NZ Non Fiction
Celebrating over three decades of Maori scholarship, Essays from Te Pouhere Korero, edited by Aroha Harris and Melissa Matutina Williams, draws on work published by the collective Te Pouhere Korero in..
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This book is an introduction to the star group Matariki. Known in other cultures by names including the Pleiades and the Seven Sisters, Matariki featured strongly in pre-European New Zealand. It marke..
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In mid-winter, Matariki rises in the pre-dawn sky, and its observation is celebrated with incantations on hilltops at dawn, balls, exhibitions, dinners and a vast number of events. The Matariki tradit..
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The Baby Boomers: the first generation to unite globally with music, culture and action to challenge the personal and political power of those in authority. Growing up in a post-war world but living w..
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Authors of Every Bastard Says No on giving up their city life for a high-country station in Central Otago In Meet You at the Main Divide, innovators, disruptors, and authors of Every Bastard ..
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Nature faces a crossroads. What will we, ourselves a part of nature, do? Time is running fast but opportunities still exist to activate the human qualities of creativity, generosity, courage and wisdo..
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New Zealand's history is peppered with mysterious tales of otherworldly beings, strange sightings, inexplicable disappearances and unusual crimes. While some of these stories have been handed down thr..
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New Zealand's Best Gourmet Pies takes us deep into the farthest recesses of the country, as we search out the nation’s very best pies and the pastry whisperers who create them. An icon of New Zealand’..
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The purpose of this book is to examine the foreign policy of Jacinda Ardern's New Zealand Government between 2020 and early 2023 when the COVID-19 pandemic intersected with an evolving and often tumul..
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A powerful new collection of non-fiction by contemporary Maori writers. From over 60 Maori writers, Nga Kupu Wero brings together a bounty of essays, articles, commentary and creative nonfiction ..
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This is the biography of the mighty ceremonial waka taua Ngatokimatawhaorua that rests on the Treaty Grounds at Waitangi. The inspiration for its construction came from Te Puea Herangi. In the late ..
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A compilation of quotes about New Zealand by the intelligent and the well-known. Sourced from a mix of well-known New Zealanders and famous foreigners, with some people being generous in th..
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Off the back of the successful TV series Red Stag Timber Hunters' Club (currently in its sixth season, with more to come), Andre, Anto, Dan, Tim, Sam and Dave are the official members of 'The Hunters ..
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In 2010, the Human Rights Commission found that Asian people reported higher levels of discrimination than any other minority in New Zealand. Yet although anti-Asian prejudice has a long history in Ne..
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Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has often been hidden under a long black cloud of deni..
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ONE HUNDRED YEARS OF INSANITY The dangers of growth, nuclear war, climate change and peak oil; driven by propaganda and on the road to tyranny. This play, on the world stage, is intended to loo..
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The University of Otago has always taken pride in its status as New Zealand's first university. Starting a university in 1869 was a bold move: other regions observed Otago's action with a mixture of s..
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In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing - and they're pushing back against the narrative that if they don't, their lives will be somehow 'less than'. Otherhood's ess..
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A breathtaking collection of 200 photographs expertly colourised by Aotearoa New Zealand's premier colourist, Brendan Graham, with commentary from award-winning historian Jock Phillips ONZM Our Lan..
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A selection of beautiful houses set amid the world's most stunning landscapes, designed by award-winning New Zealand architect Andrew Patterson. In Maori culture, architecture is approached as ..
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Hey! I have a message for you: Come outside! There are flowers to pick, leaves to gather, seeds to collect, moss to pat, rain to smell and earth to dig. Love Nature xx P.S. You are part of the natural..
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Pounamu, or jade, is one of New Zealand's most treasured natural resources, celebrated for its rich beauty and significance to the Maori people. Pounamu Treasures- Nga Taonga Pounamu is a simple and s..
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The 1980s transformed New Zealand and those decisions still shape the country. Think Big was created under Robert Muldoon's National Government in response to soaring global oil prices. Mars..
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Lyndy McIntyre's Power to Win tells the story of the Living Wage Movement in Aotearoa New Zealand. The living wage movement is grounded in the fundamental belief that all New Zealanders should be paid..
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Life can be challenging and when we feel over-stimulated and disconnected it is costly to our wellbeing. Dreaming of what-ifs and maybes in the future, while regretting and being trapped by our past..
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'Humanity's desire for hope is understandable, especially when the future looks threatening and anxiety provoking. Yet hope, to be genuine and lasting, requires firm foundations.' Jonathan Boston..
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Stewart Island/Rakiura is one of our special places, an island that is increasingly cherished by New Zealanders, whose appreciation for its wild character has flourished in recent years. This has insp..
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Many exciting new buildings have arisen from the rubble of post-earthquake Christchurch but none, perhaps, is as remarkable as Ravenscar House in the heart of the city's heritage precinct. 'Ravenscar ..
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In "Re-food", Emily King advocates for a food systems approach to help the troubled food networks of Aotearoa New Zealand - one that takes into account the processes from the farm to the family table...
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This is the history of a sport told through its communities. Rugby League in New Zealand: A People's History tells the story of a game and its supporters thriving against the odds. Beginning wit..
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Salt celebrates New Zealand's coastline with breath-taking and evocative B & W photography accompanied by poetry by Terry Fitzgibbon, capturing the essence of beach life across Aotearoa...
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The history of named student flats in North Dunedin reaches back to the 1930s. The authors share some of the stories of these flats, how they got their names, who lived in them and what life was like ..
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A fully revised edition of the landmark book that tells the story of our backcountry huts. One of the singular features of the New Zealand outdoors is the remarkable network of backcountry huts, and t..
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The focus of this book is the practice of social policy in Aotearoa New Zealand. It is intended to complement and update the fourth and final edition of Cheyne et al.'s Social Policy in New Zealan..
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One afternoon, journalist Hazel Phillips decided to close her laptop and head for the hills. She then spent the next three years living in mountain huts and tramping alone for days at a time, all the ..
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Drawing on her own family experience and insights from her PhD inquiry, Celine Kearney travelled around Aotearoa to interview New Zealanders with Scottish and Irish backgrounds. "Southern Celts" uses ..
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Nock an arrow or load your rifle and get set to experience some old-school hunting tales told by a real character who has devoted his life to hunting!..
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Ruby learned to rely on herself and her own strengths as a child, growing up without role models in an atmosphere of misery and shame. Her extended family did all they could, but it was sport that was..
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From Ahipara in the north to Riverton in the south - Derek Morrison has surfed and photographed the best spots up and down the country. In this spectacularly illustrated book, he presents 15 maj..
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This is a book about New Zealanders and their deep connection to swimming in the outdoors. Every neighbourhood has its swimming hole up the river, its local beach, or a back road to the lake. A love o..
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'This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels car..
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Whakaaturanga ingoa: Te Waka Hourua Whitiki, Matike, Whakatika! Te Waka Hourua is a tangata whenua-led, direct action, climate and social justice ropu. Whakaaturanga whakamaoritanga: Tik..
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A beyond-the-boundaries guide to an outstanding decade of New Zealand sporting conquest, catastrophe and commentary as seen through the eyes of the Alternative Commentary Collective. Lean into th..
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