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Art History Illustrated Nonfiction Photography

Through Shaded Glass: Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860–1960
by Lissa Mitchell

The riches of a 'restless medium' and its women artists and entrepreneurs.

Hamish ConeyJune 30, 2023

Geography Nature Nonfiction Science Travel

Soundings
by Kennedy Warne

Reports from an explorer 'all over the map' of the natural world.

Steve BrauniasJune 28, 2023

Anthology Essays Fiction Māori Nonfiction Poetry

A Kind of Shelter / Whakaruru-taha
ed. Witi Ihimaera and Michelle Elvy

A new anthology of 'creative thinkers' in conversation.

Pamela MorrowJune 6, 2023

Asian Business Economics Nonfiction Politics Society

The China Tightrope
by Sam Sachdeva

'Principles versus pragmatism': agreeing to disagree with China

Jack SmylieMay 31, 2023

Biography History Literature Nonfiction Travel

Katherine Mansfield’s Europe: Station to Station
by Redmer Yska

An 'unconventional and peripatetic existence' in search of lost time.

Sarah RussellMay 24, 2023

History Māori Nonfiction Politics

The Fate of the Land: Ko ngā Ākinga a ngā Rangatira: Māori Political Struggle in the Liberal Era 1891–1912
by Danny Keenan

The origin story of modern New Zealand politics, and the 'valiant and visionary rangatira' building a new world.

Tiopira McDowellMay 19, 2023

Essays Health Māori Memoir Nonfiction

There’s a cure for this
by Emma Espiner

An essay collection on the 'ocean of stories' in a hospital, and the challenges for Māori health equity.

Amy McDaidMay 10, 2023

History Māori Nonfiction Pasifika Society

Aftermaths: Colonialism, Violence and Memory in Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific
ed. Angela Wanhalla, Lyndall Ryan and Camille Nurka

An essay collection that confronts the violence of the colonial past, and the perils of forgetting.

Maartje AbbenhuisApril 26, 2023

Biography History Memoir Military Nonfiction

Death Among Good Men
by Nathalie Philippe

The World War I memoirs and letters of Lindsay M Inglis

Tom MoodyApril 21, 2023

Biography Children’s Literature Fiction Poetry

Iris and Me
by Philippa Werry
The Uppish Hen & other poems
by Robin Hyde

Two books present the life and work of iconic writer Robin Hyde to younger readers.

Paula MorrisApril 14, 2023

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