REVIEWS

The Enigmas of Easter Island : By John Flenley and Paul Bahn.
Two Decades of Change in New Zealand: From Birth to Death V : By Judith A Davey.
Living Space: Towards Sustainable Settlements in New Zealand : Edited by Claire Freeman and Michelle Thompson-Fawcett.
The Prickly Pair: Making Nationalism in Australia and New Zealand : By Denis McLean.
Ecological Context of Development: New Zealand Perspectives : By Marjorie van Roon and Stephen Knight.
Key Concepts in Geography : Edited by Sarah L. Holloway, Stephen P. Rice and Gill Valentine.
Key Methods in Geography : Edited by Nicholas J. Clifford and Gill Valentine.
Global Positioning System: A Field Guide for the Social Sciences : By John Spencer, Brian G. Frizzelle, Philip H. Page, and John B. Vogler.
Glacial Landsystems : By David J. A. Evans (editor).
Food and Environment: Geographies of Taste : Edited by Armando Montanari.
The New Countryside: Geographic Perspectives on Rural Change : Edited by Kenneth B. Beesley, Hugh Millward, Brian Ilbery and Lisa Harrington.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article:
Geographic Systems: Developments and Applications, Edited by Les Worrall, New York: Belhaven Press, 1990.
The Urge to Clear the 'Bush': A Study of Native Forest Clearance on Farms in the Catlins District of New Zealand 1861–1990 By G.A. Wilson
Southeast Asia. A Region in Transition By Johnathan Rigg.
Greater Cook Strait -Form and Flow By T.F. W. Harris
Neotectonics and Resources By J. Cosgrove & M. Jones
New Zealand and International Migration: A Digest and Bibliography Number 2 Edited by Andrew D. Trlin and Paul Spoonley, Palmerston North: Department of Sociology, Massey University
Mining, Indigenous Peoples and Development in Australasia By J. Connell and R. Howitt, Sydney University Press, Sydney, NSW, 1991.
Pacific Asia By David Drakakis-Smith.
Plains of Promise, Rivers of Destiny, Water Management and The Development of Queensland 1824–1990 By J.M. Powell, Boolanong, Bowen Hills, Queensland
Dictionary of Environmental Science By G. Jones, A. Robertson, J. Forbes and G. Hollier.
Land Use Change in Modern Japan (Nihon No Kindaika To Tochi Riyo Henka) By Yukio Himiyama
Inventing Places: Studies in Cultural Geography By Kay Anderson and Fay Gale     

Trans-Tasman migration: New Zealanders' explanations for their move

Abstract:  This study investigates why New Zealanders move to Australia. A survey of New Zealanders living in Australia found 'pull' factors, notably greater opportunities and better climate, were the most common reasons. While desire for change or sense of adventure was important, dissatisfaction with life in New Zealand was also a factor. Results indicated a form of transnationalism as migrants felt at home in both countries. They maintained links with New Zealand evident in support for New Zealand sporting teams, expressions of New Zealand nationality, emotional connection and regular contact with New Zealand.     

