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History Māori Nature Nonfiction Science

Hard by the Cloud House
by Peter Walker

'Like a dagger at a pyjama party': the histories of a giant raptor.

Sally BlundellMay 14, 2024

Art Illustrated Memoir Nonfiction

Dear Colin, Dear Ron: Selected Letters of Colin McCahon and Ron O’Reilly
by Peter Simpson

The 'illuminating' record of a long friendship and forty years at the heart of New Zealand visual art.

Leonard BellApril 29, 2024

Essays History Memoir Nonfiction Society

The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation
by Richard Shaw

A 'courageous book' on Pākehā ‘journeying back into the map of memory'.

Paul DiamondApril 5, 2024

Essays Nonfiction

The Beautiful Afternoon
by Airini Beautrais

Dazzling essays that 'explore not just personal experience but travels in knowledge'.

Anne KennedyApril 5, 2024

Memoir Nonfiction

Do You Still Have Time for Chaos?
by Lynn Davidson

A 'discursive exploration of belonging and not belonging, of the pull of home and the play of history'.

Sally BlundellFebruary 21, 2024

Art Essays Illustrated Literature Memoir Music Nonfiction Pasifika Photography Society

Pacific Arts Aotearoa
ed. Lana Lopesi

A journey through dozens of art forms and artists who 'powerfully assert Pacific identities on their own terms'.

Andrea LowDecember 22, 2023

Essays History Nonfiction Pasifika Society

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
by Damon Salesa

A 'profound' and insightful book that traverses the 'biggest thing on earth'.

Amanda Sullivan LeeDecember 15, 2023

Children Graphic Memoir Illustrated Nonfiction Pasifika

Wot Knot You Got? Mophead’s Guide to Life
by Selina Tusitala Marsh

From 'a wonderful agony aunt for the country’s tamariki', a creative workbook on empowerment.

Ant SangDecember 13, 2023

Art Climate Gardens History Illustrated Māori Nature Nonfiction Pasifika

Flora: Celebrating Our Botanical World
ed. Carlos Lehnebach, Claire Regnault, Rebecca Rice, Isaac Te Awa and Rachel Yates.

The 'uniqueness and wonders of the plant world' celebrated in abundance.

Joyce CampbellDecember 8, 2023

Art Biography Illustrated Nonfiction

Gretchen Albrecht: between gesture and geometry
by Luke Smythe

The 'best and most comprehensive piece of writing on Albrecht’s art and career'.

Leonard BellDecember 6, 2023

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