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OUT NOW! Available at all good bookstores and from online retailers. David Bateman Publishers, 224pp, RRP $49.99. ISBN 9781776890941 In the 1980s, life in New Zealand became brighter, louder, faster and wilder. While the decade is remembered for its big hair, bright clothing and excessive shows of wealth, it was also a time of social
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Release date: 3 August, 2022. Published by Kaipatiki Community Facilities Trust. 32pp. ISBN: 9780473642709 Though only a small area, Birkdale / Beach Haven has rich local history. For Maori, the bush and waters around this peninsula provided a bountiful supply of seasonal food. Later, the hard-working and innovative fruit growers were renowned for producing New
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Release date: Nov. 4, 2020. HarperCollins, 368pp, ISBN 9781775541608 $36.99 RRP Stretching back to the Pacific navigators and the great migrations from Polynesia to the humble ‘P’ class dinghy and the world-beating success of Team New Zealand: With the Wind Behind Us is a celebration of the stories that gave us our legendary sailing reputation.
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RUGBY FOLKLORE: MYTHS LEGENDS AND EVENTS THAT MADE NEW ZEALAND RUGBY Release date: October 21, 2019. HarperCollins NZ, 336pp, RRP $39.99. ISBN: 9781775541462 ISBN 10: 1775541460 Available now from your favourite bookseller or online retailer. From superstitions to send-offs, All Black nick-names to on-field battles: Rugby Folklore is a miscellany of stories, quotes, and facts
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Publication date: 5 July 2019. Imagination Press Ltd, 146pp, and lots of cute pictures! ISBN: 9780995110458 RRP $39.99 Available from PaperPlus, independent booksellers and online retailers. It can’t fly; has nostrils at the end of its long beak; cat-like whiskers; the body temperature of a mammal; sharp claws and strong legs to defend itself; lays
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Pitch Publishing, UK. Hardback, 224pages £19.99 ISBN 9781785314469 In 1905, Vic Cartwright’s England rugby team lined up against Dave Gallaher’s touring All Blacks at Crystal Palace – the first ever meeting of the two national teams. Ensuing matches, in both the amateur and professional eras, have been dramatic and controversial, steeped in the historical rivalry
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NIGHT OF THE RIOT. Salisbury Books. 155pp, 128mm x 177mm. ISBN: Paperback 978-0-473-40614-1 / Mobi 978-0-473-40616-5 / E-pub 978-0-473-40615-8 Currently out of print. Junior fiction for readers aged 10-13. “Did you ever try to do what you thought was the right thing, but ended up getting into big trouble? I did. It was on the
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WAR BLACKS: The extraordinary story of New Zealand’s WWI All Blacks Top 10 NZ Non-fiction best-seller (Nielson, 16 June 2016). HARDBACK, 320pp, ISBN: 9781775540366 | Also available as an e-book ‘Deducing how many saw active service and then downloading screeds of documents about them required a great deal of effort and patience, not to mention commitment…
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Charity project to educate children about dementia. Online audio book and printed editions, 10,000 copies distributed to schools, libraries, dementia clinics, hospitals, care homes etc throughout the U.K. WHEN GRANDMA CAME TO STAY for Alzheimer’s Research UK, 2015, illustrated by David William Nunn. ISBN 978-0-9935280-1-9. Grandma is coming to stay with us. Mum says Grandma
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KIERAN READ: TRIBUTE TO A GREAT EIGHT David Bateman, 2015. HB, colour photos, 176pp. Price: $39.99 ISBN: 978-1-86953-918-4. In an era of some of the greatest All Blacks the game of rugby has ever seen, Kieran Read counts as one of the best. Stepping up to the role of captain in the absence of the legendary
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