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New Zealand's Pakeha origin as a bolt-hole for convicts escaping Australia, a place where former convicts joined whaling and sealing gangs, and where sea captains thumbed their noses at the law, has been quietly forgotten.
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In this lively, well researched and affectionate survey of 100 'vehicles' of all descriptions, historian Matthew Wright takes us on a trip down memory lane, reacquainting us with the way we used to get around.
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* The first biography to focus fully on Freyberg as a man * Reveals the reality behind the myth of this complex individual * Fast-paced, tightly edited story with photo section Freyberg: A Life's Journey is the most accessible biography on 'Tiny' Freyberg yet, with numerous black... and white photos.
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Wright is one who has been able to place himself within the culture and sense the history...This new book is a worthy contribution to our understanding... - Frank Glen, 'The Southland Times', 14 June 2003. Author Matthew Wright... has brought the Italian campaign alive. The book ...is as important as it is highly readable
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"In the summer of 1873, Auckland newspaper editor David Leckie insisted that Russian terrorists had taken over a British warship in Auckland harbour and held the town to ransom. It was a hoax, but the moment highlighted New Zealand's growing sense of vulnerability. So began New Z...ealand's naval story, which played out through the highs and lows of the twentieth century: from the First World War, when New Zealand naval forces and personnel fought from the North Sea to the Pacific, to the Second, when New Zealand's forces saw combat in most major theatres; and finally the Cold War. This book tells that story: a dramatic, exciting and ultimately human tale of people, politics, heroism and struggle over more than 130 tumultuous years"--Back cover.
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An acclaimed translator of Euripidean tragedy in its earlier and more familiar modes, Diane Arnson Svarlien now turns to three plays that showcase the special qualities of Euripides' late dramatic art. Like her earlier volumes, Ion, Helen, Orestes offers modern, accurate, accessi...ble, and stageworthy versions that preserve the metrical and musical form of the originals. Matthew Wright's Introduction and notes offer illuminating guidance to first-time readers of Euripides, while pointing up the appeal of this distinctive grouping of plays.
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An exploration of cultural miscommunication and the impact of Maori & European society on each other. This is the first highly illustrated volume to detail the events and personalities who gave shape to the conflicts during the period of the 'Maori Wars'. Matthew Wright is a prof...essional historian. His previous books include histories of hte RNZAF, the RNZN and the battle of Crete.
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A critical study of three late plays of Euripides: Helen , Andromeda and Iphigenia among the Taurians . This book presents a different interpretation of the plays, arguing that they are a thematically connected trilogy. This book offers a different approach to Euripides, and to t...he tragic genre as a whole.
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A lively new illustrated history of the South Island by Matthew Wright, Old South tells a story of triumphs, tragedies and earnest hopes.
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"The hard-tempered Scot whose policies shaped New Zealand's colonial-age race relations, and gave rise to grievances that echo into the twenty-first century. The government official who used his position to get land for his personal ventures, and provoked war between Maori along ...the way. The man who, rumour insists, used his power as our Minister of Defence to order the shooting of his own illegitimate son, the right-hand man of religious leader Te Kooti"--Publisher information.
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