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ON THIS ROCK: 75 YEARS OF ST. PETER’S COLLEGE, MOUNTAIN ROAD. HB, 350pp. Price: $35. ISBN: 978-0-47333-154-2 St. Peter’s College, 2015. In 1939, at the invitation of Bishop Liston, five Christian Brothers opened the doors of St. Peter’s College, Auckland, to 180 pupils. Eight decades later, the site that was once a wasteland boasts over
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KIWI COLLECTORS: CURIOUS AND UNUSUAL KIWI HOBBIES. HarperCollins, 2013. 136pp, colour photos. ISBN: 9781775540007 An interesting collection is as much about the collector as it is the assembled possessions. I tracked down a variety of collectors from around the country and their garages, sheds, basements and even shade-houses were thrown open for me to see and
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DAVE GALLAHER: THE ORIGINAL ALL BLACK CAPTAIN. HarperCollins, 2012. 288pp. ISBN: 9781869509682 * Released in Ireland, October, 2012. To purchase in e-book format click here The first All Black captain seen in England, Ireland, Scotland, Wales and France, was Gallaher who lead the 1905 side on a tour that saw them lose just one game, to
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KIWI MAN CAVES (with Steve Hale). HarperCollins, 2011. 159pp. ISBN: 9781869509248 This was very much Steve’s project but I was asked to add some humourous chapters on the sociological aspects of blokes and their precious space.
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NICE DAY FOR A WAR (illustrated by Chris Slane). HarperCollins, 2011. 96pp. ISBN: 9781869509019 Reprinted 2012. *NZ Post Children’s Book of the Year and Non-Fiction prizes, 2012. *LIANZA Children’s Book Awards Elsie Locke Medal for Non-Fiction, 2012. *Storylines Notable Books, 2012. *Spent 2 weeks as top-selling NZ Children’s book. ‘Nice Day for a War is a
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BILLY T: THE LIFE AND TIMES OF BILLY T. JAMES. HarperCollins, 2009. 385pp. ISBN: 9781869507053 * Debuted at #1 on the Booksellers NZ Non-Fiction list, November 2009. Spent 2 weeks there and 2 months in the top 10. * Finalist 2010 Ngä Kupu Ora/ Massey University Mäori Book Awards The only biography of one of
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KIWI JOKERS: THE RISE AND RISE OF NEW ZEALAND COMEDY. HarperCollins, 1997. 216pp. ISBN: 1869502485 (Out of print.) A history charting the growth of the comedy industry in New Zealand, from the pioneers such as John Clarke, Lyn of Tawa and McPhail and Gadsby, the mass popularity of Billy T James and the birth of
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