Reviewed by Dorothy – 15/11/07 Click here to view a larger version Two items of good news First good news, this book has been published in time for Christmas and so solves problems for those wanting to buy the children a quality book – and that is how I would describe George’s Secret Key to…
Article from the University of Canterbury’s Chronicle – 08/11/02 Rhona Haszard, expatriate artist and socially controversial “new woman”, is the subject of a new book just released by Canterbury University Press. The book, Rhona Haszard: An Experimental Expatriate New Zealand Artist, is written by art historian and Canterbury graduate Dr Joanne Drayton and examines the…
Dorothy – 28/07/03 Discovering Carol Dawber and River Press has led me to some varied and interesting reading. Carol Dawber’s writing is skilled and polished and the range of topics in her books is evidence of her versatility. She seems equally at home writing history and fiction. The Jacksons of Te Awaiti traces the lives…
Reviewed by Dorothy – 11/06/03 I found this film so gripping that I have seen it twice and intend seeing it again. The plot is based on Witi Ihimaera’s novel Whale Rider and brought to life by the fine acting of experienced adults, especially Rawiri Paratene, Vicky Haughton, and Cliff Curtis, of Keisha Castle-Hughes playing…
Amanda Smith – 10/02/03 Since 1958 the University of Otago Press has published a wide range of New Zealand books in the fields of literary criticism, the classics, medicine, dentistry, education and history. In recent times, the Press has widened its embrace to include poetry and fiction, as well as Maori, Pacific and Asian studies…
Neville Peat Reviewed By Dorothy – 16/01/03 Wanaka: The Lake Wanaka Region written by Neville Peat is a valuable guide for any visitor to the area, with clear and relevant information about the history, mountains, weather, walks, fishing, skiing and wildlife, but it is also an excellent read for the armchair traveller. A planning guide…
Jessica Doran – 09/12/02 Red Hot Chilli Peppers On a slightly chilly, but otherwise perfect Christchurch spring evening, I joined the thousands of Red Hot Chilli Pepper fans to watch the band perform at Queen Elizabeth II park. Before the opening act of Papa Roach came on, there was a mellow atmosphere mixed with one…
Matthew Appleby – 08/11/02 From Captain Cook to the Rainbow Warrior and the recent coups in Fiji, Pacific history has long fascinated Associate Professor Dr Ian Campbell (History). His attachment to, and scholarship of, the region recently gained a wider audience when a fifth country published his standard text on the Pacific Islands. Les insulaires…
Dorothy – 27/09/02 I was privileged to visit the Gandhi photographic exhibition at the Canterbury Museum in Christchurch in the complany of Zarine Malik, the daughter of the photographer D R D Wadia who took the photographs of Gandhi in the 1940s. Zarine Wadia Malik’s enthusiasm for the photographs would inspire any visitor to share…
Reviewed by Wendy Gallagher – 24/08/01 Night Swimming By Emma Neale Published Vintage, 1998 Capturing a glimpse of a hauntingly familiar face on a London train sparks off a look back into the past of Marie’s youth. As an adult she struggles to make sense of the mysterious events surrounding her teenage friendship with Jenny…