REVIEWS

Book reviewed in this article: GEOGRAPHY AND RETAILING. By Peter Scott. LANDFORMS OF COLD CLIMATES. By J. L. Davies. ATLAS OF BUNDALEER PLAINS AND TATALA. By F. M. Rothery. (Introduction by N. G. Butlin and J. N. Jennings.) THE EUROPEAN PEASANTRY: THE FINAL PHASE. By S. H. Franklin. AUSTRALIA WET OR DRY? THE PHYSICAL AND ECONOMIC LIMITS TO THE EXPANSION OF IRRIGATION. By B. R. Davidson. THE SEARCH FOR THE ISLANDS OF SOLOMON 1567–1838. By Colin Jack-Hinton. CAPITALISM PRIMITIVE AND MODERN. By T. Scarlett Epstein. PACIFIC MARKET PLACES. Edited by H. C. Brookfield. WEST AFRICA. By W. B. Morgan andj. C. Pugh. STATISTICAL ANALYSIS IN GEOGRAPHY. By Leslie J. King. PATTERNS OF INDUSTRIES. By R. S. Mathieson. PATTERNS OF CITIES. By A. J. Rose. ADMINISTRATION IN NEW ZEALAND'S MULTI-RACIAL SOCIETY. Edited by R. H. Brookes and I. H. Kawharu. ANTARCTIC MAP FOLIO SERIES. Folio 7, Glaciers of the Antarctic. By J. Mercer; and Folio 8, The Antarctic Atmosphere: Climatology of the Surface Environment. By W. S. Weyant. THE ARID ZONES. By K. Walton. LAND USE CAPABILITY SURVEY HANDBOOK. Water and Soil Division, Ministry of Works, Wellington QUANTITATIVE GEOGRAPHY. By John P. Cole and Cuchlaine A. M. King. AN INTRODUCTION TO QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS IN ECONOMIC GEOGRAPHY. By Maurice H. Ycatcs. URBAN AUSTRALIA AND NEW ZEALAND: A SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY TO 1966. By G. Breese. ARID LANDS OP AUSTRALIA. Edited by R. O. Slatyer and R. A. Perry. GROWTH OF THE WORLD'S URBAN AND RURAL POPULATION, 1920–2000. READINGS IN CANADIAN GEOGRAPHY. Edited by Robert M. Irving. CANADA: A GEOGRAPHICAL INTERPRETATION. Edited by John Warkentin. PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED: Notice of a book on these pages does not preclude its subsequent review in New Zealand Geographer or New Zealand Journal of Geography Australia New Zealand and the South-West Pacific. By J. H. Holmes. North West England. By W. E. Marsden. Geographical Digest. Edited by Harold Fullard. Landscape Studies. By J. H. Shaw and F. G. Kirkwood. Antarctica. By John Bechervaise. Hong Kong and the Philippines. By John Whiteley. The European Peasantry. By S. H. Franklin. Physical and Information Models in Geography. Edited by Richard J. Chorley and Peter Haggett. Integrated Models in Geography. Edited by Richard J. Chorley and Peter Haggett. Mt. Wilhelm Studies I: The Alpine and Subalpine Vegetation. By L. K. Wade and D. N. McVean. World Problems: A Topic Geography. By M. Long and B. S. Roberson. Matupit: Land, Politics and Change among the Tolai of New Britain. By A. L. Epstein. Brother Wohlers. By Sheila Natusch. The Camel in Australia. By Tom. L. McKnight. South Australia From the Air. Edited by Michael Williams. Fiji in the Pacific. By G. T. A. Kerr and T. A. Donnelly. North West Europe. By F. R. Dobson and H. E. Virgo. Senior Geography. By V. G. Honour, D. Hopley and A. R. Dyer. Macquarie Island. By J. S. Compston. Atlas Four. Edited by J. David Thompson. Europe in Maps. By R. Knowles and P. D. E. Stowc. The Arid Lands. R. L. Heathcote and C. R. Twidale. Fishing. By R. S. Mathieson. Wheat. By Hylda A. Rolfe.     

Geographical Reviews

Book reviewed in this article: NEW YORK, CHICAGO, LOS ANGELES: America's Global Cities. By Janet L. Abu -Lughod . AN ETHNIC GEOGRAPHY OF EARLY UTICA, NEW YORK: Time, Space, and Community. By Allen G. Noble . A GOLDEN STATE: Mining and Economic Development in Gold-Rush California. Edited by James J. Rawls and Richard J. Orsi . INDIAN RESERVATIONS IN THE UNITED STATES: Territory, Sovereignty, and Socioeconomic Change. By Klaus Frantz . THE INDIAN SOUTHWEST, 1580–1830: Ethnogenesis and Reinvention. By Gary Clayton Anderson THE GREEN REPUBLIC: A Conservation History of Costa Rica. By Sterling Evans . NAFANUA: Saving the Samoan Rain Forest. By Paul Alan Cox . SACRIFICING THE FOREST: Environmental and Social Struggles in Chiapas. By Karen L. O'Brien . TUTIRA: The Story of a New Zealand Sheep Station. By Herbert Guthrie -Smith .     

