Everand Logo

Welcome to Everand!

  • New Zealand Listener

    Landmark decisions

    Oct 02, 2022 3 minutes

    HEART OF THE CITY: The story of Christchurch’s controversial cathedral, by Edmund Bohan (Quentin Wilson, $50 hb)

    resenting a coherent and cohesive history of Christchurch’s Anglican cathedral would be a daunting prospect for anyone confronted by a bubbling brew of church politics, fractious debate and the occasional outbreak of unholy hostility. But ever unfazed, historian Edmund Bohan has, to use an appropriately scriptural quote, made the crooked straight and the rough places plain in this lucid biography of a building and the personalities

    You’re reading a preview, subscribe to read more.

    More from New Zealand Listener

    New Zealand Listener3 min readCrime & Violence
    Branching Out
    Alexander Hamilton described the courts as the least dangerous branch of government. They had neither soldiers nor money to enforce their decrees. Like all public institutions, the courts rely for their continued acceptance and legitimacy on the trus
    New Zealand Listener2 min read
    Putting It Out There
    If you go online, you can find a 15-minute documentary series called Artists Prepare. The six episodes explore the creative process of New Zealand art practitioners, and it features dancers, singer-songwriters, poets and even mime artists. There’s a
    New Zealand Listener3 min read
    Uncovering Our Past
    There’s a Māori whakataukī (proverb) that says, “Kia whakatōmuri te haere whakamua. / I walk backwards into the future with my eyes fixed on the past.” The loop of past, present and future speaks to New Zealand Wars: Stories of Tauranga Moana, the la

    Related