Faces of the River - New Zealand's Living Water

Listener/TVNZ Publishing, 1986, good condition with dustwrapper

Faces of the River is a celebration of New Zealand's rivers in all their aspects but especially the human one. This book is a New Zealand historical geography, which explores a wide range of rivers - from the wild to the dammed. The ancient maps of this land are shimmering. In contemplating a river's flow or it's meander, in listening to its murmur, one may come to hear the heartbeat of the land . most vitally we require the wisdom to recognize that, as with all living things on this planet, their well-being is our own...