Mental depression is a serious issue in contemporary New Zealand, and it has an increasingly high profile. But during our history, depression has o...

"The many bays, coves and steeply rising hills of the Marlborough Sounds create some of New Zealand’s most glorious, but challenging, environments....

This vivid memoir by well-known New Zealand actor and novelist Barbara Ewing covers her tumultuous childhood, adolescence and young-adulthood in We...

In Aotearoa the number of people who will never have children is growing — and they’re pushing back against the narrative that if they don’t, their...

"When war broke out between the British Empire and the Boer republics in 1899, New Zealand was among Britain’s most enthusiastic supporters. Many w...

"Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine, rounds up important new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the id...

For the 2024 edition of the Poetry Aotearoa Yearbook, editor Tracey Slaughter has once again hit the zeitgeist in her selection of 123 new poems fr...

Continually in print since 1951, when it was established by leading poet Louis Johnson, this annual collection of new poetry, reviews and essays is...

Poetry New Zealand Yearbook, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine, showcases new writing from New Zealand and overseas. It presents the w...

Poetry New Zealand, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine, showcases new writing from New Zealand and overseas. It presents the work of ta...

Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine, rounds up new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the ideal way to ...

Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine, rounds up important new poetry, reviews and essays, making it the ide...

Each year Poetry New Zealand, this country’s longest-running poetry magazine (established in 1951 by Louis Johnson), rounds up important new poetry...

Leading UK economist Guy Standing has referred to the precariat as a class-in-the-making. The precariat are our fellow citizens — be they poor, eld...

A lively history of political advertising in New Zealand, from the first election of the modern era in 1939 to today. Brimming with political-party...

"Pioneering New Zealand poet Jan Kemp’s memoir of her first 25 years is a vivid and frank account of growing up in the 1950s, and of university lif...

In this important book, ten navigators — the late Hec Busby, Piripi Evans and Jacko Thatcher from Aotearoa New Zealand; Peia Patai and Tua Pittman ...

Loss of jobs, loss of young people, the ageing demographic, the apparently irresistible magnet of Auckland . . . the economic fortunes of New Zeala...

The first anthology/reader of performance art of Aotearoa New Zealand, Resetting the Coordinates offers a lively, 50-year critical survey of Aotear...

THE POWER OF ARCHITECTURE TO EXPRESS TE AO MĀORI AND TRANSFORMA major tribute to the late architect Rewi Thompson (Ngāti Porou, Ngāti Raukawa) whos...

INSIDE THE FORBIDDING STONE WALLS OF NEW ZEALAND’S MOST INFAMOUS GAOL. Mount Eden is this country’s most famous gaol. The forbidding Victorian stru...

FROM GOMORRAH ON THE AVON TO WITCHCRAFTA vigorous strand of interest in the occult, the spooky and the mysterious has been part of our history sinc...

A UNIQUE STORY BOOK FOR GROWN-UPS. Desolate Star brings together award-winning novelist Paula Morris and distinguished photographer Haru Sameshima....

How group singing evolved from its colonial origins to today’s award-winning international choirs. New Zealanders love to sing together. Thousands ...