pays 20,000 salaries). Its contributions to other sciences, such…
Tagged with: Cape Catley, Christine Cole Catley, David Hill, Issue 76, Summer 2006
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review, Science
Various elsewheres, Michael Hulse
Degrees of Separation Laurence Fearnley Penguin, $28.00, ISBN 0143020579 Relative Strangers Emma Neale Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417828 Work in Progress Paul Thomas Black Swan, $27.99, ISBN 1869418255 Shanghai Boy Stevan Eldred-Grigg Vintage, $27.99, ISBN 1869417933 If I didn’t know…
Tagged with: Black Swan, Emma Neale, Issue 76, Laurence Fearnley, Paul Thomas, Penguin, Stevan Eldred-Grigg, Summer 2006, Vintage
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Posted in Fiction, Literature, Review
Letters – Issue 76
Hone Heke’s importance Rawiri Taonui in his review of my book Ngapua (NZB, October 2006) expresses reservations over my claim that Hone Heke Ngapua was one of the greatest Maori leaders of the last two centuries. Until recently, given Ngapua’s…
Casual labour, Paula Morris
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