How Long to Read Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand

How Long Does it Take to Read Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand?

It takes the average reader 12 hours and 52 minutes to read Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand by Paul Moon

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

'Throughout its human history, New Zealand has been interpreted and experienced in often radically different ways. Each wave of arrivals to its shores has left its own set of views of New Zealand on the country – applying a new coat of mythology and understanding to the landscape, usually without fully removing the one that lies beneath it.' Encounters is the wide-ranging, audacious and gripping story of New Zealand's changing national identity, how it has emerged and evolved through generations. In this genre-busting book, historian Paul Moon delves into how the many and conflicting ideas about New Zealand came into being. Along the way, he explores forgotten crevices of the nation's character, and exposes some of the mythology of its past and present. These include, for example, the earliest Maori myths and the 'mock sacredness' of the All Blacks in the twenty-first century; the role of nostalgia in our national character, both Maori and Pakeha; whether the explorer Kupe existed; the appeal of the Speight's 'Southern Man'; and ruminations on New Zealand art and landscape. What results is an absorbing piece of scholarship, an imaginative and exuberant epic that will challenge preconceptions about what it means to be a New Zealander, and how our country is understood. Lyrical, breathtaking and provocative, and illustrated with artworks throughout, Encounters offers an extraordinary insight into the beginnings of our country.

How long is Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand?

Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand by Paul Moon is 763 pages long, and a total of 193,039 words.

This makes it 257% the length of the average book. It also has 236% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 17 hours and 34 minutes to read Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand aloud.

What Reading Level is Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand?

Encounters: The Creation of New Zealand is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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