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Women past and present, Kim Worthington
Women Equality Power: Helen Clark: Selected Speeches from a Life of Leadership Allen and Unwin, $45.00, ISBN 9781988547053 Women Now: The Legacy of Female Suffrage Bronwyn Labrum (ed) Te Papa Press, $35.00, ISBN 9780994146007 If there was ever a year…
Tagged with: Allen and Unwin, Bronwyn Labrum, Helen Clark, Issue 126, Kim Worthington, Te Papa Press, Winter 2019
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Essays, Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Picking winners, Mark Stocker
Peter McLeavey: The Life and Times of a New Zealand Art Dealer Jill Trevelyan Te Papa Press, $65.00, ISBN 9780987668844 Landscape Paintings of New Zealand: A Journey from North to South Christopher Johnstone Godwit, $75.00, ISBN 9781775530114 Promoting Prosperity: The…
Tagged with: Autumn 2014, Christopher Johnstone, Craig Potton Publishing, Gary Stewart, Godwit, Issue 105, Jill Trevelyan, Mark Stocker, Peter Alsop, Peter McLeavey, Te Papa Press
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Art, History, Memoir, Non-fiction, Review
Vanished world, Dale Williams
Buller’s Birds of New Zealand: The Complete Work of J G Keulemans Geoff Norman Te Papa Press, $150.00, ISBN 9781877385889 Kids in a sweet shop. Nineteenth-century naturalists given a brand new country to play in gobbled up the apparent endless…
Tagged with: Dale Williams, Geoff Norman, Issue 102, J G Keulemans, Te Papa Press, Winter 2013
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Frame by frame, Paul Wolffram
New Zealand Film: An Illustrated History Diane Pivac (ed) with Frank Stark and Lawrence McDonald Te Papa Press, $85.00, ISBN 9781877385667 It is rare to find a non-fiction book that offers such a fascinating and comprehensive view of its…
Tagged with: Autumn 2012, Diane Pivac, Frank Stark, Issue 97, Lawrence McDonald, Paul Wolffram, Te Papa Press
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Media, Non-fiction, Review
Dress sense and sensibility, Jane Westaway
The Dress Circle: New Zealand Fashion Design Since 1940 Lucy Hammonds, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins and Claire Regnault Godwit, $75.00, ISBN 9781869621810 New Zealand Fashion Design Angela Lassig Te Papa Press, $120.00, ISBN 9781877385377 Fashion can signify everything from…
Tagged with: Angela Lassig, Autumn 2011, Claire Regnault, Douglas Lloyd Jenkins, Godwit, Issue 93, Jane Westaway, Lucy Hammonds, Te Papa Press
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Non-fiction, Review
A fair portrait, Max Oettli
Brian Brake: Lens on the World Athol McCredie (ed) Te Papa Press, $99.99, ISBN 9781877385643 This is a remarkable book, beautifully produced and meticulously researched to give a careful and fair portrait of the one landmark international photographer this…
Tagged with: Athol McCredie, Autumn 2011, Brian Brake, Issue 93, Max Oettli, Te Papa Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Photography, Review
Unstill life, Linley Boniface
Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life Jill Trevelyan Te Papa Press, $69.99, ISBN 9781877385391 Reading Rita Angus: An Artist’s Life, it’s difficult not to be periodically overcome by frustration at Angus’ exasperating personality. The picture that emerges is of a woman…
Tagged with: Issue 83, Jill Trevelyan, Linley Boniface, Spring 2008, Te Papa Press
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Non-fiction, Review
The art of display, Paul Thompson
Exhibiting Maori: A History of Colonial Cultures of Display Conal McCarthy Te Papa Press, $69.95, ISBN 9781877385339 Mana taonga mana tangata. Exhibiting Maori is primarily an academic book. Originally published by Berg, an imprint of Oxford International Publishers, its style…
Tagged with: Conal McCarthy, Issue 81, Paul Thompson, Te Papa Press, Winter 2008
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
All aboard Moa’s Ark, Bob Brockie
Ghosts of Gondwana: The History of Life in New Zealand George Gibbs Craig Potton Publishing, $49.99, ISBN 1877333484 Extinct Birds of New Zealand Alan Tennyson and Paul Martinson Te Papa Press, $64.99, ISBN 0909010218 Ghosts of Gondwana is a remarkable…
Tagged with: Alan Tennyson, Bob Brockie, Craig Potton Publishing, George Gibbs, Issue 79, Paul Martinson, Spring 2007, Te Papa Press
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Natural History, Non-fiction, Review