Hinemoa

The vagaries of opinion expressed by Fallowell seem to correlate directly with the currency of his sexual exploits. Too much unused testosterone equals splenetic outbursts - recently depleted testosterone stores equals happy disposition and therefore benign outlook. Read the book again with this in mind.

Madame Arcati

Drling Hinemoa would do better to read the book first before giving vent to her/his/its demented and frothing homophobia. Or read my review.

hinemoa

Drling [sp?] Hinemoa HAS read the book. Drling Hinemoa doesn't subscribe to sycophancy.

John Fleckles

I picked up the book in late February in Auckland at the end of my own three week journey around South Island and found that it mirrored my own reflections and experiences. Its a beautifully written appreciation of New Zealand outside its cities.

Patricia Josephine McCarthy

I am from New Zealand, and must agree hole heartedly with Duncans comments on the NZ society . It is emotionally and sextually backward and intellegent people are not allowed to florish, or entrepenures for that matter. It is a huge and common problem in NZ for the Tall Poppy syndrome , where someone who is talented, good looking or intellegent different to the mainstream is hated and made to feel a failure or a slut or radical or all of the above. Duncan is so right in that they are pulling down all the beautiful buildings and putting up revolting , money grabbing, cheap looking blocks that are an embarassment. As I am a designer and artist, it was a visual splendour to come to London and Paris and see the fantastical buildings and design features, I relised I was more european that Kiwi, of course being Irish decent. As far as the lesbian hair cuts and the attitude too, women aren't allowed to fully express femininty by wearing lovely dresses, colours etc and make-up without being called dumb,both by men or women or leared at and harassed by idiot men. I am off a farm in the south island and am forever revisiting the wonderful veiws and lifestyle there in my mind, and would love to go back. However the respect for my skills etc, here in London will be never matched in NZ, I will be hated even more , for being confident, artistic and now international in design and working for the top designers here in Fashion too. If only the Society there, could be alot more mature, confident in their natural talents and value their buildings and invest in beautiful design. The towns would them match the scenery. But at the moment they are an embarrassment. It is almost taboo for adornment to be accepted. It is a shame because young people are really missing out on alot of freedom of expression and exposure to an amazing world of design , literature, music and art. The pressure is to be into drugs, buggy jumping or rugby. People spend to much time critising everyone else rather than making something of their own life. It is a shame and getting worse , as an obsession with money has taken over. So talented people or intellectual people have to leave to venture overseas, depleting NZ of what they desparetly need.

Belladonna

Patricia Josephine McCarthy is a joke, right?