In this innovative study Michael Bassett, historian and former politician, explores how and why the state became such an active and interventionist player in New Zealand life, developing, subsidising and regulating the economy and protecting citizens from the cradle to the grave. He looks in detail at the many schemes in which a paternalistic government became involved, especially the extensive social programmes. These were taken for granted by the people but from the 1960s were increasingly difficult to sustain economically. By 1984, he concludes, this process of intervention had to be slowed. Drawing on departmental archives, many not previously consulted by historians, The State in New Zealand covers in a new way, and with clarity and style, a subject of great contemporary interest.
Brings to life the history of the most important agency of government in New Zealand for much of the last century. It traces the evolution of the Department of Internal Affairs from its genesis as the Colonial Secretary's Office in 1840, providing an overview of the development and expansion of government in New Zealand.
Sir Joseph Ward (1856&–1930) was the leading political figure during the forty-year life of the Liberal Party in New Zealand. He was a member of Ballance's first Cabinet, twice Prime Minister (1906&–12 and 1928&–30), and was still a Cabinet Minister at the time of his death. This lively biography is the story of an ambitious first-generation New Zealander of Irish Catholic parents who spent more than half a century in local and central government politics, influencing the directions taken in many areas of New Zealand life. It contains much new material about Ward's private business dealings, his flourishing Southland company, his bankruptcy and his remarkable rehabilitation. Michael Bassett reveals a genial, courteous, fast-talking man of vision who nevert
David Lange's Fourth Labour Government was a watershed in New Zealand history. Whether it was international politics (ANZUS, Mururoa tests, Oxford Union debate) or domestic economics (Roger Douglas's reforms), New Zealand was a vastly different country in 1990 than it had been when Lange won in 1984. The real story of this time has never been told until now, and Lange's own bestselling autobiography was disappointing in the lack of detail it contained. Written by Lange's cousin, and senior cabinet minister in that Government, Michael Bassett, here is the "inside the cabinet room" view of some of the most heady and turbulent times in recent history. Bassett writes of the real David Lange, a hugely gifted but hugely flawed politician, with his gift of communicating to the public but an inability to lead his own cabinet. Based on diaries kept at the time, private papers, and extensive interviews, Working with David brings together political drama and history, written by a participant who just happens to be a trained historian and a gifted writer.
Any alteration of the natural processes occurring on a piece of land will have expected as well as unanticipated effects, and those effects have little regard for arbitrary human boundaries. Consequently, it is not enough for land managers to consider only how they might maintain the parcels for which they are responsible; they must also anticipate
Truly beautiful poetry - Very moving"" In this striking and uplifting anthology of verse, award-winning poet, author and composer, Michael Thurstan Bassett, skilfully weaves a lifetime's poignant memories and profound observations on life's Great Themes into an outstanding collection of poems of heart-warming beauty and elegant simplicity which resonate in one's mind long after the last line is read. Deeply-moving and nostalgic at times, provocative at others but always eloquent and penetrating, Thurstan's irrepressible and often irreverent wit is never far from the surface. "'Vignettes of Childhood and Other Poems'" is an outstanding collection of verse by an extraordinary poet whose profound love of life and the arts radiates from every word and line of what deserves to become a modern-day classic of English literature.
Business ecology is a new field that synthesizes natural systems and proven business success strategies, such as strategic planning and total quality management. This text applies these principles to business organization. A web page (http://naturaledge.org) presents more information.
One of New Zealand's oldest family-owned wineries finished this year's harvest on a high, as they pulled out the wine glasses to celebrate 100 years in the game. Babich Wines, which owns a winery and 300 hectares of vines in Marlborough's Awatere, Waihopai and Wairau valleys, have been harvesting and making wine since 1915. This year marks the 100th vintage since founder Josip Babich made and bottled his first wine - selling it in cask, under the name, Babich Brothers.
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