Yvonne Rust, QSM, has been included in the expanded and revised edition of Landscape Paintings of New Zealand – A Journey from North to South by Christopher Johnstone. This beautiful book launched yesterday at Jonathan Grant Galleries in Auckland, includes 143 magnificent colour plates of New Zealand landscape paintings by some of the great artists of the […]
Vegetarian Spiced Kumara (Sweet Potato) & Feta Patties Delicious vegetarian, very filling, sweet potato and feta cheese patties served with sliced avocado, and mango chutney – comfort food to die for! In New Zealand, Kumara is the traditional sweet potato and my preference, but any sweet potato will work. If you are not a vegetarian, […]
Lynette Robinson’s memoir, Where the Rainbow Fell Down, is a thoroughly engaging read, especially the first half which brings into sharp relief the experience of childhood in 1950s New Zealand – the silences, the things that weren’t mentioned, and must not be mentioned. Robinson came from a particularly dysfunctional family but in many ways it echoes the general […]
In 1897, seven year old Far North pioneer dairyman, Howard Dunn, was helping to hand-milk 30-40 cows at Pamapuria. The milk was stored in large vats which were then hand-skimmed for the cream from which the family of fifteen made butter and sold it to the gum-fields settlers for 6d a pound. The farm also […]
A brief summary of the experiences that can be encountered by the unsuspecting biographer – forewarned is forearmed. When you undertake writing a biography, actually writing it is in some ways the easiest part of your task. What you’re attempting to do is to collect as much information as possible about your subject from as […]
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Theresa Sjoquist
