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Hindsight: Pivotal Moments in New Zealand's History
Four pivotal moments in New Zealand's history are examined through a variety of source materials and commentary that enlivens the event and describes its impact on our society and growth as a nation.
Hindsight is a resource for all schools and libraries. These topics are linked to themes in the social sciences and history syllabus, Years 7 to 10.
An authoritive and engaging text with high visual appeal. Buyers will also be given access to resources from our website that will be updated as required. For reading age 11+.
Topics are:
Votes for Women
Pacific Island immigration and dawn raids
The 1981 rugby tour
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Includes a section on how to research topics safely in this era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.
Hindsight is a resource for all schools and libraries. These topics are linked to themes in the social sciences and history syllabus, Years 7 to 10.
An authoritive and engaging text with high visual appeal. Buyers will also be given access to resources from our website that will be updated as required. For reading age 11+.
Topics are:
Votes for Women
Pacific Island immigration and dawn raids
The 1981 rugby tour
The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
Includes a section on how to research topics safely in this era of 'fake news' and 'alternative facts'.
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Published October 1, 2019
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About the author
Mandy Hager
26 books74 followersMandy Hager is a multi-award winning writer of fiction, most often for young adults. She has won the LIANZA Book Awards for Young Adult fiction 3 times (‘Smashed’ 2008, ‘The Nature of Ash’ 2013, ‘Dear Vincent’ 2014), the NZ Post Children’s Book Awards for YA fiction (‘The Crossing’ 2010), an Honour Award in the 1996 AIM Children’s Book Awards (‘Tom’s Story’), Golden Wings Excellence Award (‘Juno Lucina,’ 2002), Golden Wings Award (‘Run For The Trees’, 2003) and Five Notable Book Awards.
She has also been awarded the 2012 Beatson Fellowship, the 2014 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship and the 2015 Waikato University Writer in Residence.
In 2015 her novel ‘Singing Home the Whale’ was awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award, and the Best Young Adult fiction Award from the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. It has also been named a 2016 IBBY Honour Book, an international award. Her historical novel for adults, titled ‘Heloise’, was long-listed for the Ockham Book Awards.
She is a trained teacher, with an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts (Whitireia) and an MA in Creative Writing for Victoria University. She also writes adult fiction, short stories, non-fiction, educational resources, blogs and articles, and currently tutors the Novel Course for Whitireia’s Creative Writing Programme.
She has also been awarded the 2012 Beatson Fellowship, the 2014 Katherine Mansfield Menton Fellowship and the 2015 Waikato University Writer in Residence.
In 2015 her novel ‘Singing Home the Whale’ was awarded the Margaret Mahy Book of the Year award, and the Best Young Adult fiction Award from the NZ Book Awards for Children and Young Adults. It has also been named a 2016 IBBY Honour Book, an international award. Her historical novel for adults, titled ‘Heloise’, was long-listed for the Ockham Book Awards.
She is a trained teacher, with an Advanced Diploma in Fine Arts (Whitireia) and an MA in Creative Writing for Victoria University. She also writes adult fiction, short stories, non-fiction, educational resources, blogs and articles, and currently tutors the Novel Course for Whitireia’s Creative Writing Programme.
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February 12, 2020
This excellent book takes an indepth look at some of the major events in New Zealand's recent history.
The Rainbow Warrior episode, espionage, bombing and sabotage. The details and the photos of an event that shocked me so much when it happened. I just couldn't believe this was happening on our shores.
The 1981 Springbok Tour, something I was involved in, that I cared deeply about and that made me the politically interested person I am. I relived old memories looking at the photos, I read and remembered and became outraged and sad.
The Women's Right to Vote, this section traces the history of the women's right to vote, New Zealand was the first in the world to introduce votes for women. It is a great story, it'll make you properly angry and outraged but it is also the beginning of massive changes in society. Fascinating.
The Dawn Raids, the injustice, the terrible tearing apart of families, the outrage and the pain this dark period of history in New Zealand caused were horrible.
A social studies teacher at my school thinks that this might be the most useful book for his subject published in recent times. Buy lots of copies, show them to your teachers, encourage them to get in touch with Mandy Hager and ask her to come and speak - and pay her - and appreciate the work that went into this book.
The Rainbow Warrior episode, espionage, bombing and sabotage. The details and the photos of an event that shocked me so much when it happened. I just couldn't believe this was happening on our shores.
The 1981 Springbok Tour, something I was involved in, that I cared deeply about and that made me the politically interested person I am. I relived old memories looking at the photos, I read and remembered and became outraged and sad.
The Women's Right to Vote, this section traces the history of the women's right to vote, New Zealand was the first in the world to introduce votes for women. It is a great story, it'll make you properly angry and outraged but it is also the beginning of massive changes in society. Fascinating.
The Dawn Raids, the injustice, the terrible tearing apart of families, the outrage and the pain this dark period of history in New Zealand caused were horrible.
A social studies teacher at my school thinks that this might be the most useful book for his subject published in recent times. Buy lots of copies, show them to your teachers, encourage them to get in touch with Mandy Hager and ask her to come and speak - and pay her - and appreciate the work that went into this book.
June 25, 2023
Fascinating collection of NZ history containing 4 events of significance: Women’s suffrage, 1981 Springbok tour, Dawn raids and Rainbow Warrior bombing. Great for educating teens and adults.
June 5, 2023
“Hindsight: Pivotal Moments in New Zealand's History”, by Mandy Hager
Excellent intro and overview of the four key moments in NZ.
How shocking is the 1975 National Party advertisement!? Overt racism! (p72)
Couple of mistakes though:
Page 10 – Feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft did NOT live 1797-1851, that was in fact her daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (author of Frankenstein), who lived at that time.
An obvious error occurred when at some stage an insert was made that pushed the page numbers out of sequence. From page 34 onwards all the references and diagrams are out by 2 pages. ****
Excellent intro and overview of the four key moments in NZ.
How shocking is the 1975 National Party advertisement!? Overt racism! (p72)
Couple of mistakes though:
Page 10 – Feminist author Mary Wollstonecraft did NOT live 1797-1851, that was in fact her daughter, Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin Shelley (author of Frankenstein), who lived at that time.
An obvious error occurred when at some stage an insert was made that pushed the page numbers out of sequence. From page 34 onwards all the references and diagrams are out by 2 pages. ****
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