Rights of passage
By: Chris Laidlaw.
Publisher: Hodder Moa Beckett
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Auckland, N.Z
Language: eng
Number of pages: 237
Subjects: National characteristics, New Zealand.; Minorities -- New Zealand.; New Zealand -- Ethnic relations -- Political aspects.; New Zealand -- Race relations -- Political aspects.; New Zealand -- Politics and government.
Description: 'Rights of Passage' provides a view of the factors that define New Zealand's national sense of self - politics, race relations, sport, conservation, class consciousness, diplomacy, defence and economic policy. Now, these issues are seen through the personal lens of Chris Laidlaw, who has had a lifetime of experience at the forefront of public affairs in New Zealand and in other parts of the world. He leads us via his own brand of anecdote and humour though the labyrinth of our national identity and toward some of the choices this country faces if it is to fully grow up.

This work provides a view of the factors that define New Zealand's national sense of self - politics, race relations, sport, conservation, class consciousness, diplomacy, defence and economic policy.
Notes: Cover subtitle: Beyond the New Zealand identity crisis.