Pioneer Chinese Market Gardener and Auckland Businessman[1] Lily Lee and Ruth Lam Chan Dah Chee 陈达枝, or Ah Chee as he was more commonly known,[2] was one of the most…
REVIEW: Seeds of Empire, The Environmental Transformation of New Zealand
Tom Brooking & Eric Pawson, Seeds of Empire, The Environmental Transformation of New Zealand, L.B. Tauris, London, New York, 2010, 256 pp., ISBN 978-1845 117979. David Young This is a…
REVIEW: Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border
Gavin McLean & Tim Shoebridge, Quarantine! Protecting New Zealand at the Border, Otago University Press, Dunedin, 2010, 192pp., ISBN 978 1 877372 82 7. Ondine Godtschalk In recent years, New…
REVIEW: Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand
Kristin Lammerting, photography by Ferdinand Graf von Luckner, Inspirational Gardens of New Zealand, Penguin Books: Auckland, 2010, 228pp. ISBN 9780670074785. Stuart Read This book looks great on first glance. If…
Conference Review: ‘Nature, Empire and Power’
Conference Review: ‘Nature, Empire and Power’, University of Waikato, Hamilton, 9-10 December Ruth Morgan In December 2010, scholars of environmental history, history of science, geography, and literature convened at the University…
ENNZ: Environment and Nature in New Zealand, December 2010
Professor John Andrews reflects on the fascinating interconnections between biology and history, why awareness of history plays a central role in various biological sciences as well as the role of…