Hunt the Kiwi
J D, MACDONALD has managed to * crowd so much into the first of his six fortnightly talks from 2YA, "What Is Typical of New Zealand?" that we wonder where he will get material for the other five, but perhaps his opening one can be regarded as ‘a menu, indicative of good things to come. We would like to hear more of "that great Suuthern sports meeting, Maori versus Mutton-
bird" and the medi-cine-drinking marathon, in which/ one and a-half million New Zealanders consume annually five million bottles of the not-so-dinkum oil. We admire Mr. Macdonald’s __ crisp turn of phrase ("the rash of local —
bodies"), his happy irony ("In New Zealand both rabbits and bookies are underground, and trade union secretaries multiply faster than either’; "Our inveterate use of Christian names is our chief claim to be regarded as a Christian country"). But hand in hand with our admiration for Mr. Macdonald’s verbal brilliance goes respect for his moral courage. It is not every compiler of New Zealand typicalities who would dare to re-introduce those hardy perennials, the starry clematis and the glowing rata. |
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 15, Issue 367, 5 July 1946, Page 11
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