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Bible & Treaty: Missionaries Among the Maori - A
new perspective
by Keith Newman (Penguin). Release July 2010 (264 pages, illustrated.)
Bible & Treaty: Missionaries among the Māori is a
complex and colourful adventure of faith, bravery, perseverance and
betrayal that seeks to recover lost connections in the story of modern
New Zealand. It brings a fresh perspective
to the missionary story, from the lead-up to Samuel Marsden's first
sermon on New Zealand soil, and the intervening struggle for survival
and understanding, to the dramatic events that unfolded around the
Treaty of Waitangi and the disillusionment that led to the Land Wars in
the 1860s. While some missionaries clearly failed to live up to their
high calling, the majority committed their lives to Māori and were
instrumental in spreading Christianity, brokering peace between warring
tribes, and promoting literacy – publishing, for instance, the first
indigenous-language Bible in the Southern Hemisphere.
Related
feedback,
challenges,comments and blog bits
Further information:
Bible & Treaty promotional material at Penguin
Connecting the Clouds
-the Internet in New Zealand
by Keith Newman. Activity Press/InternetNZ, August 2008.
This past 100 years has
seen more pervasive change than history has recorded for the previous
millennia.
The promise of
what the future might hold has us totally sucked in to an endless
upgrade path, drawn by a compelling vision of a world where bandwidth is
free and we're in touch with anyone, anywhere, anytime. In its wake this
revolution has left many markers to remind us how quietly it began and
how rowdy things have got lately. To set the tone and pace of our
journey into the history of the Internet and its modern day impact on
New Zealand and the world, we need to review the old school innovations
that bought us this far. From the mid-1800s a raft of changes began
transforming our ability to communicate from the dark ages to literally
the age of light.
(Read on)
New Zealand's Field of Dreams
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If we don't build it they won't come
(Read on)
Avoiding shock, horror
video download charges
User pays is still alive and
well, even with YouTube and Facebook (read
on) June 2010
Rock from the
Edge.
In New Zealand in the mid-60s resident nightclub and touring
bands were developing their own distinctive hard-edged rock guitar-based
underground sound
based around international influences and their own experimentation. Bands including
Human Instinct with
guitarist
Billy T.K, Jigsaw featuring
Chas Bourke Kennedy, Ticket with Eddie Hansen, The Underdogs with
Harvey Mann and The Brew featuring Doug
Jerebine (new updated story ahead of the RNZ Musical Chairs doco) competed for the crowds and much of the attention was on the axemen.
The Underdogs and Human Instinct
pushed each other to cult status, however the Human Instinct were
the first to record an album in 1969 with guitarist Billy T. K
exhibiting a wild contemporary bluesy style in the tradition of Hendrix.
As recent generations of musicians and music lovers look back to examine
New Zealand's music heritage more gems keep coming out of the woodwork.
Human Instinct's long lost Peg Leg album from the late 1970s
emerged a couple of years back, their long awaited Midnight Sun
CD is due for release on Ode records any day now (honest) and now the
HMV sessions with Billy T.K and Powerhouse is about to be
released on CD for the first time. (Read
on )
Ratana
the Prophet.
 ‘I,
Ihoa, have heard the cry of the people, this is the reason why I have
come to you, the Maori people, to be my footstool upon the earth. Go
forth and unite the Maori
people
under me, Ihoa, heal them in all their infirmities, in the name of the
Father, the Son, the Holy Spirit and the Faithful Angels,’ T.W.
Ratana’s vision, 1918.
Ratana the
Prophet, January 2009, Penguin. The
thoroughly researched and referenced and widely acclaimed original work
Ratana Revisited - an unfinished legacy was published by
Reed in July 2006. It's pretty much sold out now but the more
mainstream, more affordable version is coming .(Read
on for details, reviews, updates and photos.)
In search of the
poet's voice Keith's
rant about poetry and passion
Information
Overload Dealing
with techno-stress.
(Updated
July 2008)
Spiritual
Musings
Soul
Searching
- a fresh look at
life's big questions.
The Spiritual
Golden Rule
(Do unto others....)
The Desiderata (the
real origins)
The "real"
Bible code (Dr Ivan Panin's research on Bible
Numerics)
666 syndrome
(Curious explanations and reader contributions)
Beastly
rumours persist
(updated
article)
The Inspiration Pool
(dive right on in for some quotes and
encouragement)
Heart restoration clues
Information
technology
Milestones: a history
of telecommunications. (about
to undergo a major update)
An active
document covering the key events in New Zealand and global
telecommunications with links to relevant articles and background
information. Timeline included.
Technology
articles and archive
Keith's contributions to mainstream media
New
Zealand's Field of Dreams
-
If we don't build it they won't come
(Read on)
Kiwi Culture
Kiwi
Rock exports 
Which bands and artists made an
impact offshore through touring or record sales.
A living document. Help
me build it? Recently updates (2008) Although the material below is a
little archival. I'm working on it, really..)
New
Zealand's Top 30 Songs of the past 75-years
Kiwi Music Gallery -
Photographs from Keith's collection
Kiwi
Music Links -
Artists, resources and related URLs
Local
artists exceed airplay quota (2001-2-3)
The Year New Zealand's Voice Broke
(2003)
Reid On...
Is New Zealand the next Sweden?
Where
do CD profits go
- a breakdown of CD revenues (2002)
What
are mechanical royalties? - Mike Chunn, APRA New Zealand
(2003)
Cultural
Colonisation The
Irish Perspective
(2000 )
Cultural
confidence required
Michael
Barnett,
director of What Becomes of the Broken Hearted
speaks out about what's killing Kiwi culture (1999).
What's
on
where?
(places to go to keep in the know)
MP34Me. Download music
by artists hosted at Wordworx
Humour
Don't
take life too seriously
Paradox
of the age
Fractured English (don't use no
double negatives)
Cool
quotes (words to ponder)
Apocalypse
Wow!
Links to weird and wonderful sites full of prognostication, leg pulling,
serious prophecy attempts, interpretations, new age ideologies and thought
provoking information. Enter at your own risk. This stuff is contagious.
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Rhythm
'n verse with Kiwi attitude