Competition and co-operation in the semi-periphery: closer economic partnership and sectoral transformations in Chile and New Zealand

The signing of a strategic economic partnership (the Trans-Pacific SEP or P4) between Chile, New Zealand, Singapore and Brunei Darussalam in 2005 reveals the emergence of a new generation of trade agreements that seek to promote longer-term synergies and cooperation. This is in marked contrast with a purely competitive, market-based model of agreements whereby economies are opened up to oligopsonistic capital. The orientation is clearly more neostructural and strategic in construction, emphasizing the opportunities within the global economy of improved relations with similarly positioned economies within the semi-periphery. This article analyses both the basis for and implications of the P4 for Chile and New Zealand by looking at three sectors in which both countries are competitive in export markets: dairy, wine and fisheries. By assessing similarities and differences, and the ways in which competition or co-operation might be established, the potential impacts of the agreement can be posited. Within a global context of bilateral and multilateral commercial agreements, it is this type of agreement that perhaps best fits the needs of smaller economies in the periphery that seek to establish greater competitive space for their exports in core economies without engaging in a mutually destructive war of competition in similar sectors and products.     

An Indicator of Our Pressure on the Land: New Zealand's Ecological Footprint

Sustainability has become a primary goal for much of the legislation which governs resource management in New Zealand. A major difficulty associated with sustainable development objectives, however, is the absence of reliable indicators to measure progress towards the goal of sustainability. The ‘ecological footprint’ provides an estimate of the amount of ecologically productive land required on a continuous basis to sustain current levels of resource consumption and waste assimilation for a given population. By comparing the ecological footprint of a community with the amount of land available, we can more clearly determine whether our current consumption patterns are likely to be sustainable. This paper explores the use of ecological footprint analysis within a New Zealand context. Modifications to the existing procedure for calculating an ecological footprint are proposed, and estimates based on the modified procedures are presented for New Zealand.     

THE CASTLE HILL BASIN.

CORRIGENDA. Professor V.J. Chapman has written to the Editor asking that two items be emended in his article, 'The Geographical Status of New Zealand Lowland Forest Vegetation' which was published in the New Zealand Geographer , Volume 14, Number 2, October 1958. On page 106, Metrosideros umbellata in line I should read Metrosideros robusta whilst P. nivalis in line 17 should read P. hallii.     

Computer-based Catalogue of New Zealand Vertical Aerial Photographic Surveys

The first New Zealand vertical aerial survey was made almost 60 years ago in 1926 by the New Zealand Permanent Air Force (now the Royal New Zealand Air Force). Up to April 1984 at least 8500 surveys have been completed by a number of aerial survey organisations: these surveys comprise over 490,000 individual aerial photographs.     

Globalising New Zealand : Fonterra Co-operative Group, and shaping the future

New Zealanders have little collective vision of their position and future in a globalising world. Recent developments in New Zealand's primary sector show potential pathways to the future. We explore two claims: thinking about New Zealand is to think about the emergence of Fonterra Co-operative Group in New Zealand's globalising economy. Thinking about Fonterra is to think about New Zealand and the implications that spring from globalising activities. Fonterra is a lens to understand better the possibilities and development options and the challenges that are arising as New Zealand forges its place in a globalising world.     

Embracing postcolonial geographies: Contributions by Dame Evelyn Stokes to the development of postcolonial geography in New Zealand

Abstract: This paper acknowledges Dame Evelyn Stokes’ introduction of postcolonial critical analysis of Māori/Pākehā relationships before postcolonialism was established as a field of theoretical enquiry. The paper reviews research I have done on some of the issues faced by the Mashantucket Pequots in the wider context of the contribution Dame Evelyn Stokes was making to similar debates in New Zealand. She emphasized that Māori research and knowledge provide a different world view and that this world view needs to be taken into account in any geographical study of New Zealand. Only in this way will it be possible to avoid the continued marginalization of Māoris from nation building in their own country.     

Jenniferann.com,regional development,and realising the aspirations of mana whenua in Pōkeno

During the 1990s, the township of Pōkeno was held up as an example of a declining rural Aotearoa/New Zealand. By‐passed from the national state highway, it lost its status as a service hub and drastic measures were introduced to revitalise the town, including renaming the town “ Jenniferann.com .” Pōkeno has since undergone an unlikely transformation, with foreign investment and its location within an extended Auckland commuter zone meaning that the township has grown exponentially. This article describes the transformation of Pōkeno and uncovers what has been missing from discussions about Pōkeno's reinvention, namely, the place of mana whenua.     

