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Author : Julia Tolmie
Release : 2007
Genre : Criminal justice, Administration of
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Book Rating : 844/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Criminal Justice in New Zealand by : Julia Tolmie
Download or read book Criminal Justice in New Zealand written by Julia Tolmie. This book was released on 2007. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Gibbs
Release : 2016-10
Genre :
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Book Rating : 086/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Ghosts of Gondwana by : George Gibbs
Download or read book Ghosts of Gondwana written by George Gibbs. This book was released on 2016-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever wondered why New Zealand's plants and animals are so different from those in other countries? Why kakapo is the only parrot in the world that cannot fly, or why the kiwi lives here and nowhere else? New Zealand is an extraordinary place, unique on earth, and the remarkable story of how and why life evolved here is the subject of Ghosts of Gondwana. The challenge of explaining New Zealand's natural origins is picked up in this fully revised edition of the popular award-winning book. It presents the latest scientific research in highly readable form, highlighting studies that reveal the deep historical background of our landscapes, fauna and flora - from ancient frogs and moa to delicate insects and the magnificent southern beech forests. It introduces the latest discoveries and resolves past issues like the 'Oligocene drowning' hypothesis. Exciting fossil discoveries are revealed and new scientific technologies and approaches to the discipline of historical biogeography are discussed - approaches that range from undersea geology to molecular clocks - and it inevitably draws attention to the debates and conflicts that distinguish different schools of opinion in this holistic branch of theoretical science. This revision incorporates the results of 10 years of intensive scientific research and includes four entirely new chapters to: focus on 'yesterday's maps' to draw attention to the ephemeral islands in our history that have possibly acted as stepping stones for terrestrial animals and plants but today have sunk into the sea; incorporate the author's own special interest in an ancient group of 'jaw-moths', unknown and unnoticed by most people but with a strong message that New Zealand is part of the world when it comes to explaining where our fauna have come from; present recent research findings on our huge flightless birds, the ratites; and include New Zealand's terrestrial molluscs into the story. Ghosts of Gondwana identifies New Zealand as one of the most challenging places on earth to explain, but it's readable, engaging style and revised illustrations render this often-controversial discipline of science into a format that is accessible to any reader with an interest in natural history and the unique environment of New Zealand.
Author : Pete McDonald
Release : 2011
Genre : Sports & Recreation
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Book Rating : 958/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Foot-tracks in New Zealand: Origins, Access Issues and Recent Developments by : Pete McDonald
Download or read book Foot-tracks in New Zealand: Origins, Access Issues and Recent Developments written by Pete McDonald. This book was released on 2011. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foot-tracks in New Zealand examines the development of walking tracks over two centuries, from the early 19th century to about 2011. Publisher: Pete McDonald Page size: A4 ISBN: 0473190958, 9780473190958 File format: PDF Number of pages: 1000 About: Trails, Tracks, New Zealand, History, Recreation, Land access
Author : Michael Scott
Release : 2016-05-13
Genre : Music
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Book Rating : 304/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Making New Zealand's Pop Renaissance by : Michael Scott
Download or read book Making New Zealand's Pop Renaissance written by Michael Scott. This book was released on 2016-05-13. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the early 2000s New Zealand has undergone a pop renaissance. Domestic artists' sales, airplay and concert attendance have all grown dramatically while new avenues for 'kiwi' pop exports emerged. Concurrent with these trends was a new collective sentiment that embraced and celebrated domestic musicians. In Making New Zealand's Pop Renaissance, Michael Scott argues that this revival arose from state policies and shows how the state built market opportunities for popular musicians through public-private partnerships and organizational affinity with existing music industry institutions. New Zealand offers an instructive case for the ways in which 'after neo-liberal' states steer and co-ordinate popular culture into market exchange by incentivizing cultural production. Scott highlights how these music policies were intended to address various economic and social problems. Arriving with the creative industries' discourse and policy making, politicians claimed these expanded popular music supports would facilitate sustainable employment and a sense of national identity. Yet popular music as economic and social policy presents a paradox: the music industry generates commercial failure and thus requires a large unattached pool of potential talent. Considering this feature, Scott analyses how state programs induced an informal economy of proto-pop production aimed at accessing competitive state funding while simultaneously encouraging musicians to adopt entrepreneurial subjectivities. In doing so he argues New Zealand's music policies are a form of social policy that unintentionally deploy hierarchical structures to foster social inclusion amongst growing numbers of creative workers.
Author : Friederike Gesing
Release : 2016-05-31
Genre : Social Science
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Book Rating : 467/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand by : Friederike Gesing
Download or read book Working with Nature in Aotearoa New Zealand written by Friederike Gesing. This book was released on 2016-05-31. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Working with nature - and not against it - is a global trend in coastal management. This ethnography of coastal protection follows the increasingly popular approach of "soft" protection to the Aotearoa New Zealand coast. Friederike Gesing analyses a political controversy over hard and soft protection measures, and introduces a growing community of practice involved in projects of working with nature. Dune restoration volunteers, coastal management experts, surfer-scientists, and Maori conservationists are engaged in projects ranging from do-it-yourself erosion control, to the reconstruction of native nature, and soft engineering "in concert with natural processes". With soft protection, Gesing argues, we can witness a new sociotechnical imaginary in the making.
