Non-Fiction

Hine Toa: A story of bravery
by Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku LGBTQIA+MāoriMemoirNonfictionPoliticsSociety

Hine Toa: A story of bravery
by Ngāhuia te Awekōtuku

A compelling memoir: 'vital to write, vital to publish and vital to read.'

Paula MorrisMay 24, 2024

Six-legged Ghosts: the Insects of Aotearoa
by Lily Duval IllustratedNatureNonfictionScience

Six-legged Ghosts: the Insects of Aotearoa
by Lily Duval

A visually stunning' account of our insect world, 'part story, part history, part philosophy'.

Amy McDaidMay 15, 2024

A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
ed. Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins ArtHistoryMāoriNonfictionPhotographySociety

A Different Light: First Photographs of Aotearoa
ed. Catherine Hammond and Shaun Higgins

'Mirror and portal': photographing New Zealand people and places in the nineteenth century

Joyce CampbellMay 14, 2024

Hard by the Cloud House
by Peter Walker HistoryMāoriNatureNonfictionScience

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

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

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

The Unsettled: Small Stories of Colonisation
by Richard Shaw EssaysHistoryMemoirNonfictionSociety

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

The Beautiful Afternoon
by Airini Beautrais EssaysNonfiction

The Beautiful Afternoon
by Airini Beautrais

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

Anne KennedyApril 5, 2024

Do You Still Have Time for Chaos?
by Lynn Davidson MemoirNonfiction

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

Pacific Arts Aotearoa
ed. Lana Lopesi ArtEssaysIllustratedLiteratureMemoirMusicNonfictionPasifikaPhotographySociety

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

An Indigenous Ocean: Pacific Essays
by Damon Salesa EssaysHistoryNonfictionPasifikaSociety

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