Book Launch

Be sure to visit your favorite bookshop to pick up a copy of “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen”.
Amazon.co.uk (www.amazon.co.uk)
Bucharest: Carturesti, Humanitas, Mihai Eminescu.
London: Hatchards – 187 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LE.
Majesty Magazine (online): www.majestymagazine.com.
Hague: Van Hoogstraten (online): www.hoogstraten.nl.
Paris: Galignani, 224 rue de Rivoli, 1er.

The book launch event on 29 Oct 2007 for the book “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen” by Diana Mandache at the National Museum of History Bucharest in TVR1 news.

This book is the first pictorial chronicle of Queen Marie illustrating the life, times and legacy of this flamboyant Balkan monarch of English and Russian extraction. It represents a vivid insight into the European royal circles and events of the late Victorian era and inter-war period. Queen Marie of Romania is famous for her glamorous lifestyle and literary pursuits, but also for her charitable work on the frontline during First World War and the unofficial diplomatic representation of her country at the post-war peace conference. She was a highly qualified witness of a period of great historical upheavals and transformations and this record in images is a tribute to her memory.

Lansarea cartii “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen” de Diana Mandache de pe 29 Oct. 2007 la Muzeul National de Istorie Bucuresti, prezentata la TVR1 Stiri, ora 19.00.

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Show and tell with Marek Colek & Pat Shewchuk of Tin Can Forest, an Independent Art Animation + Design Studio based in Toronto.

Shot Friday, November 28th 2008 @ the Drawn & Quarterly Store by Salgood Sam.

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Be sure to visit your favorite bookshop to pick up a copy of “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen”.
Amazon.co.uk (www.amazon.co.uk)
Bucharest: Carturesti, Humanitas, Mihai Eminescu.
London: Hatchards – 187 Piccadilly, London, W1J 9LE.
Majesty Magazine (online): www.majestymagazine.com.
Hague: Van Hoogstraten (online): www.hoogstraten.nl.
Paris: Galignani, 224 rue de Rivoli, 1er.

The book launch event on 29 Oct 2007 for the book “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen” by Diana Mandache at the National Museum of History Bucharest in popular show “Felicia” from Antena 1 TV station.

This book is the first pictorial chronicle of Queen Marie illustrating the life, times and legacy of this flamboyant Balkan monarch of English and Russian extraction. It represents a vivid insight into the European royal circles and events of the late Victorian era and inter-war period. Queen Marie of Romania is famous for her glamorous lifestyle and literary pursuits, but also for her charitable work on the frontline during First World War and the unofficial diplomatic representation of her country at the post-war peace conference. She was a highly qualified witness of a period of great historical upheavals and transformations and this record in images is a tribute to her memory.

Lansarea cartii “Marie of Romania. Images of a Queen” de Diana Mandache de pe 29 Oct. 2007 la Muzeul National de Istorie Bucuresti, prezentata la Emisiunea “Felicia” de la Anten 1.

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12. Māori Dictionary—Cost of Launch

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12. Hon TAU HENARE (National) to the Minister of Māori Affairs: Can he confirm that the breakfast bash where he launched the new Māori dictionary cost taxpayers up to $75,000?

Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA (Minister of Māori Affairs) : The final cost for the 2-day symposium has still to be calculated. I am advised that it is well below $75,000. Te Taura Whirii te Reo Māori, the Māori Language Commission, is contributing $50,000 and Te PuniKōkiri will contribute the balance.

Hon Tau Henare: How does he explain to Māori who are struggling to make ends meet under his watch, when the number of Māori on the sickness benefit has almost doubled and the number of Māori on the invalids benefit has more than doubled, that the best use he can find for their tax dollars is to pay for large quantities of muttonbirds, oysters, and champagne?

Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA: I remind the member that with our growing young demographic and, at the other end, our growing ageing demographic, those things have happened to increase benefits in the sickness area. But I also remind him that the unemployment rate has gone down by nearly 82 percent, that Māori are coming off the benefit four times faster than Pākehā, and that Māori are going into work four times faster than any other ethnic group in this country. That is what he should jump on every breakfast time and think about.

Hon Dr Michael Cullen: Can the Minister confirm that the member who has asked these questions is only too happy to turn up to free Māori bashes in Parliament with free food and drink, but that what upset him about this one was that it was dictionary, and that is beyond his understanding?

Hon PAREKURA HOROMIA: I am sure that it is certainly beyond his comprehension. The comprehension in this book of 24,000 words is a real feat achieved in this country. The Oxford Dictionary took 80 years to make; this has taken 8 years. It has all the words in this country. It will be relished by students in this country. Our language will be preserved, and it is certainly worthwhile having a breakfast bash over that.

Hon Tau Henare: Given that the Minister has just confirmed that he went to the breakfast bash and that the $75,000 came out of his budget, can the Minister confirm that the number of unemployed has gone down, but they have just transferred over to the sickness benefit and the invalids benefit—that the same number of people have transferred over, and that this is all we have got after 9-long years?

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