Behind The Hill

Name: Behind The Hill
Brand: The Copy Press
SKU: 9780473761264
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Where kids ran wild and resilience developed…Behind The Hill is a social history, recording people’s lives from interviews, from one end of Golden Bay to the other. Each and every portrayal has something to say about the values and norms of the time.The book follows the... Read More

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Behind The Hill captures decades of change in one of New Zealand's most isolated regions. Through interviews, it shows how life behind Takaka Hill built resilience, leadership and freedom for kids to run wild, shaping values and character in a pre-digital age.

Description

Where kids ran wild and resilience developed…

Behind The Hill is a social history, recording people’s lives from interviews, from one end of Golden Bay to the other. Each and every portrayal has something to say about the values and norms of the time.

The book follows the revolutionary changes that affected one of New Zealand’s most isolated areas over succeeding decades – with the arrival of hippies, worldly foreigners, IT specialists, retired professionals and bearded environmentalists.

Clearly demonstrated is the advantage to children brought up in the pre-digital age, with little money, but with the freedom to run wild and take risks, to develop character and survival skills.

Equally important, life behind the physical and psychological barrier of the Tākaka Hill, has forced residents to become resilient and develop leadership ability, that might not, in easier circumstances, and larger populations, have been discovered.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780473761264

Publisher: Robin Robilliard

Book cover type: Paperback

Genre: Society & culture, History

Language version: ENG- English

Target audience: Adults

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 2025

Country: New Zealand

Imprint: Robin Robilliard

DIMENSIONS

Width: 165.0mm

Height: 244.0mm

Weight: 0g

Pages: 300

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About the Author

Robin’s writing career began in the 1950s with fortnightly articles for the Auckland Weekly News. She went on to author and photograph two popular social study series, Families of New Zealand and People at Work (Price Milburn), followed by her Country Readers, which sold in New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom.
In the 1980s and early ’90s, Robin travelled widely, recording the lives of people in 63 countries as varied as North Korea, the Soviet Union, and Saudi Arabia. Her syndicated articles appeared in the Dominion, Christchurch Press, and Waikato Times.