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The ongoing stream of history, Ranginui Walker
The People of Many Peaks, 1769-1869 Claudia Orange (ed), Bridget Williams Books and Department of Internal Affairs, Wellington, 1991, $35.00 This book contains the biographies of 161 notable Maori leaders between 1769 and 1869 who appear in the first volume…
Tagged with: Bridget Williams Books, Claudia Orange, Department of Internal Affairs, Issue 2, Ranginui Walker, Winter 1991
Posted in Biography, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in Biography, Māori, Non-fiction, Review
The law and you: three valuable guides, Nicky Darlow
Adoption, Guide to Law and Practice Robert Ludbrook Government Printer, Wellington, 1990, $16.95 Human Rights Robert Ludbrook Government Printer, Wellington. 1990, $12.95 Your Small Business John Pettigrew Government Printer, Wellington, 1990, $12.95 Adoption has been likened to a legal conjuring…
Tagged with: Government Printer, Issue 2, John Pettigrew, Nicky Darlow, Robert Ludbrook, Winter 1991
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Politics & Law, Review, Sociology
History as editorial cunning, Vincent O’Sullivan
The Oxford History of New Zealand Literature Terry Sturm (ed), Oxford University Press, Auckland, 1991, $69.95 To take up a 750-page book about hundreds of other books one has read only a fraction of, and to persist to the end…
Tagged with: Issue 2, Oxford University Press, Terry Sturm, Vincent O’Sullivan, Winter 1991
Posted in History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Posted in History, Literature, Non-fiction, Review
Girls in New Zealand schools, Robyn Baker
Twelve Plus – girls in school George Bryant and Noni Johnson, Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1990, $27.95 At School I’ve Got a Chance Alison Jones (ed) Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1990, $27.95 In New Zealand secondary schools there is an…
Tagged with: Alison Jones, Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, George Bryant, Issue 2, Noni Johnson, Robyn Baker, Winter 1991
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Gender, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Editorial — Issue 2
Filling a gap Response to our first issue has crystallised in an appreciative awareness of the gap we are attempting to fill and of the role that lies ahead. Once minor technical faults had been corrected, our format proved the…
Religions under scrutiny, Peter Lineham
Religions of New Zealanders Peter Donovan Dunmore Press, Palmerston North, 1991, $39.95 The objective of this study is to further understanding of the broad variety of religions now present in New Zealand, looking at them both in the context of…
Tagged with: Dunmore Press, Dunmore Publishing, Issue 2, Peter Donovan, Peter Lineham, Winter 1991
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Posted in Non-fiction, Religion, Review, Sociology
Autobiography as drama: Thompson Agonistes, Roger Robinson
Mervyn Thompson in his one-man show, Passing Through Theatre does not get more personal than this. The author/ performer is known to have serious cancer. The play is in considerable part about his mortality. A conventional review with a discreet…
Tagged with: Issue 2, Mervyn Thompson, Roger Robinson, Winter 1991
Posted in Autobiography, Literature, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Posted in Autobiography, Literature, Non-fiction, Plays, Review
Pinning down New Zealand architecture, Christoper Vine
Looking at the Architecture of New Zealand Terence Hodgson Grantham House, Wellington, 1990, $39.95 Though architecture is the most public of the arts and lays claim to being the mistress of them all to boot, it is ill served by…
Tagged with: Christopher Vine, Grantham House, Issue 2, Terence Hodgson, Winter 1991
Posted in Architecture, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
Posted in Architecture, History, Non-fiction, Review, Sociology
New lyricism and an old favourite, Stephanie Edmond
Chen Li and the River Spirit Anthony Holcroft Hodder and Stoughton, Auckland, 1990, $19.95 Slinky Malinki Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $17.95 Caterwaul Caper Lynley Dodd Mallinson Rendel, Wellington, 1990, $8.75 Chen Li and the River Spirit is a…
Tagged with: Anthony Holcroft, Hodder and Stoughton, Issue 2, Lynley Dodd, Mallinson Rendel, Stephanie Edmond, Winter 1991
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Posted in Children, Literature, Review
Our cultural debt to ancient Iraq, Lloyd Geering
Posted in Comment