The ninth edition of New Zealand's best-selling mountain biking guide has been fully revised to include all the essential information needed to guide you to the most exhilarating rides around the coun..
Tim has achieved a lot in life, but he certainly put in the slog to get there.
---Alan Norman, Two times NZ Blade Shearing Champion and twice runner up
From an early age Tim knew he wanted to b..
'Coastal Fishes of New Zealand' provides a comprehensive, informative and up-at-date identification guide to the fishes likely to be encountered by New Zealand divers and fishers. Illustrated with 340..
Colin McCahon (1919-1987) was New Zealand's greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Maori motifs, McCahon's work came t..
This book is a guide for those people who want to go out and collect New Zealand minerals. It will help you identify a lot of the minerals, which identification tests are the most useful, where to loo..
Aotearoa New Zealand's bestselling phrasebook and dictionary of te reo Maori
First published in 1990, The Collins Maori Phrasebook and Dictionary remains one of Aotearoa New Zealand's best and most..
This book brings together a series of papers by Ani Mikaere that reflect on the effect of Pakeha law, legal processes and teaching on Maori legal thought and practice. She discusses issues such as the..
In 1979, teenager Olive Jones was one of a group of hippies, idealists, and subsistence farmers that set up an alternative community on a farm in the Motueka Valley near Nelson. Influenced by the coun..
Terence O'Brien was a born diplomat - urbane, clever, adaptable and hardworking, with a talent for strategy and negotiation.
Although born in England, he was a loyal and dedicated New Zealander and ..
Constance Barnicoat (1872-1922) was sassy, strong, opinionated, brave, meticulous, and very intelligent. She should be celebrated as a leading journalist of her time, but she is unknown to most people..
This award-winning book explores the dynamic worlds of New Zealand and the submerged realm of Zealandia, their natural geological wonders, bounties and dangers. In acknowledging the achievements of Ne..
Since the first brew by Captain James Cook and the crew of the Resolution at Dusky Sound in April 1773, the story of beer has been deeply intertwined with the history of Aotearoa - from the early sett..
Through Noble's art and newly commissioned essays, the book traverses
Noble's deep interest in how humans relate to bees. From images of
communities of bees to tintype photographs showing the beau..
Elegant design is combined with beautiful images to explore and explain the wonders of the Cosmos
Astonishing images bring every corner of the Universe, from Mars to the furthest galaxies, to the..
Counterfutures is a multidisciplinary journal of Left research, thought, and strategy. It brings together work from across Aotearoa New Zealand’s Left, aiming to intervene in, and inaugurate, debates ..
A major new history of craft that spans three centuries of making and thinking in Aotearoa New Zealand and the wider Moana (Pacific). Paying attention to Pakeha (European New Zealanders), Maori, and i..
From the author of Orientalism, a searching examination of western culture and the roots of imperialism, now with a foreword by Hari Kunzru
'Readers accustomed to the precision and elegance of Ed..
A four-time world squash champion, Dame Susan Devoy has led a remarkably varied life. She's been Race Relations Commissioner, a television star, a newspaper columnist, raised four boys and met Bill Cl..
Dark Harvest discusses the work of the Otago Sculpture Trust over the commemorative period between 2014 2018, and in particular the work of sculptor Stephen Mulqueen.
Stephen in his own practice..
New Zealand has un unparalleled selection of superb day walks, ranging from the easiest short strolls to more strenuous full-day tramps. These encompass all of New Zealand's landscape diversity, from..
This substantial book of letters selected by esteemed Colin McCahon scholar Peter
Simpson shines a light on one of the most remarkable relationships in New Zealand
art.
The painter Colin McCahon..
A powerful story of escaping the Occult and finding spiritual freedom.
Are you or is someone you know currently involved in Occult practices? Are you curious about Past Life Regression, Tarot Ca..
To the colonized, the term 'research' is conflated with European colonialism; the ways in which academic research has been implicated in the throes of imperialism remains a painful memory.
This e..
'Thar she blows!' The cry rings out. A whale is spotted
from high on the Marlborough Sounds headland.
An old whaler radios down to the boat - there's a
humpback in Cook Strait. The motor fire..
Sam Neill's unmissable memoir is revealing, heart-warming and often hilarious, as he recounts the unpredictable turns of fortune that have defined his life and career.
In this unexpected memoir,..
During
lockdown, Lyell Cresswell wrote this far from conventional
autobiography. Each chapter begins with an increasingly fanciful - and
very colourful - account of an exciting life. Under th..
Did I disturb ye good people? I hopes I disturb ye, I hopes I disturb ye enough to want to see this, your house, in ruins all around ye! Have you had enough yet? Or do you still have time for chaos? -..
Featuring about a hundred good dogs and a hundred dog owners, Dogs with Stories contains a series of hyperrealistic staged scenes, set in the real homes and workplaces of those who share their lives w..
Painter, printmaker, teacher, writer and ornithologist, Don Binney (1940-2012) was a mercurial presence on the New Zealand cultural scene from the time of his meteoric rise to fame in the early 1960s...
In early 1980, 21-year-old Neil Mullane Finn wrote 'I Got You', which became the signature song and biggest hit for the Kiwi band Split Enz, co-founded by Neil's big brother Tim several years earlier...
"Some of the best advice I've read" -- The Listener Covid-19 has changed how we work and think about work. Artificial intelligence will quickly transform jobs and whole industries. How do we manage t..
1920 New Zealanders were shocked by the news that the brilliant, well-connected mayor of genteel Whanganui had shot a young gay poet, D'Arcy Cresswell, who he thought was blackmailing him. They were t..
Dunedin Light Seasons is a collection of photographs featuring the beaches and beach culture of Dunedin, New Zealand. This hard cover coffee-table book features the photography of Derek Morrison. The ..
On the periphery of Aotearoa New Zealand's publishing scene, there is a rich and varied cottage industry of small press publishers. They work in collaboration, in gaps between paid gigs and with the s..
Echoes from Hawaiki is a comprehensive account of taonga puoro ancestral musical traditions and instrument-playing techniques.
In this thoroughly researched and beautifully illustrated book, Jenn..
In the late 1980s, two teenage girls found refuge from a world of cosy conformity, sexism and the nuclear arms race in protest and punk. Then, drawn in by a promise of meaning and purpose, they cast o..
This English Maori and Maori English dictionary has over 4,000 entries in each section. It relates to contemporary life by including words from English commonly used by today's Maori speakers. With a ..
For over 50 years the Environmental Defence Society (EDS) has been at the forefront of protecting Aotearoa New Zealand's natural environments.
From the Think Big power projects of the 1970s, to coas..
Environmental Politics and Policy in Aotearoa New Zealand is a comprehensive introduction to confronting some of today's most urgent challenges.
Global warming, threats to biodiversity, contamina..
Over the last 50 years, sea kayakers, climbers and alpine trampers have been attempting audacious journeys across NZ that last many months. Most of these adventurers have written books on their travel..
Haunting and searingly beautiful, Erebus has attracted explorers, mountaineers, artists and scientists; each drawn to the mountain by their own particular vision or curiosity. The mountain is a truly ..