[PDF] New Zealands France eBook

Author : Amanda Taylor-Ace
Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
Page : 284 pages
File Size : 34,30 MB
Release : 2012-04-05
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 1869797817

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A lively, inspiring account of a New Zealand woman's decision to create a new life in the south of France. Amanda Taylor-Ace's philosophy is 'joie de vivre unlimited' - living life with unlimited joy. So when her 14-year-old son fell in with a bad crowd and her life in Auckland needed a shake-up, she packed their bags and took him to France for a year. My French Affair is the story of how and why she decided to stay. Not content with simply living in France, she decided to renovate two eighteenth-century houses and convert them into guest accommodation. In My French Affair, Amanda describes the trials and tribulations of working with French tradesmen (both good and bad), getting to know the local villagers, hosting guests from around the world, teaching guests to cook in Maison de Maîtresse's kitchen, and her joy in new and old friendships and the daily delights of life in France. With over 30 mouth-watering French recipes to try, My French Affair is a treat for the tastebuds as well as for the soul.

Author : Alistair Watts
Publisher : Aykay Publishing
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 27,21 MB
Release : 2021-04-19
Category : History
ISBN : 0473560364

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In New Zealand’s France, Dr Alistair Watts investigates the origins of the New Zealand nation state from a fresh perspective — one that moves beyond the traditional bicultural view prevalent in the current New Zealand historiography. That New Zealand became British in the 1840s owes much, Dr Watts contends, to that other great colonial power of the time, France. The rich history of British antagonism towards the French was transported to New Zealand in the 1830s and 1840s as part of the British colonists’ cultural baggage, to be used in creating an old identity in a new land. Even as the British colonists sought a new beginning, this defining anti-French characteristic caused them to override the existing Māori culture with their own constructs of time and place. Leaving their signature names in the cities of Wellington and Nelson and naming their streets after Waterloo and Collingwood, the British colonisers attempted to establish a local antithesis of France through a bucolic Little Britain in the South Pacific. It was this legacy, as much as the assumed bicultural origins of modern New Zealand, that produced a Pacific country that still relies on the symbolism of the Union Jack embedded in the national flag and the totemic constitutional presence of the British Crown to maintain its national identity. This is the story of how this came about.

Author : OECD
Publisher : OECD Publishing
Page : 343 pages
File Size : 14,14 MB
Release : 2000-09-06
Category :
ISBN : 9264187723

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The journal of OECD's Development Assistance Committee. This issue contains Development Co-operation Reviews for France, New Zealand, and Italy.

Author : Glyn Harper
Publisher : Puffin Books
Page : 30 pages
File Size : 29,32 MB
Release : 2012
Category : Children's stories, New Zealand
ISBN : 9780143504566

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Le Quesnoy (pronounced Leck con wah) is a town in northern France. It is surrounded by high walls and deep trenches. In World War I it was occupied by the German army for four long years. In November 1918 the town was liberated by soldiers from far-away New Zealand. Because these men used a bit of kiwi ingenuity they were able to take the town back without a single civilian life being lost. This has become one of the most famous stories in New Zealand military history and the relationship between Le Quesnoy and New Zealand continues to this day. This book tells the story of Le Quesnoy's liberation through the eyes of a child living in the town at the time. Stunning watercolour illustrations and simple language make this an ANZAC picture book that young readers will be able to imaginatively engage with. Format: 285x240mm (portrait).

Author : Roderic Alley
Publisher : Victoria University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 14,25 MB
Release : 1977
Category : History
ISBN : 9780864735485

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SCOTT (copy 2: v. 1): From the John Holmes Library collection.