Putting Our Town On The Map (by Claudia Bell & John Lyall)

• 1995 edition, 135 pages
• Published by Harper Collins, NZ
• Softcover
• Very good condition, minor fading to covers

Local Claims to fame in NZ.  Illustrated.  Index included

Giant fish, fruit and vegetables, novel signs, murals depicting local history, festivals  -  such creative expressions of our local identity are popping up all over New Zealand.  In an attempt to make their towns memorable and inviting to passer-by, local entrepreneurs are enlivening the cultural  - as well as the physical -  landscape with wit and ingenuity.

In colourful and entertaining manner. Claudia Bell, a sociologist at the University of Auckland, and John Lyall, artist, reveal how towns are "putting themselves on the map".