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Do Māori resent Chinese immigrants? Do Chinese New Zealanders understand the role of the tangata whenua? Have Māori and Chinese formed alliances based on common values and history?
These and other important issues are examined in The Dragon & the Taniwha (Auckland University Press), a new book by Manying Ip, Associate Professor of Asian Studies at The University of Auckland.
By ANDREA JUTSON
Interviewing someone who is both an actress and an author, you are effectively talking to someone who lives in a fantasy world. Someone who puts on a face and massages words for a living.
Any journalist knows the type – they inhabit every council chamber and MP’s office in the country. And just like the most seasoned politicians, Barbara Ewing knows how to lead a conversation, and how to give nothing away.
Despite her effusiveness and the wonderfully dramatic hand gestures, she won’t tell me her age.
Talk in Wellington on Wednesday 1 April
But the beer stopped flowing in 1947 when coasters banded together in an act of consumer solidarity that has been described as the country’s most successful consumer boycott.
On Wednesday Scoop Review of Books reviewer and author Simon Nathan will be giving a talk in Wellington on the history of the West Coast and in particular the little remembered Greymouth Beer Boycott which saw coasters forego their daily jug in protest at the local hoteliers’ decision to increase their prices in a cartel-like fashion.
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Te Papa Press Releases Major New Publication On The National Art Collection
The latest publication from Te Papa Press – Art at Te Papa – will be formally launched by the Minister for Arts, Culture and Heritage, Hon. Chris Finlayson, at a private function at Te Papa on Wednesday 1 April.
Art at Te Papa tells the story of the evolution of the national art collection – from superb early European prints to exciting contemporary acquisitions – and in doing so, closely reflects the history of Aotearoa New Zealand itself. The book features over 400 beautifully reproduced artworks, accompanied by engaging essays by 38 of New Zealand’s top art curators and scholars. Art at Te Papa spans the Museum’s collection, and provides a fascinating insight into the personalities responsible for developing the collection over more than a century, as well as giving information about the featured artists, their works, and their practice. Read more »
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MUCKING IN: THE GARDENS & THE GARDENERS
TV ONE’s premier garden makeover show, Mucking In, turns 10 this year. To celebrate, the show’s host Jim Mora and show garden designer Tony Murrell share a selection of highlights, garden designs and tips from the past three series, including some of the behind-the-scenes magic that has transformed gardens for the people who transform others’ lives in a vibrant and colourful new book, Mucking In: The gardens and the gardeners. Read more »
The Science Fiction and Fantasy Association of New Zealand is pleased to announce its list of finalists for the 2009 Sir Julius Vogel Awards celebrating popularity and excellence in science fiction, fantasy and horror. Eligible works are from the 2008 calendar year.
Christchurch author Helen Lowe, author of “Thornspell”, is one of the finalists in the category of “Young Adult Novel”. Other finalists in this category are Margaret Mahy for “The Magician of Hoad”, Ella West for “Anywhere But Here”, Fleur Beale for “Juno of Taris” and Glynne MacLean for “The Spiral Chrysalis”. Helen Lowe and Ella West have also been nominated in the category of “Best New Talent”. Glynne MacLean has also been nominated in the Novella category for “The Time Stealers”.
Aspiring illustrators now have the chance to kick-start their career and see their own work published with mentoring from a top picture book artist, following the establishment of the inaugural Storylines Gavin Bishop Award for Picture Book Illustration.
This new award, sponsored by Random House New Zealand and the Storylines Children’s Literature Charitable Trust, aims to encourage the publication of new and exciting high-quality picture books from New Zealand illustrators. It also recognises the contribution Gavin Bishop has made to the writing and illustrating of children’s picture books and gives an emerging talent the opportunity to benefit from his expertise.
The last time I heard ‘God Save the Queen’ at the pictures, the film was Dirty Harry. The theatre was the King George on Lower Hutt’s High Street; the ticket cost 30c. I remember a man wearing an RSA badge ticking off my gang of 13-year-olds. Maybe we were ostentatiously refusing to stand to attention. That was in 1973, when some filmgoers still saw standing for the anthem as a requirement of citizenship. After all, our cinemas from Kaitaia to the Bluff declared their fealty to the monarchy with names like the Regent, the Majestic, the Kings, the Empire and the Empress. I can hear the drum roll, Fernando.
By David Robie
Tongan publisher and broadcaster Kalafi Moala, the scourge of the Tongan establishment, for almost two decades, has turned his pen to the challenges of the kingdom’s future in an optimistic new book being launched in Auckland this weekend.
In Search of the Friendly Islands also reflects on the ‘Black Thursday’ riot in November 2006 that devastated the heart of the capital Nuku’alofa.
Moala launched the Taimi ‘o Tonga on 13 April 1989 with the objective of bringing alternative perspectives and voices into Tonga’s public sphere.
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