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Live & Work in New Zealand
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DoP December 2008, Australia
New Zealand has long been a favourite with those wishing to start a new life overseas: this book gives all the information necessary to make the idea of moving to the antipodes a reality. The book is illustrated with first-hand accounts from people living in India and is full colour, with numerous helpful maps and photographs. Set out to be easily accessible, each chapter guides you through the practicalities of a move to New Zealand, from setting up home to finding a job or setting up a business. In particular, it gives advice on renting accommodation, opening the right bank account, finding your ideal home and making the most of your leisure time. There is also easy access to urgent information such as emergency phone numbers, laws and regulations and healthcare advice.The employment section of the book covers vital information, such as information on business etiquette, the skills and trades most in
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Market Day : A Taste of life at New Zealand farmers' markets
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With the supermarket chains offering increasingly bland produce, more and more people who care about what they eat and take pleasure in the good things in life are turning to the real alternative: the home-grown produce available from farmers' markets, from olives, fish, jams and preserves to organic meat, wine, lavender and more. This luxuriantly illustrated book introduces a selection of markets from across the country. It includes: an introduction to each region and its markets, text/photographic portraits of key growers, producers and regional specialties, dozens of delicious recipes - starters, mains and desserts - using specialty ingredients, a directory of accredited farmers' markets in New Zealand and a directory of lodgings and restaurants, selected on the strength of their commitment to using and serving good regional produce.
First published November 2007.
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Organic Explorer New Zealand: Organic food, eco-accommodation, cultural & eco-tourism (2nd Edition)
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Organic Explorer is now in its second edition, and printed and published entirely in New Zealand, is the ultimate guide on where to eat, stay and explore, while supporting eco-environmental values and actual projects in sustainability.
There are details on Farmers' Markets, organic food outlets and restaurants, sustainable accommodation with mud-brick and straw bale B&Bs, up-market Eco-lodges and tree houses. Also highlighted are numerous eco-tourism experiences and adventures that touch the planet lightly.
The greatly expanded guidebook contains articles on food and sustainability by prominent authors and TV personalities.
Absorb, enjoy and explore!
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The Double Rainbow : James K. Baxter, Ngati Hau and the Jerusalem Commune
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'When Maori and Pakeha do these things together the double rainbow begins to shine.'
In 1969, New Zealand's best-known poet, James K. Baxter, moved to Jerusalem on the Whanganui River and established an intentional community under the mana of the local hapu, Ngati Hau. The Jerusalem commune proved a magnet for disaffected and damaged young people.
As the setting for Baxter's celebrated late works, Jerusalem Sonnets , Jerusalem Daybook and Autumn Testament , it quickly became the country's most famous hippie community, as well as a media byword for the idealism and excess of the emerging youth culture. But what was life really like at Jerusalem, beyond the popular stereotypes? And what did it mean, for Ngati Hau, to be deluged with long-haired strangers and with the media attention which followed them? Here, for the first time, events are reconstructed from the point of view of James K.
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