Placing Geographical Imagination in Film: New Zealand Filmmakers' Use of Landscape

The paper explores the role of landscape in New Zealand films. How is the New Zealand landscape imagined and revealed? What kind of landscape do filmmakers present? I argue that New Zealand filmmakers tap into specific geographical imaginations when they make films, and that this results in certain kinds of landscapes being produced. I sketch the methodology used in a survey of New Zealand films and ‘read’ a selection of opening and closing sequences and ‘generic places’ found in a selection of contemporary New Zealand films. 1 then offer some conclusions about New Zealand films, and their production, portrayal and imagining of New Zealand.     

Shaken, Not Stirred

In a remarkable and yet largely unheralded piece off legislation, the New Zealand government has reshaped national provisions for earthquake insurance. Three major sets off issues emerge from the 1993 Earthquake Commission Act and warrant detailed investigation. The A ct will encourage significant changes in patterns of regional development in New Zealand, it heralds a simultaneous globalisation and localisation of earthquake risk through the mechanism of insurance and it gives new regulatory powers to insurers in New Zealand society.     

New Zealand Geography and the International Geographical Union Part II: Audience to stage, 1956–1974

A second phase of New Zealand engagement with the International Geographical Union spans from 1956 to 1974. The nature of this engagement which culminated in the hosting of a Regional Conference in New Zealand in 1974 is the subject of this paper.     

On Geographic and geography

New Zealand Geographic is one of a number of geographical magazines published in the English‐speaking world that make little or no reference to work by academic geographers. It recently launched a New Zealand Geographic Trust to promote research into ‘New Zealand's life, culture and sciences’ and collaborated with four other publishers of geographical magazines to raise awareness of climate change: the work of academic geographers is again ignored. This exclusion of academic and school geography from such enterprises raises important issues regarding the discipline's public profile in New Zealand and suggests the need for greater public engagement activity by the country's geographers.     

Revitalising Local Economic Development-New Zealand Policy and Practice

In common with many other advanced capitalist nations, the rolling back of the state in New Zealand has seen a decline in direct state intervention in heal and regional economies. Yet since 2000 the current Labour Coalition Government has sought to promote a renaissance in economic development at local and regional scales. A survey of New Zealand territorial local authorities indicates involvement in heal economic development (LED) is a recent phenomenon involving facilitation of outside agencies which is orientated toward tourist, advisory and promotional activities. The implications of these findings for future research in an environment of ‘revitalised’ policy and practice in the New Zealand context is explored.     

Transformative tans? Gendered and raced bodies on beaches

Abstract: In this paper I examine the intentional act of transforming the colour of one's skin – sun‐tanning – by Pākehā at three New Zealand beaches: Papamoa, Mount Maunganui, and Takapuna. Recent debates about the construction of whiteness are outlined before discussing the historical significance of beaches and sun to New Zealand's leisure culture. This paper seeks to de‐naturalize whiteness through the disclosure of gendered leisure practices of tanning. Empirical material reveals that Pākehā, who actively seek brown skin, negotiate a number of racialized and gendered ‘truths’ as their sun‐tan transforms their bodies. I conclude by arguing that geographers need to be more attentive to the ways in which place constructs particular forms of gendered whiteness.     

Mapping memorials for Edith Cavell on the colonial edge

Abstract:  This paper identifies and explains the pattern of memorialization in New Zealand for English nurse Edith Cavell, arguing that while the influences of empire and colonial mimicry provided a strong overarching framework, local context and parochial expressions were also strong at the colonial edge. In 1915 Cavell was executed by the occupying German forces in Belgium for her resistance work. The general transnational pattern of remembrance that resulted from the huge reaction to her death is explained. The paper then turns to the New Zealand memorialization of Cavell. With reference to monuments for other medical women, and addressing where Cavell does not appear in the landscape, the last section contextualizes Cavell's New Zealand memorialization.     

Geography–Internationalisation and the Condition of Forestry in New Zealand

Abstract. Internationalisation is used as a device with which to reexamine geographies of national development and geography in national development in New Zealand. The second half of the paper discusses national and internationalised forestry in New Zealand before considering some of the new possibilities confronting geographers as the New Zealand economy becomes increasingly internationalised.