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Book of New Zealand Words by Dianne Bardsley
45.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Reading Level: very good
Away laughing/O for awesome/Box of birds/By gorry! This accessible yet definitive little text contains over 1,500 samples from New Zealand’s distinctive vocabulary. For the first time since Orsman’s 1997 Dictionary of New Zealand English here are fresh New Zealandisms and examples of their use, from bot ...Show more
In the Paddock and on the Run: The Language of Rural New Zealand by Dianne Bardsley
52.00 NZD
Category: Languages
This is the first book to explore the rich heritage of language the rural sector has generated. For two hundred years people have come from all over the world to work in New Zealand's rural enterprises. From this linguistic melting pot, which includes the addition of indigenous Maori words, phrases and ...Show more
Oxford New Zealand School Dictionary by Dianne Bardsley
26.00 NZD
Category: Dictionaries
Specifically designed for New Zealand intermediate and secondary school students, this new edition has been extensively revised and updated. Features include: -Over 20,000 headwords -Lists of common New Zealand abbreviations, acronyms and initialisms -New Zealand flora and fauna can be found in the stud ...Show more
The Land Girls: In a Man's World, 1939-1946 by Dianne Bardsley
40.00 NZD
Category: NZ History | Reading Level: Good
This book is based on the oral histories of 130 women who worked as land girls during the Second World War and the written interviews of 90 others. Wartime land girls broke new ground. Throughout the nation, for the first time, women were in paid employment on farms, making administrative decisions. Pre ...Show more
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