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Collision by Joanna Orwin
Clash of cultures when the French expedition of Marion du Fresne in 1772 reaches the Bay of Islands. Misunderstandings lead to bloodshed. The Maori side is represented by a written account, but I’d have liked to engage with the characters more.
Reviewed by Pat
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The 10pm question - Kate de Goldi
Twelve-year-old Frankie Parsons has rather large, quirky family. Until now they've been the centre of his universe, but now Frankie's view of his world begins to change. There's a new arrival at school- a dredlocked
girl called Sydney who becomes perplexingly
fascinating to him. She even starts to draw
him away from his best friend, Gigs.
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Late Song by Lauris Edmond
Late song is the last collection of poems written by Lauris Edmond before her untimely death on 28 January 2000. This wonderful collection of poems was shortlisted for the 2001 Montana New Zealand Book Awards. She has become a favourite New Zealand poet of mine, her poems speak of love and longing and upon reading them, you feel so acutely her sense of great passion and commitment to family.
Reviewed by Michela
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A second helping: more from Ladies, a plate
In response to the enthusiastic reception for her Ladies, a Plate, Alexa
Johnston has gathered another tempting
selection of traditional home-baking
recipes. Snippets of social history are once again included throughout as Alexa
pays tribute to the women who contributed
recipes to the hundreds of community
cookbooks that were published over the past
sixty years.
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