The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise
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The Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova ParadiseKiwi culture.
Described as "a celebrated vision of New Zealand as heaven on earth",[3] the book was a great success in New Zealand. The phrase "Half-Gallon Quarter-Acre Pavlova Paradise" soon became part of the New Zealand vernacular, with the term "quarter-acre pavlova paradise" being included in the Dictionary of New Zealand English.[4] Mitchell revisited New Zealand 30 years after writing his original volume, and motivated by the social changes he observed, he penned a sequel entitled Pavlova Paradise Revisited.[5]
Terminology
- "Half Gallon", popularly called the "Half G", was the standard size of a flagon of beer then sold in New Zealand pubs
- "suburbansection of land on which most Kiwis built their homes
- "Pavlova", a popular New Zealand dessert
See also
References
- ISBN 978-0-7233-0349-7.
- ^ "The 1960s". New Zealand History.
- ^ Deverson, Tony (August 2000). "From Staten Landt to Aotearoa New Zealand: The Naming of 'Pacific's Triple Star'" (PDF). NZ Words (4). New Zealand Dictionary Centre: 3.
- ISBN 978-0-19-558380-9..
- ISBN 978-0-14-301826-1.
Further reading
- Hearn, Terry (2005). "The half-gallon quarter-acre pavlova paradise". Te Ara, The Encyclopedia of New Zealand.