Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; 60 Makers of New Zealand: 1930-1990:Â is at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery from 24 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. It was curated by Brian Easton. The following is a list of items on the website. At the end is the list of individuals who are…
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60 Makers of New Zealand: 1930-1990: is at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery from 24 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. It was curated by Brian Easton. Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; The following are the panels to go with the portraits. (Each is constrained to 250 words.) They are also tell…
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60 Makers of New Zealand: 1930-1990: is at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery from 24 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. It was curated by Brian Easton. Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; Thank you for coming this evening. I hope you find the exhibition interesting and provocative. I am sure you will…
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60 Makers of New Zealand: 1930-1990: is at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery from 24 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. It was curated by Brian Easton. Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; Choosing 60 New Zealanders to reflect the development of New Zealand was not easy, says Dr Brian, Easton Curator of…
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60 Makers of New Zealand: 1930-1990: is at the New Zealand Portrait Gallery from 24 November 2011 to 12 February 2012. It was curated by Brian Easton. Keywords: Literature and Culture; Political Economy & History; This exhibition is an experiment to see whether a history of New Zealand can be represented by a series of…
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Fact: New Zealand has a national portrait gallery. Not many people know that.
Listener: 17 January, 2004.
Keywords: Political Economy & History;
You would hardly know that New Zealand has a national portrait gallery, hidden on the busy corner of Wellington’s Bowen St and Lambton Quay in the debating chamber used when Parliament House was being refurbished. The local bookseller tells me that he constantly has to point the way.
Diane Dekker wrote an article in “The Evening Post” of 11 May 1996 on Mike Hosking, who was then one of the frontmen on “Morning Report”. Many people wrote in criticising him. My response, printed on 22 May, was more indirect. Keywords: Miscellaneous; Portraits; Diana Dekker writes that broadcaster Geoff Robinson asks the…
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Phanzine (May 1996, vol 2, no 1: p.6-8) by David Grant. Brian Easton: Wellington economist, historian, media commentator Brian Henry Easton was born in Christchurch on 28 March 1943. His father Harold, born in Wellington (his father was from the West Coast), worked as an armature winder for half of his adult working life and…
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