sixty red nightcaps and other curiosities of new zealand history errol brathwaite

Illustrated. A personal, delightfully biassed, and above all, lively view of the first hundred years or so of our country's existence. Errol Brathwaite writes, with tongue in cheek, of the nostalgically viewed "good old days", of Maori-Pakeha distractions; of comically amateur legislators striving to emulate the Mother of Parliaments; of South (and North) Island seccessions. He's a bit of an historian, a bit of a story-teller, but more important he's a bit of an entertainer. And his facts (apart from a few stretchers) are right. Based on a series of talks broadcast by Radio New Zealand under the title "Where is it, What is it?" each episode is complete in itself.

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