Bay Harbour: June 14, 2023

6 Bay Harbour News Wednesday June 14 2023
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Billy Bush - a front row view on life
by Bill Bush
Bill Bush (Billy Bush) has a life story unlike any other All Black. A kina diver at
primary school, a labourer at the Marsden Point refinery at 14, it took a promise
of a Fanta and a pie to get him to play rugby, a sport he initially reckoned was
too rough for him. The reluctant warrior became a fearsome, revered All Black
prop, and captained and coached the Maori All Blacks. His insights on rugby,
and its place in New Zealand life, are unique. The journey Bill takes readers on
in Billy Bush is not all about playing rugby but explains his whakapapa (lineage),
his upbringing, his beliefs, and hopefully demonstrates that there are other ways
to get on in life and to be successful. Bill offers some simple life lessons: don’t
get trapped into seeing the grass as being greener on the other side of the fence.
Stand tall and proud alongside others; enjoy the simple things in life along with
your successes, however small they may be. Embrace the things you enjoy as a
valued New Zealander by focusing on simple goals with honesty, hard work, and
determination.
Ferrymead
When The Heavens Went On Sale
The Misfits and Geniuses Racing to Put Space Within Reach
by Ashlee Vance
A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new space
race. A momentous look at the private companies driving the revolutionary new
space race, Elon Musk’s SpaceX became the first private company to build a
low-cost rocket that could reach orbit. Suddenly Silicon Valley, not NASA, was
the epicentre of the new Space Age. Start-ups and investors began to realise that
the heavens - ungoverned and unregulated - were open for business. When the
Heavens Went on Sale tells the remarkable, unfolding story of this frenzied race to
control access to outer space. Ashlee Vance follows four pioneering companies -
Astra, Firefly, Planet Labs and Rocket Lab - as they attempt to launch thousands of
low-cost rockets and satellites into orbit. We also have the space tourism ambitions
of billionaires such as Bezos and Branson make headlines. This is the most pressing
and controversial technology story of our time, a tale of fascinating characters
chasing unimaginable stakes. Welcome to the new Wild West above the clouds.
Takahe - Bird of Dreams
by Alison Balance
Takahe are ‘strange and wonderful avian beasts’, big purple-blue birds with
a striking red beak and legs. Once thought extinct, they were famously
rediscovered in 1946 by Invercargill doctor Geoffrey Orbell, who found a small
population living in a remote valley in the Murchison Mountains of Fiordland. In
this book Alison Ballance charts the history of the Takahe Recovery Programme,
the longest-running species conservation programme in New Zealand, and
perhaps even in the world. After many set-backs, and decades when those
dedicated to saving the bird struggled to get the population to grow, they have
in recent years managed to build up a healthy population, which will pass 500
birds in 2023. Full of fascinating stories about the biology and lifestyle of this
delightful bird, summed up ‘as a food-obsessed, serially monogamous (mostly)
devoted partner and parent, whose teenage kids stick around to help raise their
younger siblings’, this beautiful illustrated and inspiring book will appeal to
anyone with an interest in ornithology and the natural world of New Zealand.
FIFa Women’s World Cup australia/New Zealand
2023: The Official Guide
by Catherine Etoe, Natalia Sollohub, Jen O’Neill
The definitive illustrated guide to FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia/
New Zealand 2023 that no football fan should be without. The most high-profile
event on the women’s football calendar, the FIFA Women’s World Cup will take
place between 20 July and 20 August 2023, at venues across Australia and New
Zealand, with 32 teams competing for the most prestigious international prize
in world football. FIFA Women’s World Cup Australia/New Zealand 2023: The
Official Guide covers every aspect of the tournament, from the stadiums to full
profiles of all 32 qualified teams, along with features on the star players due
to light up the competition. Packed full of facts and statistics, and beautifully
illustrated with a superb collection of photographs, FIFA Women’s World Cup
Australia/New Zealand 2023: The Official Guide is suitable for fans of all ages
and is the perfect accompaniment to the year’s biggest football event.
The China Tightrope by Sam Sachdeva
Navigating New Zealand’s relationship with a world superpower
For the past 50 years, New Zealand has prided itself on a history of breaking new
ground with China. We were the first to back the country joining the World Trade
Organization and ink a free trade deal, with milk and meat flowing like water into
the Middle Kingdom and enriching our exporters. But what might the next 50 years
have in store? As foreign affairs minister Nanaia Mahuta has cautioned, we are
moving beyond a ‘relationship of firsts’ into new territory - and the terrain is more
treacherous than ever. The China Tightrope offers a behind-the-scenes look at key
flashpoints in our relationship with China. China is not the malevolent monster
some critics make it out to be, but nor can we - or should we - turn a blind eye to
its hardening edge under Xi Jinping. It’s time for Kiwis to wake up to the risks of
becoming over-reliant on one country before it’s too late. Based on interviews with
former and current politicians, diplomats and leading academics from home and
abroad, this book is a valuable resource for those seeking to better understand the
Asian superpower and how it is changing our world - for better and for worse.
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