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Persona Non Grata: Breaking the Bond - Fiji and New Zealand 2004-2007 by Michael Green

$37.99 NZD

Category: Politics

This is the account by (the late) Michael Green, NZ High Commissioner in Fiji, of his years and role in Fiji until the surprising announcement of his change in diplomatic status to "Persona Non Grata" (unwelcome person) in 2007, a status that prevented any further diplomatic activities or role for him i n that country. On his return to New Zealand Michael Green felt compelled to write an account of his time in these islands with which New Zealand, along with Australia and the United Kingdom, has had very close links and considerable influence over a long period. His tour of duty coincided with internal political shifts in Fiji's politics that would lead to the 2006 military coup that established Commodore Frank Bainimarama as unelected leader/interim president of these Pacific islands - a position he still holds six years on. New Zealand has since this time had to watch events unfold from a distance, having taken the necessary stance of severing diplomatic relations with Fiji. Long-supplied aid, trade, and most importantly the provision of educational expertise - always New Zealand's greatest contribution to those islands - has since ceased, and with the now lengthy incumbency of Frank Bainimarama as Fiji's military and political leader, New Zealand can but look on in the hope that democratic politics will eventually return to Fijian people. ...Show more

The Excellent Secretary by Jeremy Callaghan

$29.95 NZD

Category: Back list

A Guide to Best Practice in Committee Servicing

Samuel Marsden : Altar Ego by Richard Quinn

$34.95 NZD

Category: History | Reading Level: Good - Very Good

An in-depth examination of first missionary Samuel Marsden's New Zealand endeavours. The author researched Marsden's life and activities in New South Wales and in New Zealand and found a challenging dichotomy between his behaviour and reputation in Australia, where he is loathed, and in New Zealand wher e he has been little researched, but where he holds 'saint-like' status. ...Show more

For the Record : Lange and the 4th Labour Government by Margaret Clark (ed.)

$34.95 NZD

Category: Politics

The Fourth Labour Government was an extremely controversial one and David Lange, its intelligent, quick-witted and charismatic leader, has attracted both criticism and accolade for his role and prime-ministership. That NZ today is a more dynamic, varied, exciting and colourful place than in 1984 can in good part be attributed to the Fourth Labour Government, but so can the fact that the country is more socially divided, with greater extremes of wealth and poverty, and an inadequate consensus around social goals. In this book many well-known NZers in the political scene look back and offer their views and memories of Lange and this government. ...Show more

Safety in Numbers: Essential Calculations for Nurses by Karl Dodds

$74.95 NZD

Category: Health

This text tackles the difficult yet critical topic of drug dose calculations for the administration of medicines. The process is transformed into a sequence of easy steps by drawing on the common sense and life skills of the reader.

The First Colonist: Samuel Deighton, 1821-1900 by Michael Butler

$39.99 NZD

Category: History

A fascinating insight into early New Zealand history. Draws on letters between Deighton and government officials: Deighton, from Cambridge, England, was the first ashore from the first ships which landed off Petone in Wellington Harbour in 1840; he held land orders from the New Zealand Company and fough t in the Maori wars; he became an interpreter and a resident magistrate; he served as a magistrate and Native Land Court Judge in the Chatham Islands; he wrote the first Moriori dictionary (included in appendices); letters provide information and understanding of land purchases and Maori-European relationships. ...Show more

White Collars and Gumboots: a History of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries, 1892-1992

$39.95 NZD

Category: History

Planning to House A Nation: The life & work of Reginald B Hammond by Caroline Miller

$35.00 NZD

Category: New releases

In writing this book (her first was The Unsung Profession) Caroline Miller again demonstrates her passion and commitment to the profession of Planning and to documenting the important people and history in New Zealand in this field. REGINALD HAMMOND, the author of this country’s first Planning legislat ion in the mid 1920s, first director of Town Planning and a central figure in the formative years of the state housing programme, is,  Caroline Miller believes, an overlooked figure in New Zealand’s social history.  This book explores his life and work which occurred at a pivotal time in this country’s development.  It also explores the origins and processes that drove the early state housing programme, contrasting New Zealand’s approaches to those in Britain and Australia.  Hammond’s construction and planning knowledge were immense and he was a deeply committed civil servant, no matter the political banner, over a 40-year professional life spanning the 20s through the 1960s. ...Show more

Queer in Aotearoa New Zealand by Lynne Alice

$34.95 NZD

Category: NZ Society

The diverse contibutions in this book discuss how the reframing of 'queer' as a proud, border-crossing identity challenges conventional views of gay, lesbian, transsexual and heterosexual identities. They bring together wide-ranging commentaries on the history, politics and culture of thirty years of se xual history in Aotearoa/New Zealand. ...Show more

How to Close More Sales by Roger Brooksbank

$39.95 NZD

Category: Business

What is the x factor that makes some salespeople top performers? It's a little five-letter-word: skill. If you want to improve your sales, the best way is to focus on improving your sales skills. How to close more sales contains 52 essential skills to help you move from being an ordinary salesperson to being a top performer. For every skill there's a skill-acquisition exercise to help you cement what you've learned and translate it into your everyday work. Quick and easy to read, this book will show you how you can immediately begin to close more sales! ...Show more

Managing Mayhem : Work Life Balance in New Zealand by Marilyn Waring

$42.95 NZD

Category: Health

Edited by Marilyn Waring and Christa Fouché, Managing Mayhem: Work–Life Balance in New Zealand explores the reality of what work–life balance means in Aotearoa–New Zealand. Waring and Fouché have brought together recent research that reveals the complexities and nuances that people grapple with in thei r lives as they seek to balance unpaid work with paid work and still find time to live in between. It exposes the hidden issues for, among others, women who are Mâori, of the Pacific, who are unpaid caregivers, older women parenting for the second time, or who are establishing businesses or living portfolio lives. Importantly it also examines the experiences of men, who until now have been underrepresented in the debate. Each of the contributors adds richly textured material to the emerging mosaic of knowledge about work–life balance in Aotearoa–New Zealand. ...Show more

Chiaroscuro by Joy Ogier

$29.99 NZD

Category: Poetry

Foreword by Kerry Carman, Botanical Artist FSBA (London), Writer and Consultant, Wylde Green Cottage, Masterton, New Zealand : " It is my very great pleasure to provide the foreword to chiaroscuro. Joy Ogier has a rare talent and a unique vision, using plant images as metaphors for human experiences and personalities. These crisp verbal portraits possess a luminosity and clarity that not only show deep insight into human nature but have a translucent quality, drawing aside for a moment the veil that separates us from truths only dimly perceived or partly suggested - enabling us, with her, to see into the heart of things, providing other deeper layers of meaning. 'chiaroscuro' makes a very special contribution to the body of poetry, inspired by plants and the natural world. It is a book I wish I had written." ...Show more