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Callaghan, Paul T.

Wool to Weta : transforming New Zealand's culture and economy / Paul Callaghan. - Auckland, N.Z. : Auckland University Press, 2009. - x, 174 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Beyond the farm and theme park -- Our world-class success stories / Michael Chick ... [et al.] -- The aspirants / Murray Broom ... [et al.] -- The challenge for science / Andrew Wilson and Di McCarthy -- Māori perspectives / Craig Rofe, Ocean Mercier and Wayne Mulligan -- New Zealand's prosperity / David Skilling, Rod Oram and Stephen Tindall -- Our capacity to succeed / Sally Davenport, Neville Jordan and Stephen Tindall -- Epilogue : From wool to Weta.

Victoria University physicist Paul Callaghan has given a series of public lectures around New Zealand, sponsored by the David and Genevieve Becroft Foundation and the Royal Society of New Zealand, entitled 'Beyond the Farm and the Theme Park'.

ISBN: 9781869404383 (pbk.) : $29.99

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Economic development--New Zealand.
Social change--New Zealand.
Interviews--New Zealand.
Science and industry--New Zealand.
Technological innovations--Economic aspects--New Zealand.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
New Zealand--Economic conditions--21st century.

Dewey Class. No.: 338.993