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Book Making a Stand

    Book Details:
  • Author : Wayne Thompson
  • Publisher : Oratia Media Ltd
  • Release : 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z
  • ISBN : 0473545829
  • Pages : 185 pages

Download or read book Making a Stand written by Wayne Thompson and published by Oratia Media Ltd. This book was released on 2022-09-11T00:00:00Z with total page 185 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The passing of the The Waitākere Ranges Heritage Act in 2008 represents a milestone in the life of the Waitākere Ranges ProtectionSociety. Wayne Thompson documents the story behind the legislation coming into force. Read about the people, the politics and the passion!

Book Wild Westie

    Book Details:
  • Author : Hazel Phillips
  • Publisher : Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited
  • Release : 2014-07-23
  • ISBN : 1743486766
  • Pages : 286 pages

Download or read book Wild Westie written by Hazel Phillips and published by Penguin Random House New Zealand Limited. This book was released on 2014-07-23 with total page 286 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sir Bob Harvey's colourful and varied life sums up the classic 'give it a go' Kiwi attitude. A legend of the eighties' advertising world, influential political strategist, former president of the Labour Party, outspoken environmentalist, long-serving mayor of Waitakere City and daring adventurer, Sir Bob has overseen and made New Zealand history. In this revealing biography of the self-proclaimed 'Wild Westie', journalist Hazel Phillips shares the social, political and personal events that have shaped Sir Bob's remarkable life, as well as fascinating behind-the-scenes stories from a man never far from the epicentre of New Zealand government. Also available as an eBook

Book Minority Rights in the Pacific Region

Download or read book Minority Rights in the Pacific Region written by Joshua Castellino and published by . This book was released on 2009 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Countries in the Pacific face unique challenges of survival and progress in establishing themselves and participating fully in international society. Their geographic isolation from the rest of global society is compounded by complex layers of often competing national and indigenous identities among their populations built through wave upon wave of migration. This has created rich diversity, competing regimes and real challenges in terms of state-building, ethnic identity, social policy cohesion and development in post-colonial settings. The issues studied here would be of interest to scholars from a range of different disciplines such as Law, Politics, Sociology and Anthropology. By examining the theory and practice of minority rights law in states such as Fiji and Papua New Guinea, alongside their more familiar neighbours Australia and New Zealand, this book makes a unique contribution in a region often ignored in the literature.

Book Foot tracks in New Zealand  Origins  Access Issues and Recent Developments

Download or read book Foot tracks in New Zealand Origins Access Issues and Recent Developments written by Pete McDonald and published by Pete McDonald. This book was released on 2011 with total page 1000 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Foot-tracks in New Zealand examines the development of walking tracks over two centuries, from the early 19th century to about 2011. Publisher: Pete McDonald Page size: A4 ISBN: 0473190958, 9780473190958 File format: PDF Number of pages: 1000 About: Trails, Tracks, New Zealand, History, Recreation, Land access

Book The Statutes of New Zealand

Download or read book The Statutes of New Zealand written by New Zealand and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 618 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Insect Conservation and Islands

Download or read book Insect Conservation and Islands written by Tim R. New and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2008-06-19 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A series of original papers and reviews dealing with the peculiarities of island insects and their conservation in many parts of the world. Contributions to this special issue of Journal of Insect Conservation range from biogeographical analyses and ecological features of island insects and their evolution to the variety of concerns for their wellbeing, and practical conservation through a variety of, sometimes novel, approaches. They provide a valuable and up-to-date resource for entomologists and conservation practitioners.

Book Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage

Download or read book Protection of First Nations Cultural Heritage written by Catherine Bell and published by UBC Press. This book was released on 2009-05-01 with total page 463 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Indigenous peoples around the world are seeking greater control over tangible and intangible cultural heritage. In Canada, issues concerning repatriation and trade of material culture, heritage site protection, treatment of ancestral remains, and control over intangible heritage are governed by a complex legal and policy environment. This volume looks at the key features of Canadian, US, and international law influencing indigenous cultural heritage in Canada. Legal and extralegal avenues for reform are examined and opportunities and limits of existing frameworks are discussed. Is a radical shift in legal and political relations necessary for First Nations concerns to be meaningfully addressed?

Book Polarforschung

Download or read book Polarforschung written by and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 540 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book Waitakere Ranges

Download or read book Waitakere Ranges written by Bruce James Harvey and published by . This book was released on 2006-01-01 with total page 542 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The western edge of the city of Auckland is flanked by the forested Waitakere Ranges. In thirty minutes from the centre of the city one can be in the tranquility of forest wilderness. Maori came and occupied the fringes of the great Forest of Tiriwa, Europeans came and milled the kauri, timber used to build ships and dwellings in the cities of the Pacific Rim, but remnants were saved. Today the forest is again thrusting skyward and new generations of people are appreciating beauty, once nearly lost. The story of the Waitakere Ranges is written by many authors who tell us from various points of view, what it is about the Ranges that they love and value. The book contains essays on the natural history, asserting the fascination and intrinsic value of the wildlife and proposing ideas to enhance it. Other essays tell the history, both the destruction and conservation of the great forest and the lives of the people who settled here. Maori past is presented as a poetic essay about the place names in history and legend. The Ranges environment has inspired some of New Zealand's most celebrated poets, writers and artists, so the book concludes with the reproduction of works of art, poetry and prose that are identified with the area.

