Understand New Zealand
Recovery from the Christchurch earthquake, sporting successes and musical mastery…time to take a Kiwi temperature check.
James Belich treads a NZ timeline, from Maori origins to Pakeha arrivals and recent ructions.
Vaughan Yarwood gives the low-down on the land, flora and fauna, national parks and environmental issues.
John Huria writes about NZ’s fi rst people: history, religion, legends, traditions and the arts (and, of course, the haka).
Global psychiatry: lie down on this couch, NZ, and tell us all about yourself.
The best Kiwi books, movies, TV, music and visual arts…this little nation punches well above its artistic weight.