The Bassett Road Machine Gun Murders
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The Bassett Road Machine Gun Murders
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Author : Scott Bainbridge
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2013-11-28
The Bassett Road Machine Gun Murders written by Scott Bainbridge and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-28 with True Crime categories.
On Saturday morning, 7 December 1963, Eric Lewis called around to his property in Bassett Road, Remuera, Auckland, to collect the rent. He was not prepared for the scene that greeted him when he opened the door: his two tenants, George Walker and Kevin Speight, had been violently murdered days before. The machine-gun execution of Walker and Speight marked the beginning of a new, more sinister era of crime in New Zealand. The two men convicted of the killings - Ron Jorgensen and John Gillies - became household names. Both the victims and their killers were deeply involved in Auckland's burgeoning criminal scene. But the real story behind the killings has never been told. Sly-grogging, horse-doping, prostitution, drugs, rival gangs and tough cops - the story has all the hallmarks of a classic crime novel. Only it's all true, and it happened in 1960s Auckland.
His Way A Biography Of Robert Muldoon
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Author : Barry Gustafson
language : en
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
His Way A Biography Of Robert Muldoon written by Barry Gustafson and has been published by Auckland University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
His Way is the only authorised biography of New Zealand prime minister Robert Muldoon - one of the dominant political figures of the last half-century in that country. His Way was based on many hours of conversation with Muldoon himself as well as colleagues, friends, and family, and wide access to the prime minister's official and private papers and diaries. Leading political biographer Barry Gustafson shows Muldoon is shown as a champion of the ordinary people whose vision over time became anachronistic and inflexible.
The Great New Zealand Robbery
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Author : Scott Bainbridge
language : en
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Release Date : 2017-07-26
The Great New Zealand Robbery written by Scott Bainbridge and has been published by Allen & Unwin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-07-26 with True Crime categories.
It should be remembered as New Zealand's answer to Britain's Great Train Robbery: in the dead of the night, robbers broke into the Waterfront Industry Commission's offices and made off with an audacious loot equivalent to almost $1 million today. This 1956 heist, which eventually came to be known as the Waterfront Payroll Robbery, was executed with military precision and the robbers left nothing but a smoking office and an empty safe behind them. The crime was eventually pinned on small-time crook Trevor Nash. When four years later, Nash made a brazen prison-escape attempt, he rose to notoriety as a kind of anti-establishment hero. But to this day uncertainty remains about whether Nash alone was responsible for the waterfront heist. Could he really-cunning as he was-have pulled it off all by himself? And what happened to the money?
Kings Of Stings
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Author : James Morton
language : en
Publisher: Victory Books
Release Date : 2011-03-01
Kings Of Stings written by James Morton and has been published by Victory Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-03-01 with True Crime categories.
Do you want to...Help distribute money to the poor and be given a fee to do so? Share in Al Qaeda's hidden gold? Help a young girl orphaned in the tsunami? In their highly entertaining and often shocking new book James Morton and Susanna Lobez follow up their bestselling Gangland Australia by delving into the world of Australian con artists such as Mario Condello, Helen Demidenko, Christopher Skase, Brenton Jarrett, Peter Foster, Lola Montez and Fairlie Arrow. Here are highly talented men and women and their tricks: changing paper into banknotes, selling other people's property, faking deaths, and forging paintings; promising miracle cures and impersonating aristocracy, preachers, military gents, lawyers and doctors. In fact, whatever it takes to separate the unwary from their money. Read about the scams and think twice about that offer that seems almost too good to be true.
The Village Transformed
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Author : Montague Harry Holcroft
language : en
Publisher: Victoria University Press
Release Date : 1990
The Village Transformed written by Montague Harry Holcroft and has been published by Victoria University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with History categories.
""The purpose of this book" writes M.H. Holcroft, "is to examine changes in New Zealand life during the twentieth century" Drawing on nearly ninety years living in, and closely observing New Zealand, Holcroft examines in ten chapters a number of the areas in which change has been particularly felt -- amongst them: sexual mores; crime, violence and punishment; dress codes; race relations; restructuring in the Public Service; the "adversarial" tendency in New Zealand society ..."--Back cover.
Shadow Worlds
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Author : Andrew Wood
language : en
Publisher: Massey University Press
Release Date : 2023-07-13
Shadow Worlds written by Andrew Wood and has been published by Massey University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2023-07-13 with Body, Mind & Spirit categories.
A vigorous strand of interest in the occult, the spooky and the mysterious has been part of New Zealand's history since 1840.Shadow Worlds takes a lively look at communicating with spirits, secret ritualistic societies, the supernatural, the New Age — everything from The Golden Dawn and Rosicrucianism to Spiritualism, witchcraft and Radiant Living — and introduces the reader to a cast of fascinating characters who were generally true believers and sometimes con artists.It' s a fresh and novel take on the history of a small colonial society that was not quite as ploddingly conformist as we may have imagined.
Book Self
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Author : C. K. Stead
language : en
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Release Date : 2013-10-01
Book Self written by C. K. Stead and has been published by Auckland University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-10-01 with Literary Criticism categories.
For more than 40 years, C. K. Stead has been New Zealand's leading literary and cultural critic. Whether writing about Christianity or a trip to Croatia, he always brings a clear personal point of view, a strong analytical bent, and a witty pen to his work. In this latest collection of critical writing Book Self, a sequel to his successful books Kin of Place, Answering to the Language and The Writer at Work, Stead takes the reader on a personal journey, from his earliest discovery of poetry as a young man to his experiences on the literary trail over the last few years. And he takes us on a trip through literary history, from Katherine Mansfield and T. S. Eliot to Michael King and Elizabeth Knox. For the first time, Stead includes in this book a series of journal extracts that allow readers closer to the mind of the writer. 'Here the ego is exposed-not quite naked, but now and then with its shirt off,' he writes. In Book Self we see a great New Zealand critic at work - a writer with strong personal views about other writers and a deep commitment to the role of role of criticism in literary life.
People Power And Law
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Author : Alexander Gillespie
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2022-05-05
People Power And Law written by Alexander Gillespie and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-05-05 with Law categories.
This book offers a unique insight into the key legal and social issues at play in New Zealand today. Tackling the most pressing issues, it tracks the evolution of these societal problems from 1840 to the present day. Issues explored include: illegal drugs; racism; the position of women; the position of Maori and free speech and censorship. Through these issues, the authors track New Zealand's evolution to one of the most famously liberal and tolerant societies in the world.
More Than Law And Order
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Author : Susan Butterworth
language : en
Publisher: Otago University Press
Release Date : 2005
More Than Law And Order written by Susan Butterworth and has been published by Otago University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
New Zealand police had a challenging task in the second half of the twentieth century. Society was changing rapidly, with growing urbanization, increasing multi-culturalism, and changes in gender roles, as well as a growth in crime and rising public dissent. Keeping the peace required flexibility and good organization. Immediately after the World War II, the police were in a sorry state. They were short on resources and antiquated in their systems. As a result, the period covered by this book saw major change and modernization. The author explores the ways in which the police have overhauled their management structure repeatedly since the 1940s and shows how they have often struggled to position themselves within the modern public sector.
Look This Way
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Author : Sally Blundell
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007
Look This Way written by Sally Blundell and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007 with Art categories.
"What is it about a particular work of art that seizes your attention? Seventeen writers--novelists, poets, essayists, a lyricist, a dramatist, a comic book writer and artist--answer these seemingly straightforward questions, each writing on a New Zealand artist of their choice"--Front inside cover.