Introduction / Looking east / Introduction / At the crossroads / Essay -- To a neighbour I am getting to know / On masks and migration / Patterns of migration / Cable stations / Primate city / Hitching a ride / A Kiwi feast / Thinking about waves / Born to run / Walking meditations / Sea of trees / O Salutaris / Pure brightness / School report / Tectonic Z / We are all Stan Walker / First, build your hut / Simply by sailing in a new direction / The lie of the land / An A-frame in Antarctica / Reading Geoff Cochrane / Memoir -- The beach / Fitting into the Pacific / Postcard from Beijing / Open road / Whale Road / Place in time / Reportage -- On my way to the border / Amending the map / Portrait of an artist / Fiction -- Anxiety / Waiheke Island / Getting to yes / Poetry -- Clearing at Dawn / Demarcations / L'Anima Verde / Whale Survey, Raoul Island, with Rosemary / The uprising / Green light / There, being Monday morning / Encounter above the Hurunui / Erebus voices / Equinoctial / Picture galleries -- When the swimmer reaches the shore / Christchurch Christmas / Julianne Schultz -- Julianne Schultz -- Lloyd Jones -- Jones -- -- Roberto Onell -- Harry Ricketts -- Gregory O'Brien -- Lynne McDonald -- Finlay Macdonald -- Rebecca Priestley -- David Burton -- Lynn Jenner -- John Saker -- Hinemoana Baker -- Ashleigh Young -- Ian Wedde -- Alison Wong -- Bernard Beckett -- Rod Oram -- Damien Wilkins -- Lydia Wevers -- Kate De Goldi -- Hamish Clayton -- Matt Vance -- Carrie Tiffany -- -- Leilani Tamu -- Peter Swain -- Kate Woods -- Brian Turner -- Kate Camp -- Glenn Busch -- -- Steve Braunias -- Sally Blundell -- Glenn Busch -- -- CK Stead -- Emily Perkins -- William Brandt -- -- Ya-Wen Ho -- James Brown -- Cliff Fell -- Dobson Gregory O'Brien -- Dinah Hawken -- James Brown -- Vincent O'Sullivan -- Cliff Fell -- Bill Manhire -- Geoff Cochrane -- -- Bruce Foster -- 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.
9781922182241 1922182249
Essays--21st century
New Zealand--Social conditions--21st century. New Zealand--Social life and customs--21st century. New Zealand--Economic conditions--21st century.