Pacific highways / co-edited by Julianne Schultz and Lloyd Jones.

"Autumn 2014"--Page [6].

Includes bibliographical references.

Introduction / Julianne Schultz -- Looking east / Julianne Schultz -- Introduction / Lloyd Jones -- At the crossroads / Jones -- -- Essay -- To a neighbour I am getting to know / Roberto Onell -- On masks and migration / Harry Ricketts -- Patterns of migration / Gregory O'Brien -- Cable stations / Lynne McDonald -- Primate city / Finlay Macdonald -- Hitching a ride / Rebecca Priestley -- A Kiwi feast / David Burton -- Thinking about waves / Lynn Jenner -- Born to run / John Saker -- Walking meditations / Hinemoana Baker -- Sea of trees / Ashleigh Young -- O Salutaris / Ian Wedde -- Pure brightness / Alison Wong -- School report / Bernard Beckett -- Tectonic Z / Rod Oram -- We are all Stan Walker / Damien Wilkins -- First, build your hut / Lydia Wevers -- Simply by sailing in a new direction / Kate De Goldi -- The lie of the land / Hamish Clayton -- An A-frame in Antarctica / Matt Vance -- Reading Geoff Cochrane / Carrie Tiffany -- -- Memoir -- The beach / Leilani Tamu -- Fitting into the Pacific / Peter Swain -- Postcard from Beijing / Kate Woods -- Open road / Brian Turner -- Whale Road / Kate Camp -- Place in time / Glenn Busch -- -- Reportage -- On my way to the border / Steve Braunias -- Amending the map / Sally Blundell -- Portrait of an artist / Glenn Busch -- -- Fiction -- Anxiety / CK Stead -- Waiheke Island / Emily Perkins -- Getting to yes / William Brandt -- -- Poetry -- Clearing at Dawn / Ya-Wen Ho -- Demarcations / James Brown -- L'Anima Verde / Cliff Fell -- Whale Survey, Raoul Island, with Rosemary / Dobson Gregory O'Brien -- The uprising / Dinah Hawken -- Green light / James Brown -- There, being Monday morning / Vincent O'Sullivan -- Encounter above the Hurunui / Cliff Fell -- Erebus voices / Bill Manhire -- Equinoctial / Geoff Cochrane -- -- Picture galleries -- When the swimmer reaches the shore / Bruce Foster -- Christchurch Christmas / Anne Noble.

Migration, demographic changes and new cultural references are reshaping New Zealand. It is fast becoming a hub where Pacific and Tasman currents meet. As a result, New Zealand is changing, in response to surging tides of people and ideas. Pacific Highways explores and maps the new New Zealand, in the words of the country's finest writers, including Kate de Goldi, C. K. Stead, Bernard Beckett, Owen Marshall, Hinemoana Baker and many more. This collection of original essays, memoir, poetry, fiction and reportage will challenge the way you think about New Zealand. From reports from the Kiwi Diaspora in Australia, to a consideration of the growing Asian economic and cultural influence and the contribution of Pacific society to the arts and sports, this portrait of New Zealand takes you beyond the tourist brochures to something truly original.