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A gentle and powerful story that reclaims the sacredness of a girl’s first ikura (period) through a Māori lens — celebrating connection, ceremony and whakapapa. Rooted in te ao Māori, and the reo Māori translation Taku Ikura Tuatahi is a beautifully illustrated children’s book that follows ...

A compassionate guide to navigating eating disorders, for those experiencing them and their loved ones, from someone who has been there.'If you'd asked me at 10 what my plans were for the next few years, fighting an eating disorder would not have made the list.'Gen's early teenage years were the har...

Ko Rāwhiti ahau.He maha ngā mahi kino i pā mai ki ahau, kāore e taea e au te kōrero mō te wā roa. Irunga i te mataku, ka noho mokemoke ahau.Kāore he mea pai i tēnei ao.Nā Nēni, nā tōku whānau me ngā tākuta ahau i āwhina. Ā, kāore i roa, ka pai ake ngā āhuatanga. Ka harikoakoa ka...

A first-aid manual for supporting your teen's mental health, by psychiatrist and comedian Dr Jo Prendergastis an essential guide to supporting your teen's mental health. As a parent and psychiatrist, Dr Jo knows how hard it can be - especially if a teen communicates only in eye rolls and grunts!Cove...

Rosie is a shy young teenager when she starts experimenting with alcohol. When Rosie's parents finally realise that their beloved daughter is having problems with her drinking, Rosie is firmly in the grip of alcoholism.What follows is the true story of a family's battle over ten years to find help f...

Popular Kiwi blogger Emily Writes gives words of encouragement to sleep-deprived parents everywhere.With two small boys, both non-sleepers, Emily finds herself awake in the wee small hours night after night. Her writing is often done then, and she offers her own often hilarious and always heart-warm...

A deeply personal and heartbreaking memoir that explores the troubled relationship between Mary Garden and her younger sister, Anna.Mary reveals complex layers of intergenerational trauma, including the baggage of her eccentric, deeply flawed father and the secret her mother kept from all of them, r...

The revised and updated edition of the bestselling parenting classic Raising Girls in the Twenty-first Century is Steve Biddulph's warm, wise and up-to-the-minute look at how to help your daughter - at every age, from baby to teen.Girls today need to be strong, but also keep their hearts open. Steve...

A TIMELY CONTRIBUTION TO UNDERSTANDING MENTAL HEALTHMental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has often been hidden under a long black cloud of denial that we have not always lived up to the Kiwi idea...

In , Hirini Moko Mead explores the Māori knowledge system and explains what mātauranga Māori is. He looks at how the knowledge system operates, the branches of knowledge, and the way knowledge is recorded and given expression in te reo Māori and through daily activities and formal ceremonies.Mā...