Non-Fiction

AnthologyEssaysFictionMāoriNonfictionPoetry

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

A new anthology of 'creative thinkers' in conversation.

Pamela MorrowJune 6, 2023

AsianBusinessEconomicsNonfictionPoliticsSociety

The China Tightrope
by Sam Sachdeva

'Principles versus pragmatism': agreeing to disagree with China

Jack SmylieMay 31, 2023

BiographyHistoryLiteratureNonfictionTravel

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

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

Sarah RussellMay 24, 2023

HistoryMāoriNonfictionPolitics

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

EssaysHealthMāoriMemoirNonfiction

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

HistoryMāoriNonfictionPasifikaSociety

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

BiographyHistoryMemoirMilitaryNonfiction

Death Among Good Men
by Nathalie Philippe

The World War I memoirs and letters of Lindsay M Inglis

Tom MoodyApril 21, 2023

BiographyChildren’s LiteratureFictionPoetry

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

BiographyHistoryIllustratedNonfictionReligionSociety

Resilience: A Story of Persecution, Escape, Survival and Triumph
by Inge Woolf

A memory book of one woman's life is both family history and 'urgently topical'.

Leonard BellApril 12, 2023

HistoryNonfictionSociety

Auckland: The Twentieth-Century Story
by Paul Moon

So many cars and such little foresight: a new history chronicles Auckland taking shape.

Angelique KasmaraApril 5, 2023