Title: Places : from the pages of the New Zealand listener.
Authors: Welch, Denis.
Publisher: Random House New Zealand,
Year: 2005
Subjects: New Zealand Description and travel Anecdotes.; New Zealand Social life and customs Anecdotes.; New Zealand Social conditions Anecdotes.; New Zealand History, Local Anecdotes.
Abstract: Selection of stories from 1948-2002.
Contents: One four found in 100 years : Fiordland -- Mainly about rabbits : Otago / Sundowner -- Auckland after dark / Rosemary Vincent -- Isle of the setting sun : Stewart Island -- The Mount : Beautiful and booming : Mount Maunganui / Conon Fraser -- Pride of the Avon : Christchurch / Bruce Mason -- The building of a beehive : Wellington / Alan Thorley -- A litter of students : Wellington / Susan Woodhouse -- All life is there : Helensville / Kit Frost -- A great green gusher : Te Puke / Adrian Blackburn -- The land at the end of the forecast : the Chatham Islands / Fiona Kidman -- City with a heart (but no centre) : Manukau City / Tony Reid -- Coromandel : The Peninsula war / Bruce Gooding -- Deep and singing silences : the Maniototo and the Mackenzie Country / Geoff Chapple -- 'We don't believe in shagpile in the grandstand' : Kumara ; Te Riri Ture : the East Coast ; Golden Bay : End of the rainbow ; The wonders of Waipukurau ; In the wake of whales : Kaikoura / Bruce Ansley -- Boar wars : Tikorangi / Steve Braunias -- Arson at Okarito / Bruce Ansley -- Heke's hometown : Kaikohe / Keith Stewart -- Porirua, Mon Amour / Pamela Stirling -- Walk on the wild side : Auckland / James Griffin -- How the West was won : the West Coast ; End of the road : Canterbury / Bruce Ansley -- Behind the pink door : Dunedin / Bianca Zander.