This new revised edition offers a comprehensive insight into Janet Frame's fiction. This edition recentres and reorganizes the material originally published in 1992 and also provides an index.

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In this true story, Krystine Tomaszyk looks back over her life, the earliest memories of which take place as her world, and that of all around her, shatters with the invasion of Poland by the German and then the Soviet army and her deportation to Siberia. This poignant narrative is, at the same time, a dramatic physical journey, by a very long route to New Zealand, and an exploration of the mind of a child, coping with and making meaning of the events she is caught up in. Essence is a mosaic of emotional colours, pieced together... read more

What makes a superior grape? The aim of this book is to provide the serious wine aficionado with the information needed to appreciate the contribution of the particular features of the vineyard to wine quality. The topics covered range from discovering our taste buds and the aroma of wines, to grape varieties and clones, an explanation of soils, climate, terrier, light, pests and diseases, pruning and training to the human influences on viticulture.

This book offers common-sense advice to those intending to acquire a puppy. It covers selecting a breed and size, the first six months, the basics of early training and socialization.

Essays On Contemporary New Zealand Painting and Photography This book, which takes its title from a phrase by Roland Barthes, examines in detail the work of seven major twentieth-century New Zealand painters and photographers: Rita Angus, Colin McCahon, Gordon Walters, Milan Mrkusich, Richard Killeen, Les Cleveland and Megan Jenkinson. While it contains some historical and contextual background, it is not an art history in the traditional sense. Rather, it aims to apply a broad range of critical theories and methodologies to sust... read more

This is a comprehensive, user-friendly dictionary, with a focus on accounting, economics, marketing and law terms.

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 begi... read more

Introduces New Zealand executives and managers to the business practices they will encounter in China. Ed Weymes has drawn on his 25 years of experience in developing partnerships with Chinese enterprises to write an easy-to-read step-by-step guide. This book will help New Zealanders understand the different way Chinese people think and behave and why these differences significantly change business protocols and how Chinese companies need to be managed.Weymes provides comprehensive practical advice on how to deal with China, includ... read more

New Zealand and the Global Economy looks at New Zealand's international economic relations over the past fifty years from the mid-1950s until recent times. Over the period New Zealand's international economic relations have at times been unstable, but nonetheless have provided an important engine for growth and development of the New Zealand economy and society. The book analyses the nature of New Zealand's trade relations with the rest of the world, the structure of trade and examines how trade has increased the wealth of the coun... read more

The authors in this book discuss policies and practices that relate to the provision of inclusive education for a diverse range of children in education settings in Aotearoa New Zealand: children with special educational needs; Maori and Pasifika children; those for whom English is an additional language; and, those who are gifted and talented. Reasons why these children are at risk of being academically, intellectually, culturally, physically, socially and emotionally excluded are explored. Each chapter concludes with questions to... read more

A warm classroom climate enhances the learning and social behaviour of primary (elementary) school children. But how can a busy teacher create such a positive emotional atmosphere? Evans and Harvey, from the School of Psychology, Massey University, supported by a diverse team of experienced educators in New Zealand schools, propose a model of teachers’ emotional characteristics that can be readily individualised for different teaching styles. They describe a programme of research on how to create natural, positive teacher&nda... read more

A new edition of a book (2003) that has an established position as an excellent guide to the law for counsellors and other social service and health practitioners. It has proven equally relevant for experienced and students engaged in counsellor. This updated edition (2012) provides a comprehensive overview of the law as it affects all aspects of counselling and offers practical guidelines. It is an invaluable resource and reference tool for a broad range of counselling and health practitioners. It is written in clear and accessi... read more

A poignant and well-researched history of Green Lane's cardio-thoracic unit: of interest to those who worked at, or have links to, Green Lane Hospital; personal stories, recollections and photographs are included; covers societal issues and the development of New Zealand's health services; describes the evolution of heart surgery in New Zealand; captures the highs and lows, the team work and camaraderie of nurses and doctors.

This extraordinary but true story of Sister Teresa Grigolini, missionary in the Sudan from 1878, is both an uplifting heroic one and a dark and terrible one. Captured by the Islamist Mahdists in 1882, this Nun and others of her community became slaves, constantly abused and threatened with death, over what became interminable years. Some of them died in these appalling conditions, but no threat could persuade them to give up their faith as was demanded constantly of them.
The personal and tragic life events of Teresa Grigolin... read more

There has been much media activity both in the press and on Radio since the Canterbury earthquakes in September 2010 and February 2011. The two-year aftermath of those earthquakes offered the Author a rare opportunity to examine aspects that the media did not cover, such as the national policies and effectiveness of government funding and management of catastrophe on a national scale. She has also made an appraisal of the performance of the corporate insurance industry involved in the event. Her findings are both surprising and d... read more

This book addresses a major gap in knowledge about what it means to be released from prison in New Zealand. It reports on released prisoners' experiences during their first year of transition from prison. It identifies the obstacles to (re)settling in a community and desisting from reoffending, and the crucial support provided by NGOs. It shows how political rhetoric, Corrections' policies and practices and ex-prisoners' social, economic and personal circumstances complicate the transitional process. It highlights the need for a ... read more

This book - through having the reader 'eavesdrop' on the conversations of five 'kiwi' men who meet regularly in a sports bar and talk about their relationships - provides a unique insight into the 'masculine empire' of superiority and entitlement. It shows how men approach intimate relationships, their allegiance to their like-minded 'mates', and the role these men play in bolstering each other's need to be in charge of their women and their homes, capturing women in oppressive situations. It flips explanations for violence from... read more

New Zealand is one of the classic immigrant-dependent societies but the nature of migrant flows into the country has changed dramatically since the 1960s. The historic reliance on immigrants from the UK and Ireland was supplemented and then replaced by migrants from elsewhere in the Pacific and then globally, especially from Asia. These changes not only altered New Zealand's demography but also the nature of community life and cityscapes, how diversity has been understood and experienced, and the shape of economic participation - o... read more

Pineaha Murray is an elder of Ngāti Kurī of the Far North and in this personal account he tells of his ancient forebears’ place in the northern tip of NZ - the Three Kings, Tom Bowling Bay and Parengarenga Harbour. Memories, history, myths and legends unfold and provide a rich personal story and a social history of northern communities.

New Zealand is one of the classic immigrant-dependent societies but the nature of migrant flows into the country has changed dramatically since the 1960s. The historic reliance on immigrants from the UK and Ireland was supplemented and then replaced by migrants from elsewhere in the Pacific and then globally, especially from Asia. These changes not only altered New Zealand's demography but also the nature of community life and cityscapes, how diversity has been understood and experienced, and the shape of economic participation - o... read more