James Beattie The first issue for 2011 is a bumper one, containing a rich variety of writing on the environment. First up, Victoria University of Wellington’s Amy Davis provides a…
‘For Beauty and Health’
Nature and Environment in Suburban Karori, Wellington[1] Amy Davis Tho’ for Europe’s bold races there are plenty of places Adapted as homes for the great and the small, Yet…
陈达枝 Chan Dah Chee (1851 -1930)
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…