{"product_id":"the-good-settler-ebook","title":"The Good Settler Ebook","description":"\u003ch1\u003eIncisive, engaging writing on race and racism\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Where once I saw a view as I drove around the Taranaki coast along State Highway 45, I now see confiscated land from an invasion road. The creation story I used to subscribe to, the one in which hard-working people came here and settled the land, now jars. Weirdly, even the lawn looks different.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSo writes Richard Shaw in his third book examining colonisation in Aotearoa New Zealand. Both have been warmly welcomed by readers and this third volume of powerful essays, with its wide lens, will not disappoint. As he says, ‘Growing numbers of Pākehā find themselves standing on restless ground these days: they, too, are seeing things differently, and in these pages you will also hear their voices as we reach — fitfully and painfully, individually and collectively — for an accommodation with our colonial past.’\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThis is for the ebook edition. For the print edition, click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/masseypress.ac.nz\/products\/the-good-settler\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"The Good Settler\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo look inside, click \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/issuu.com\/masseypress\/docs\/the_good_settler_look_inside?fr=sYWRmNzg1ODcwNDg\" title=\"Issuu\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"NvmA3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003eThis is one of the books which make me glad to be a book reviewer . . . quietly explosive and memorable’\u003cspan class=\"NvmA3\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003e — Jenny Nicholls, \u003cem\u003eWaiheke Weekender\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e‘Even for someone like me, who’s had a real interest in New Zealand history, there were still things that shocked me’ — Paul Diamond, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.rnz.co.nz\/national\/programmes\/ninetonoon\/audio\/2019034988\/book-review-the-good-settler-by-richard-shaw\" title=\"RNZ\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eRNZ\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/blockquote\u003e","brand":"Massey Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53074343067968,"sku":"TGSE","price":12.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0944\/6614\/6624\/files\/9781991309327_noborder.jpg?v=1770255121","url":"https:\/\/masseypress.ac.nz\/products\/the-good-settler-ebook","provider":"Massey Press","version":"1.0","type":"link"}