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LLOYD JONES
Incisive, engaging writing on race and racism ‘Where once I saw a view as I drove around the Tara...
RICHARD SHAW
Facing the aftermath 40 years on In 1987 Sally Wenley was the driven, fun-loving and at times ...
SALLY WENLEY
The vivid biography of a colonial scholar, scientist and gentleman Longlisted for the 2026 Ockham...
ANDREW MCKAY, RICHARD WOLFE
The damage done to a family by war Art historian Mary Kisler grew up in the early 1950s with a fa...
MARY KISLER
A comprehensive history of three fascinating Auckland neighbourhoods Shortlisted for the 2025 Ber...
TANIA MACE
A fresh look at the murders of Harvey and Jeannette Crewe Winner of the 2025 Ngaio Marsh Award fo...
KIRSTY JOHNSTON, JAMES HOLLINGS
The battle for Māori land and livelihoods In the second half of the nineteenth century, settlers ...
DANNY KEENAN
A powerful memoir about racism, the Catholic church, and fathers Shortlisted for the New Zealand ...
‘What’s the lobster’s tune when he is boiled?’ Exploring the lobster’s biology and its history in...
CHRIS PRICE, BRUCE FOSTER
New Zealand’s war through the lens of those who served A landmark book exploring New Zealand’s se...
GLYN HARPER
A handsome book showing the horse in all its glory LONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 OCKHAM NEW ZEALAND BOO...
DEBORAH CODDINGTON, JANE USSHER
A bold new book on population trends and the need to confront them In this timely book, New Zeala...
PAUL SPOONLEY
A fresh new look at a young nation at war The Great War is now typically regarded as senseless an...
JAMES WATSON, STEVEN LOVERIDGE
The desperate weeks of desert warfare that gave the Allies hope that they could put Nazi Germany ...
Great minds share great ideas and strong views This annual journal of provocative, passionate and...
SIMON WILSON
From Ancient Rome to Brexit, how The Citizen finds his way, exercises his rights and fulfils his ...
ANDREW BROWN, JOHN GRIFFITHS
Great minds share great ideas and strong views This collection of provocative, impassioned essays...
NICOLA LEGAT
Why waste a good crisis? New Zealand depends on what our farmers, foresters and horticulturalists...
CLAIRE MASSEY