One afternoon in Auckland, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the while holding down a full-time job.As she ranged from Arthur's Pass and the Kaimanawa Forest Park to the Ruahine Range and Fiordland, she had her share of danger and loneliness, but she also grew in confidence and backcountry knowledge. Her story of this solo life is an absorbing blend of adventure and humour, combined with her research into tales from the past of ambition and death in the mountains. She also casts a feminist eye over the challenges women climbers and explorers faced.Full of pluck, courage and resourcefulness, this book is for all those who long to wade through emerald rivers and breathe the mountain air.
Well-known Australian entertainer, Hazel Phillips OAM, Gold and Bronze Logies winner, Hazel hosted and produced her own daily national talk shows 'Girl Talk' and 'Strictly for the Birds'. She has appeared in almost every major television series including 'A Country Practice', 'GP', 'The Mavis Bramston Show' and 'Number 96'. Her theatre performances include lead roles in 'The Boys From Syracuse', 'I Do I Do, 'Mack and Mabel', 'Gypsy' and 'Grease'. Hazel has also acted, written and directed for various theatre companies and production houses. Hazel traces her life with honesty and humour, understanding her own shortcomings and not taking herself too seriously. Born in England to an physically and emotionally abusive father, Hazel immigrated to Australia in the 1960's and carved out a name for herself."--Provided by publisher.
Sir Bob Harvey's colourful and varied life sums up the classic 'give it a go' Kiwi attitude. A legend of the eighties' advertising world, influential political strategist, former president of the Labour Party, outspoken environmentalist, long-serving mayor of Waitakere City and daring adventurer, Sir Bob has overseen and made New Zealand history. In this revealing biography of the self-proclaimed 'Wild Westie', journalist Hazel Phillips shares the social, political and personal events that have shaped Sir Bob's remarkable life, as well as fascinating behind-the-scenes stories from a man never far from the epicentre of New Zealand government. Also available as an eBook
This entertaining autobiography traces the early days of Australian Television and Theatre and captures the colourful and dramatic story of an amazing woman with a passionate zest for life!Hazel Phillips has appeared on television since its inception. Her many credits include the original Beauty and the Beast and The Bramston Show. Her own talk show, Girl Talk, was the first midday show on television and ran daily for four years making her the most popular female in the country, during which time she won gold and bronze Logies.Since then, she has appeared in every branch of the media ¿ TV, films, theatre, cabaret, radio and journalism.Hazel has written, starred and appeared in three musicals of her own, as well as thirty other musicals and several movies. In the year 2000 she wrote a one-woman show that ran for two hours, tracing the life and times of Marilyn Monroe, entitled Marilyn and Me, which she performed in numerous venues.She has appeared in several plays for Queensland Theatre Company, including leads in The Circle, Pride and Prejudice, Shakespeare¿s Henry V and The Merry Wives of Windsor directed by Geoffrey Rush.Hazel was awarded the OAM in the 2005 Queen¿s Birthday Honours for her contribution to television and the entertainment industry. She continues to entertain.
Lady Winifred Chesterman, wife of the renowned missionary doctor, Sir Clement Chesterman, was in her own right a superb Froebel-trained infant teacher and a highly respected missionary to the people of Yakusu, in what was then the Belgian Congo. From 1920 until 1936 Winifred loved, taught and mothered hundreds of Congolese children. Yet she also had five children of her own, five children who were always central to her heart, and for whom after 1936 she would successfully build a happy united family. Here Hazel Phillips, Winifred's fifth and youngest child, writes of what she knows of her mother's life. She tells of growing up in a united happy family and of her mother's devoted service both to her own children and to children everywhere. Hazel herself would have severe health problems and would especially appreciate her mother's steadfast care
David Hartnell grew up in a secure but unremarkable suburban life. His interest in things colourful and theatrical led him to championship rollerskating and cabaret. On his big OE, he landed a job in Australia and then in the heart of the London cosmetics industry, and eventually attended to the makeup needs of A-listers. He went on to New York and Los Angeles where his career took a new course. Returning home in the mid-seventies led to screen appearances as a purveyor of celebrity gossip, and he continued to travel frequently backwards and forwards to Hollywood. David rapidly became established as New Zealand's number 1 celebrity gossip columnist on television, radio and print. His visits to Hollywood established his credentials until he became an encyclopaedia of trivia and scandal about the rich and famous – and the public lapped up every word. Today no one in New Zealand is recognised as knowing more about Hollywood. Not only has he spent a lifetime reporting on Hollywood gossip, but he now counts a handful of international celebrities among his lifelong friends. But behind the glitter and the showbiz glamour, David's story also reveals the private strains he has experienced behind the ever-confident public face. He writes about damaging family secrets, being bullied because he was gay, two name changes and being sued for defamation by a prominent New Zealand singer. Bursting with remarkable photos and stories of his encounters, including a surprise lunch with Alfred Hitchcock and Bette Davis, his close friendship with the legendary Phyllis Diller, little-known secrets about the Royal Family's crown jewels and many, many more, this book is for anyone who loves behind-the-scenes gossip and enjoys a rollicking good read. This is David's story, and this time, his lips aren't sealed.
Hazel Chesterman-Phillips developed her method of sex determination following her own experience in which she desired and gave birth to a boy after having two daughters. This simple and natural method is explained in detail, with reference to the up-to-the-minute scientific research which supports it, including research into sperm-count levels.
Oh what fun we had . . . Back in the days before 'market research'. We just made it all up. I can't believe people trusted us with their money. But then everyone started second-guessing themselves and arse-covering became a science.' --Dick Frizzell Back in the 1890s, being an ad man in New Zealand was a simple case of placing an ad in the paper on behalf of a client. By the 1980s, it was a golden ticket to an exclusive club of fast cars, big bucks and bad behaviour. Sell! takes you on a wild ride through the history of New Zealand advertising and its larger-than-life personalities - from selling the suburban fantasy to power games, overnight acquisitions, lunatic capers and the iconic Kiwi ads that reached giddy heights on the world stage. Legends of the local ad scene recall the glory days of big budgets and bigger egos, and tell the stories behind New Zealand's best-loved campaigns, including the Fernleaf family, Spot the dog and the infamous Bugger ad. A tale of creativity and ingenuity as much as it is of indulgence, Sell! will inspire anyone who's ever wanted to carve their own destiny in the face of the disapproving establishment.
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