Authors: Harry Ricketts Publisher: Te Waka Herenga University Press

In First Things, Harry Ricketts chronicles his early life through the lens of 'firsts': those moments that can hold their detail and potency across a lifetime.

9 May 2024

Authors: Terence O’Brien Publisher: Te Waka Herenga University Press

Terence O'Brien was a born diplomat - urbane, clever, adaptable and hardworking, with a talent for strategy and negotiation. Although born in England, he was a loyal and dedicated New Zealander and spent most of his life working to improve the country's position internationally.

9 May 2024

Author: Tessa Keenan, Sadie Lawrence, romesh dissanayake Publisher: Auckland University Press

Distinctive, fresh and compellingly present, AUP New Poets 10 features three exciting new voices.

9 May 2024

Authors: Paul Moon Publisher: Te Papa Press

The photographer Ans Westra, who died in 2023, took hundreds of thousands of images over her long career. Together, those images constitute what is arguably a photo album of Aotearoa. Her dedication and determination sometimes came at a cost but she was focused and driven, overcoming a difficult childhood in the Netherlands and later complex adult relationships to forge her own path.

9 May 2024

Author: Rex Letoa Paget Publisher: Saufo’i Press

Manuali'i - Bird of the Gods - is an anchor to ancestors and to self. These poems are reminders of who you come from and who you are; compasses to constant new becomings. Questions for timekeepers and connections to universal powers. Being guided by messengers of the sky. Dancing on the delicate tightrope of here, the past, and an imagined future, Manuali'i dives into the heart of grief and loss and love; wraps a tongue around the soft grooves of Samoan words; and rides off into the distance on a Triumph Bonneville. In this dreamy debut, Rex Paget will have you reminiscing on past loves; dancing in the rain; and appreciating the depth and range of human emotion and connection.

9 May 2024

Authors: Keith Newman Publisher: Oratia Books

The Ratana movement gains national coverage every February as politicians make the pilgrimage to its headquarters near Whanganui, yet the history and workings of the religion are less widely recognised. In this new edition of his standard biography, Keith Newman reveals the life and times of Tahupotiki Wiremu Ratana and the movement he founded in 1918…

7 May 2024

Author: Xanthe White Publisher: Penguin Books

The bestselling, expert guide to growing your own vegetables organically. In this classic bestseller, expert landscape designer Xanthe White takes readers by the hand and walks them from backyard bombsite to productive vegetable garden in a single year.

May 2024 release

Author: Mandy Hager Publisher: One Tree House

Eighteen-year-old Grace has struggled all her life with her place in this family and in the world. Obviously of Asian descent, she has been unable to get the truth about her parentage from her mother, a woman who is struggling with her own demons, that date back to her life in Taiwan where she survived an earthquake while giving birth to Grace. The two were evacuated back to New Zealand, never to return

9 May 2024

Author: Roanne Barnes Hautapu Publisher: Atuanui Press

In 2013 Quinn Hautapu presented to hospital with the seemingly minor symptom of a limp arm, within a short time she was on a Life Flight to Wellington to work out the cause of a massive bleed on the brain. She was seven years old. A month later, after brain surgery and numerous scans, the Hautapu family was given the shocking news that Quinn had brain cancer. What followed was 12 months of the most intense, emotional and difficult time that a family can experience.

Author: Raewyn Peart Publisher: David Bateman

In 1971, there was little in the way of protection for Aotearoa New Zealand’s unique natural heritage. Progress was the imperative for government and councils, with the land, rivers and coasts simply seen as resources to be exploited. This is the story of how a small organisation took on the establishment and won.

Author: Scott Bainbridge Publisher: David Bateman

Did New Zealand have a secret poisoner? In 1992, builders demolishing a Devonport home stumbled across a skeleton, triggering an investigation that sent shockwaves across the community. The remains belonged to a woman who had died in the 1930s, and whispers soon emerged of the deadly legacy of Nurse Elspeth Kerr.

Author: Madeleine Slavick Publisher: Cuba Press

Welcome to 'Town', fifty stories and fifty images by writer and photographer Madeleine Slavick, who lived in Hong Kong for almost twenty-five years before moving to a Wairarapa country road that runs from state highway to bush.

Author: Sue Heazlewood Publisher: Auckram Publishing

24 Tea Party Recipes for children, ages 2-12, can learn to prepare.

Author: Jessica Galatoa Publisher: Exisle

'You may not have thought much about it, but did you know that some families change? Some get bigger, others smaller and some completely rearrange!'
Changes in the structure of a family can be joyful, turbulent, and especially confusing for little humans.

Author: Dario Nustrini Publisher: HarperCollins New Zealand

When new recruit Dario Nustrini's head was freshly shaved in preparation for the army, he knew nothing about what training to fight, kill and die for New Zealand would look like. Since leaving leaving high school the year before, he had been on a steady diet of spliffs, Speights and the occasional sandwich from the cafe he worked at as a waiter…

Author: Penelope Todd Publisher: Cloud Ink Press

Nell is born to a new century, her early life forged in the freedoms of the NZ high country. Her own freedom is tested: by family expectation, by husband Herb's pride, by the rigours of family life on a Maniototo sheep station.

1 May 2024

Author: Yvonne Morrison Publisher: Scholastic

A must-have collection of three best-selling and favourite New Zealand wildlife and habitat stories, from deep in the day and nighttime forests of Aotearoa to out in the wild, blue moana.

Author: Deano Yipadee Publisher: Scholastic

When the tractor wheel jolts off the edge of the bridge, Tom finds himself in a precarious situation. Enter Nee Naw's mate, Moto Mike, who swiftly takes action and saves the day.

Author: Miriama Kamo Publisher: Scholastic

Join Sam and Te Rerehua as they prepare a Matariki feast! It's the day before Matariki and a big feast has been prepared. Eeling took place months ago and Te Rerehua and Sam are excited…

Author: Matthew Scobie, Anna Sturman Publisher: Bridget Williams Books

What do the economics of decolonisation mean for the future of Aotearoa? This question drives the work of Matthew Scobie and Anna Sturman as they explore the complex relationship between tangata whenua and capitalism.