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Former Canterbury Unviersity Information Office Eric Beardsley (left) and his successor in the role, now UC Registrar, Jeff Field at the launch of Sliding Down the Hypotenuse.
11 October 2011
Watershed book from freshwater fisheries expert
A landmark publication by New Zealand’s most distinguished freshwater fish expert, Dr R. M. (Bob) McDowall, will be released posthumously this week.
Published by Canterbury University Press in association with the National Institute for Water and Atmospheric Research, Ikawai: Freshwater fishes in Māori culture and economy draws together all that has ever been written about the role of freshwater fishes in the lives of early Māori.
NIWA Principal Scientist Dr Don Jellyman presents Dr Bob McDowall's widow Ainslie with a copy of her husband's book Ikawai: Freshwater fishes in Māori culture and economy at the book's launch on 12 October at Te Papa.
13 September 2011
Octogenarian's witty memoir will 'cause eyes to pop'
A frank and witty portrait of a life well lived, of the Canterbury province and its university, and of New Zealand over the last eight decades, will be published by Canterbury University Press this month.
25 August 2011
Top landscape architects inspire with use of NZ native plants
Twenty of New Zealand’s top landscape architects and designers offer their wisdom and expertise on how to get the best out of New Zealand’s native plants in the newly released book, Native by Design.
(From left) CUP Publisher Rachel Scott, Sing No Sad Songs author Sandra Arnold,
and writer Fiona Farrell, who launched the book on 23 June.
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