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Russell Brown

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:54:52 +1200

The revised dissertation has been posted on www.republican.co.nz, where comment is welcome.

How about I run it as a guest post on Public Address, with a link back to your website?

Geoff Fischer

Tue, 02 Jun 2015 16:49:36 +1200

Thank you Russell. There is a randomness to life, or if you prefer a divine providence, and if the Taihape library had not withdrawn "Great New Zealand Argument" from its shelves I might never have come across it. I would like to think that many others will read your book…

Lilith __

Mon, 25 May 2015 18:37:13 +1200

Divided loyalties will not disappear of their own. They can only be expunged by an act of will which transcends ethnic loyalties and material ambitions: a genuine commitment to the well-being of all tangata and whenua.

Amen to that. Thanks for your thoughts, Geoff.

Russell Brown

Fri, 22 May 2015 15:15:40 +1200

There I purchased a paperback copy of “Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas about ourselves”, an anthology of New Zealand essays edited by Russell Brown from the Withdrawn titles bin. Judging from its condition, I may have been the first reader of the Taihape Public Library copy of “Great New Zealand…

Geoff Fischer

Fri, 22 May 2015 14:51:57 +1200

Sinclair's Onion: the misunderstanding of identity

A few months ago I was travelling by bus from Wellington to Rotorua, and when the bus made a refreshment stop at Taihape I dropped into the local public library.
There I purchased a paperback copy of "Great New Zealand Argument: Ideas about ourselves",…

jh

Fri, 12 Dec 2014 09:39:13 +1300

New Zealand has never been adverse to remaking itself in various ways during its relatively short life as a modern state. Whether it was the 1890s, the 1930s or the 1980s, far-reaching reforms have dramatically altered the institutions and policies of this society.
The 1980s marked a range of changes…

Andre

Fri, 05 Dec 2014 01:05:35 +1300

Well done Russell! I agree on two levels. Your book is worth ten times that and native advertising is certainly effective. :-)

Russell Brown

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 11:16:09 +1300

Okay, I have a few more books than I thought. I've tossed in another 30 to make it a round 100 — and that is REALLY it, folks.

Russell Brown

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 08:13:06 +1300

Just checked — only three left, so I added another 20. That's 70 books — more than half my stash!

I might have to call time on this offer soon ...

Caleb D'Anvers

Wed, 03 Dec 2014 01:38:13 +1300

Birthday present for my Dad. He'll love being able to read Lange's speech, I think. Thank you for doing this, Russell!

Ian Dalziel

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 21:50:57 +1300

Truly Public Address is a marketplace of ideas...

:- )

Graham Dunster

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 19:50:58 +1300

Sometimes it does pay to wait a few years....

Happy Christmas!

Ana Simkiss

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 17:32:02 +1300

thanks for solving the last present problem Russell :)

Russell Brown

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:54:37 +1300

Nearly sold out!

I've added another 20.

Tony Siu

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 15:50:00 +1300

Can I bring in my copy for you to sign? :-)

Russell Brown

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:33:09 +1300

Signed by Lange?

Heh, nah. That would cost way more.

Jeremy Andrew

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:28:04 +1300

Signed by Lange?

Public Address

Tue, 02 Dec 2014 14:28:04 +1300

Discussion from blog post.