Kia Ora Book and DVD review

Dr Cath Koa Dunsford

BOOK:
KAI ORA: FRESH HEALTHY FOOD MADE WITH AROHA [LOVE]
ANNE THORP [AUTHOR], AARON MCLEAN [PHOTOS]
RANDOM HOUSE, AOTEAROA/NEW ZEALAND: http://www.randomhouse.co.nz

DVD:  BEST RECIPES OF KAI ORA – HOSTED BY ANNE THORP, PAKIRI PRODUCTIONS LTD.

Nau te rourou, naku te rourou ka ora te manuhiri: With your food basket and my food basket, everyone has enough to eat.

KAI ORA is quite simply the best cooking programme on television for those who love to grow their own food, buy

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世界各地笔会等49团体就北京&#

世界各地笔会等49团体就北京开庭审判刘晓波发表联合声明:
强烈谴责中国当局侵犯公民权利,呼吁立即无条件释放刘晓波
世界各地笔会等49团体就北京开庭审判刘晓波发表联合声明:
强烈谴责中国当局侵犯公民权利,呼吁立即无条件释放刘晓波
(独立中文笔会2009年12月23日讯)独立中文笔会等世界各地笔会、香港市民支援爱国民主运动联合会、天安门母亲等各界团体及知名人士今天发表联合
声明,强烈谴责中国当局不顾国内外广泛批评其粗暴侵犯中国公民权利和继续监禁刘晓波,呼吁各界社团、机构以及个人加入行动,团结一致促使中国当局立即无
条件释放刘晓波博士,停止打压和骚扰笔会会员和《零八宪章》联署人。
据报道,最近因此案遭到各地警方越来越多骚扰的《零八宪章》联署人,包括独立中文笔会前副会长余杰和江棋生、理事兼秘书长赵达功和副秘书长蒋亶文、候补
理事莫之许、网络工作委员会协调人野渡、狱中作家委员会法律顾问滕彪,以及会员温克坚、刘荻、野火、高瑜、刘柠、余杰、毛毛、庄道鹤等。

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A Joint Statement on the Trial of Dr Liu Xiaobo

December 23, 2009
A Joint Statement on the Trial of Dr Liu Xiaobo
We, the undersigned, are extremely outraged at the news that Dr. Liu
Xiaobo, the best-known dissident writer and one of the most renowned
intellectuals in China, is to be tried in Beijing on 23rd of December
2009 solely for his writings. We strongly condemn this most recent
move of Chinese regime to signify its increasing challenge to the
universal values of freedom, democracy and human rights regardless of

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*CALL FOR SHORT STORIES*

Asian and Asian diasporic writers, new or established, are invited to send
short stories in English for a volume of NEW ASIAN SHORT STORIES to be
published by *Marshall Cavendish (*Malaysia). The book will be edited by
Prof. Mohammad A. Quayum whose details are given below. We invite short
stories not exceeding *6000 words* and NOT published or submitted for
publication elsewhere to be submitted to the editor electronically at
mquayum@gmail.com, by *15 February 2010*. The book

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Review: THE TROWENNA SEA

Dr Cath Koa Dunsford

THE TROWENNA SEA
WITI IHIMAERA
RAUPO IMPRINT
PENGUIN BOOKS
http://www.penguin.co.nz

“While Te Rauparaha was once our overlord, and Te Atiawa believe they have rights in Heretaunga, it [the land] has always been ours. Our eel weirs are here, our plots for growing early kumara, our bird snares and plantations where we have traditionally picked the berries of the karaka and the kahikatea. The Pakeha thinks the valley has always been empty – but it never was. We are the rightful

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