how Ans Westra created New Zealand’s ‘national photo album’
- Written by: Paul Moon, Professor of History, Auckland University of Technology
Ans Westra, self-portrait, c. 1963. National Library ref AWM-0705-F They try but invariably fail – those writers who believe they are capable of encapsulating in prose or verse the essence of what it means to be a New Zealander. Even at the point of publication, their works seem anachronistic and clichéd.
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