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Storylines Notable Te Reo Māori (original texts or translations into Te Reo Māori, any genre)2025 Storylines Notable Book Award winnerwww.storylines.org.nz, Storylines Notable Book List 2025Meet Dame Whina Cooper, the kuia who championed Māori rights, women’s rights and led a famous hīkoi for ...

For much of the 20th century, journalism and the public shared a functional - if imperfect -relationship built on trust and common interest. But today, that connection is in crisis. The 2024 Edelman Trust Barometer found just 49% of people across 28 countries trusted journalists to 'do what is right'.PaperbackWatkin Tim

1957. I'm five years old. The cold wakes me, as it does when you have little to eat and not enough blankets. I'm thinking about those biscuits that our caregiver feeds the dogs. Would she miss a few biscuits?1987. The heavens are reflecting icy blues. Climbing is easier to talk about than my childho...

Remembering and Becoming investigates how oral histories can enrich our understanding of Aotearoa New Zealand's past. The book provides clear explanations of oral history methodologies and insightful analyses of personal narratives while exploring themes such as race, culture, class, religion, gende...

A gripping memoir by a former NZSAS commander on serving in Afghanistan over four deployments and operating at the edge of his limits In 2011, following the Taliban siege on Kabul's Intercontinental Hotel, an SAS soldier identified only as Serviceman J was awarded New Zealand's second highest milita...

Leveraging her two-decades of legal expertise in Te Tiriti o Waitangi, Smail presents the facts in this short book in a way that is easy to digest.The handbook uses accessible language and beautiful design to make it easy to understand, leaving room for the reader to absorb these basic facts. Suitab...

An accessible guide to significant places and people of the New Zealand Wars from a Māori perspective. This comprehensive guidebook journeys through the pivotal sites of the New Zealand Wars, from the Far North to the top of the South Island, offering a unique perspective on events that shaped Aote...

What is a New Zealander? What does it mean to be a citizen of or a resident in this country? How do we understand what makes Aotearoa New Zealand complex and unique? And what creates a sense of belonging and identity, both here and in the world? Now's a critical time to be thinking about these sorts...

What lies off-track in Tongariro National Park? This engrossing book contains stories of ghosts, fires, avalanches, plane wrecks, sly grogging, secret spots and more from around Ngauruhoe, Tongariro and Ruapehu - a place of wild and chaotic grandeur.This well-illustrated and lively exploration of th...

Karen (Retired Bookseller) a very apt title and of Grant Robertson's memoir. Told with honesty, optimism and humour. I was hooked from beginning to end as Grant recounts his life from childhood to the end of his vast and varied political career. A fascinating read I highly recommend.An extract from ...

Racism. There, we said it. You can let your shoulders drop now that you know we will say the word and not sidestep it to protect people's comfort. Or, you can raise your shoulders in preparation for tension as you realise that this book will not talk about unconscious bias or other terms that enable...

He Whakaputanga o te Rangatiratanga o Nu Tireni/The Declaration of Independence of New Zealand was signed by fifty-two rangatira from 1835 to 1839.It was a powerful assertion of mana and rangatiratanga, made after decades of Māori and European encounters that had been steadily expanding - both with...

Following on from the hugely successful Busted! Stories from New Zealand's Leading Private Investigator, Ron McQuilter tells more stories of the incredible New Zealand cases in which he has been involved.Extortion, fraud, insurance scams and workplace theft are just some of the intriguing stories in...

Notes from Inside is a narrative memoir about abuse, intergenerational trauma and mental illness – but it is also about how Anne Thurston managed to address and eventually cope with those issues.Her own stories are positioned in relation to those of other women in her family – both ancestors and...

A fearless and candid memoir of domestic abuse and survival, written to help others recognise the problem and escape from it themselves.PaperbackDeborah Thomson240 pagesH: 210mm W: 135mm