Paul Star November 2013 sees the launch of Making a New Land, edited by Eric Pawson and Tom Brooking and published by Otago University Press: a notable event, particularly since…
Review: Empire and Environmental Anxiety
REVIEW: James Beattie, Empire and Environmental Anxiety: Health, Science, Art and Conservation in South Asia and Australasia, 1800-1920. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, Hants., 2011. xv+320 pp. ISBN 978-0-230-55320-0. £55.00 hardback. Ian…
Review: An Extraordinary Land
REVIEW: Peter Hayden and Rod Morris, An Extraordinary Land: Discoveries and Mysteries from Wild New Zealand. HarperCollins, Auckland, 2013. 200 pp. ISBN 978 1 86950 963 7. Julian Kuzma Ripley’s…
Collections of letters written by or about James Hector
Simon Nathan[1] James Hector (1834-1907) was the dominant personality in the late nineteenth century scientific community in New Zealand. As the first professional scientist to be employed by the government,…
Leonard Cockayne: A most enthusiastic gardener
Andrew Gregg[1] Leonard Cockayne is known as New Zealand’s greatest botanist and first plant ecologist. Not only was Cockayne an influential and forward-thinking individual who promoted the appreciation and preservation…
Landmarks: Cumberland’s magnum opus?
Bill Howie[1] This article aims to detail the inception and legacy of geographer Kenneth Cumberland’s magnum opus, his 1981 television series Landmarks. The initial inspiration for my research came as…