Civilisation : twenty places at the edge of the world /
Civilization
Steve Braunias.
- 250 pages ; 22 cm
Hicks Bay: brief history of meat -- Pegasus: newest New Zealand -- Waiōuru: Operation Desert Rose -- St. Bathans: wind -- Ōhinemutu and Whakarewarewa: how to cook a fish head -- Hauraki Plains: country roads -- Miranda: birdland -- Scott Base: smoking in Antarctica -- Apia: neighbours -- Mt. Roskill: welcome home -- Wanganui, Whanganui: in absentia -- Mercer: fog -- Winton: the goodness of swedes -- Tangimoana: lament of the ocean -- Mosgiel: looking for trouble -- Wānaka: the stories of others -- Greymouth: the Pike River mine disaster -- Collingwood: Lenny, Denny, Buttons and Tink -- Wainuiomata: lost city of Fitzroy -- Maromaku Valley: the ballad of Stan. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20.
"Stories of people living in Apia, Collingwood, Greymouth, Hauraki Plains, Hicks Bay, Maromaku Valley, Mercer, Miranda, Mosgiel, Mt Roskill, Ohinemutu, Pegasus, St Bathans, Scott Base, Tangimoana, Wainuiomata, Waiouru, Wanaka, Whakarewarewa, Whanganui, Winton"--Publisher information.
187755135X 9781877551352
Braunias, Steve--Travel--New Zealand.
Small cities--New Zealand
New Zealand--Description and travel New Zealand--Social life and customs