Book Decolonizing Conservation

Download or read book Decolonizing Conservation written by Dean Sully and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-09-16 with total page 271 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues for an important shift in cultural heritage conservation, away from a focus on maintaining the physical fabric of material culture toward the impact that conservation work has on people’s lives. In doing so, it challenges the commodification of sacred objects and places by western conservation thought and attempts to decolonize conservation practice. To do so, the authors examine conservation activities at Maori marae—meeting houses—located in the US, Germany, and England and contrasts them with changes in marae conservation in New Zealand. A key case study is the Hinemihi meeting house, transported to England in the 1890s where it was treated as a curiosity by visitors to Clandon Park for over a century, and more recently as a focal point of cultural activity for UK Maori communities. Recent efforts to include various Maori stakeholder communities in the care of this sacred structure is a key example of community based conservation that can be replicated in heritage practice around the world.

Book Research Handbook on International Environmental Law

Download or read book Research Handbook on International Environmental Law written by Malgosia Fitzmaurice and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2010 with total page 737 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: . . . an impressive volume and the editors have put together a high quality collection. Research Handbook on International Environmental Law ought to be an invaluable reference source for both teachers and students of international environmental law in the years to come. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues This wide-ranging and comprehensive Handbook examines recent developments in international environmental law (IEL) and the crossover effects of this expansion on other areas of international law, such as trade law and the law of the sea. The expert contributors offer analyses of foundational issues in IEL, such as responsibility for environmental damage, sustainable development and the precautionary principle, alongside studies in topical subject areas including marine protection and the law of international watercourses. This Research Handbook offers an in-depth analysis of IEL, both as a field of law in its own right, and as part of the wider system of international law. It gives a comprehensive view of IEL in all its forms and complexity. With thorough examination of specific environmental regimes and compliance mechanisms, this Handbook will be an indispensable resource for legal scholars, students and practitioners alike.

Book Marine Protected Areas for Whales  Dolphins and Porpoises

Download or read book Marine Protected Areas for Whales Dolphins and Porpoises written by Erich Hoyt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2012-10-02 with total page 494 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first edition of the widely praised Marine Protected Areas for Whales, Dolphins and Porpoises, published in 2005, led to numerous new marine protected area proposals and a number of notable conservation successes around the world. In this completely revised and expanded second edition, new developments in the Mediterranean, Caribbean and Pacific are described, as well as future directions for High Seas protection. New sections show how to design and manage MPAs in an ever noisier ocean subject to climate change, increased shipping and hydrocarbon exploration. The process of protected area creation for cetaceans has been accelerated and more than 200 exciting new places are detailed in this edition. This book provides a route map for MPA managers, as well as countries, to meet the ambitious targets for highly protected MPA networks by 2012 and 2020. This book is a key conservation tool and a springboard for worldwide change in human attitudes toward the world ocean where all life originated and where the majority of life on Earth still lives.

Book The Fabric of Welfare

    Book Details:
  • Author : Margaret Tennant
  • Publisher : Bridget Williams Books
  • Release : 2007
  • ISBN : 1877242373
  • Pages : 275 pages

Download or read book The Fabric of Welfare written by Margaret Tennant and published by Bridget Williams Books. This book was released on 2007 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout history, the 'welfare of the people' has been a contested area. Is it the responsibility of the state? The churches? The extended family? Organised charities or informal community groups? The Fabric of Welfare is about the many points of contact between voluntary welfare and government social services, and the complex pattern woven by these different threads. The country's welfare history is shaped by its colonial past, with the predominantly British influences transmitted by an immigrant society in the nineteenth century; by its Maori population, with a strong communal ethos; by the shaping forces of the welfare state; by two world wars and economic depression; and by both free-market policies and rapid social change in recent years. In tracing the interdependence of state and voluntary provision of welfare from 1840 to 2005, Margaret Tennant offers new perspectives on New Zealand social history. This is a rigorous analysis, but it is also a history illuminated by people. The text is illustrated with stories about the people who were moved to save, to reform, to care, to support, and the people who needed that essential sustenance. From the nun who sees a distraught woman about to throw her child into the sea, and sets out to care for 'foundlings', to city missioners, community-minded public servants, businessmen philanthropists, and the entrepreneurial organisers of floral fetes and telethons, these accounts tell us much about the history of welfare, in all its interconnections.

Book Pacific Conservation Biology

Download or read book Pacific Conservation Biology written by and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 372 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book North New Zealand

    Book Details:
  • Author : Peter Hadden
  • Publisher : Wairau Press (an imprint of Random House)
  • Release : 2014-09-01
  • ISBN : 1927158273
  • Pages : 465 pages

Download or read book North New Zealand written by Peter Hadden and published by Wairau Press (an imprint of Random House). This book was released on 2014-09-01 with total page 465 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, the natural history of New Zealand's North Island, from Lake Taupo up, is described, including geology, soils, climate, flora and fauna. Chapters on different habitats are included, including forests, shrublands, wetlands and the coast.

Book Focus on Resource Management Law

Download or read book Focus on Resource Management Law written by Ceri Warnock and published by . This book was released on 2014-12 with total page 339 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Most legal practitioners need some working knowledge of the Resource Management Act (RMA) and as a result RMA has become a major subject within Law Faculties. However, it is a complex and dense subject and students often struggle, particularly as most RMA courses are condensed into a single semester. FOCUS ON RESOURCE MANAGEMENT LAW provides a straightforward introduction to resource management law. It explains the main statutory provisions; includes summaries of the leading cases, suggestions for further reading and prepares students for exams by including practice exam questions and answers. Features: A ' new' type of student law textbook for New Zealand. The text is in simple language, with case summaries alongside the moment the case is mentioned allowing the user/student a better understanding of context and why the case has been mentioned.

Book New Zealand Official Yearbook 2008

Download or read book New Zealand Official Yearbook 2008 written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page 556 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For over 100 years, the New Zealand Official Yearbook has been the authoritative source on New Zealand, its people, its government and its industry. An essential reference for libraries, businesses, education and media. Provides a comprehensive picture of life in New Zealand based on the most recent and accurate inforamtion avialable from both the public and the private sector.